Inspirational Quotes

As knowledge increases, wonder deepens.

The power of imagination makes us infinite.

I grew up in a bookless house - my parents didn't read poetry, so if I hadn't had the chance to experience it at school I'd never have experienced it. But I loved English, and I was very lucky in that I had inspirational English teachers, Miss Scriven and Mr. Walker, and they liked us to learn poems by heart, which I found I loved doing.

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

Try to be like the turtle - at ease in your own shell.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

Rap music's been around for too long now to be inspirational. The words are, but the music isn't.

Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.

This CD became something of a personal journey for me. The tone of the whole CD is uplifting and inspirational. It's an upper. We have enough downers in the world.

Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.

Great hopes make great men.

The best form of flattery is to be admired, imitated or respected. I've always felt proud our fans look up to us or feel we are inspirational.

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.

A #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere.

Let each man exercise the art he knows.

If it were not for hopes, the heart would break.

When Maurice touched a keyboard, it was like something from a movie, magical. He would always give you something from a movie, and you'd go, what did you just play... immediately inspirational writings, amazing. That's what we're going to miss.

Of all human activities, man's listening to God is the supreme act of his reasoning and will.

I will always desire to play with Bruce Springsteen. He's the most inspirational, most dedicated, most committed and most focused artist I've ever seen. I like to be around people like that.

Almost every college playwright or sketch or improv comedian was sort of aware of Christopher Durang - even kids in high school. His short plays were so accessible to younger people and I think that was inspirational to me.

Show me your hands. Do they have scars from giving? Show me your feet. Are they wounded in service? Show me your heart. Have you left a place for divine love?

Architecture is not an inspirational business, it's a rational procedure to do sensible and hopefully beautiful things; that's all.

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.

Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.

You don't look out there for God, something in the sky, you look in you.

I do love to eavesdrop. It's inspirational, not only for subject matter but for actual dialogue, the way people talk.