Quotes About Inspiration

My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world.

Eagles fly where lesser birds cannot fly, so eagles can do what lesser birds cannot do.

I have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple; garlands from window to window; golden chains from star to star, and I dance.

I tell young people: Do not think of yourself, think of others. Think of the future that awaits you, think about what you can do and do not fear anything.

When you can't get a miracle, you can still be a miracle for someone else.

People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book.

The major work of the world is not done by geniuses. It is done by ordinary people, with balance in their lives, who have learned to work in an extraordinary manner.

Hope is not a prediction of the future, it's a declaration of what is possible.

When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.

Creativity is contagious. Pass it on.

And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.

You were born with everything you need to answer the call of your soul.

I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day.

Don't be afraid to speak from personal experience; in many ways, those vulnerable moments will be the key that unlocks a hardened heart.

Hip-hop is a beautiful culture. It's inspirational, because it's a culture of survivors. You can create beauty out of nothingness.

It's so freeing, it's beautiful in a way, to have a great failure, there's nowhere to go but up.

I believe in recovery, and I believe that as a role model I have the responsibility to let young people know that you can make a mistake and come back from it.

Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a hole with. He cannot inflame the minds of his audience.

Your imperfections are what make you beautiful.

I try to be like a forest: revitalizing and constantly growing.

The presence of the Holy Spirit isthe keystone of all our hopes.

When I think of competition it's like I try to create against the past. I think about Michelangelo and Picasso, you know, the pyramids.

Laughter is carbonated holiness.

Be a fountain, not a drain.