INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES

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Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

The bird is powered by its own life and by its motivation. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge. Abraham Joshua Heschel

This is just rap. I'm not trying to make people think I'm some sort of scientific wizard or inspirational poet. Action Bronson

I do a lot of inspirational talks for kids, to motivate them to change their lives and give them hope. Adam Beach

Northeastern folk music influenced me from a very young age. Sachin Dev Burman is one of the inspirational musicians in Indian film music. The way he fused folk music with his signature style is amazing. So, I am aware of the beauty of northeast folk music. Adnan Sami

You never know when some small thing will lead to a big idea. Travel is very inspirational - but it's in the ordinary that I find my themes of love and work and family. Adriana Trigiani

God loves to help him who strives to help himself. Aeschylus

From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow. Aeschylus

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. Aesop

Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been. Alan Alda

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

Men must live and create. Live to the point of tears. Albert Camus

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

There is nothing impossible to him who will try. Alexander the Great

Can You See' is a beautiful song that follows a story of the star. It's a very inspirational song. Ally Brooke

It is always the simple that produces the marvelous. Amelia Barr

It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it. Amelia Barr

Our ideals are our better selves. Amos Bronson Alcott

Books are challenging and inspirational to me. Amy Sedaris

Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country. Anais Nin

Can a person be inspirational? Does a person have global sensibility? That's the hardest thing to find. Anand Mahindra

It is by acts and not by ideas that people live. Anatole France

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself. Andre Gide

When I see a friend play Hamlet or see an inspirational performance, I absolutely get excited by the idea of changing things up. Andrew Lincoln

I have amazing friends who have led inspirational lives. Andrew Shue

It's a moment that I'm after, a fleeting moment, but not a frozen moment. Andrew Wyeth

Being appointed as the next Gewandhauskapellmeister of the Gewandhausorchester is a completely overwhelming honour. This extraordinary orchestra and its wonderful musicians are unique in so many respects, and particularly in their creation of an exceptional sound world based on outstanding tradition that is, at its heart, inspirational. Andris Nelsons

Do What You Gotta Do' is a positive, inspirational song that says no matter what it is; whether you're up against challenges or trying to get your dreams and aspirations met, you should do what whatever you have to do shy of killing yourself or someone else. Angie Stone

The power of pop culture stories should not be underestimated, and there is an enormous potential for inspirational stories that can have a positive, transformative effect on our lives. Anita Sarkeesian

President Obama called for a 'we' nation in his Inauguration Address. Art convenes. It is not just inspirational. It is aspirational. It pricks the walls of our compartmentalized minds, opens our hearts and makes us brave. And that's what we need most in our country today. Anna Deavere Smith

Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is! Anne Frank

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. Anne Frank

Whoever is happy will make others happy too. Anne Frank

Late in my career, I was asked to do an inspirational record and a duets album and I didn't want to do either. Anne Murray

What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well. Antoine de Saint-Exupery

I believe in the city as a natural human environment, but we must humanize it. It's art that will re-define public space in the 21st Century. We can make our cities diverse, inspirational places by putting art, dance and performance in all its forms into the matrix of street life. Antony Gormley

It really is an honor if I can be inspirational to a younger singer or person. It means I've done my job. Aretha Franklin

Let each man exercise the art he knows. Aristophanes

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. Aristotle

It's inspirational to see someone who is dying smile. Arlen Specter

From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life. Arthur Ashe

Enthusiasm moves the world. Arthur Balfour

The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible. Arthur C. Clarke

The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible. Arthur C. Clarke

Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as high as it will. Refuse to be average or to surrender to the chill of your spiritual environment. Arthur Helps

God sleeps in the minerals, awakens in plants, walks in animals, and thinks in man. Arthur Young

I think women think I'm inspirational because I'm unapologetic. I have cellulite. I have back fat. I've got a thick stomach. But I work my body like I don't because I don't know any other body. I don't know how to feel thin. I just know how to feel like Ashley. Ashley Graham

I love inspirational R&B, like Mary J. Blige and Jennifer Hudson. I want to do that. That kind of music stays with you. Ashthon Jones

Hopefully, when people see 'Senna', they will understand why this inspirational story needed to be told, why it had to be made as a movie for the big screen, and why it is a film for everyone. Asif Kapadia

The way my father worked altruistically and the manner in which he used to go behind bars and come back home smilingly was inspirational. Asma Jahangir

You are thinking about the music, about the mathematics of it. It's time-consuming and energy-consuming at the same time. That's why I take my time off, my family time, as inspirational. I cool off. Atif Aslam

I am deliberate and afraid of nothing. Audre Lorde

I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles. Audrey Hepburn

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

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

Like the United Nations, there is something inspirational about New York as a great melting pot of different cultures and traditions. And if this is the city that never sleeps, the United Nations works tirelessly, around the clock around the world. Ban Ki-moon

If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride - and never quit, you'll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards. Bear Bryant

Our time here is magic! It's the only space you have to realize whatever it is that is beautiful, whatever is true, whatever is great, whatever is potential, whatever is rare, whatever is unique, in. It's the only space. Ben Okri

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering. Ben Okri

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

A place for everything, everything in its place. Benjamin Franklin

One today is worth two tomorrows. Benjamin Franklin

Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit. Bernard Williams

The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper. Bertrand Russell

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

And when I breathed, my breath was lightning. Black Elk

Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed. Blaise Pascal

I pull a lot of the stuff that I play off the rhythm tracks - and Keith Richards has been one of the main contributors to my inspirational playing. Bobby Keys

There have been many different artists that have been inspirational. I suppose the question is directed to what was the reason why I went into fantasy illustration. Boris Vallejo

I think if there's something one needs to change with oneself, it doesn't have to happen in the New Year. You can do that any time you please - not that it's not a good inspirational tactic for the people that it works for. Brittany Murphy

Teachers need to be more inspirational. But it's also up to engineering to make itself more interesting. Bruce Dickinson

If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. Bruce Lee

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. Buddha

What we think, we become. Buddha

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship. Buddha

Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see. C. S. Lewis

I'd like to one day be featured on a list of inspirational people who have made a difference in the world, whether it be helping underprivileged people or putting an end to the poaching of wildlife in Africa. Candice Swanepoel

I really think that it's disgusting that Paris is the only place where it is illegal for paps to follow you around. It actually took someone losing their life - Diana, an inspirational woman - and then it changed, but they still won't change it in London! It's horrible! Cara Delevingne

I think that's a great opportunity, to pick a script where you can build up a good skill. I think the main thing I look for when I look at scripts is if it's inspirational. If it's something that teenagers can relate to. And is it something that the audience is going to get something out of. If not, then it's really not worth doing. Carly Schroeder

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. Carol Ann Duffy

When you have a dream, you've got to grab it and never let go. Carol Burnett

People tell you the world looks a certain way. Parents tell you how to think. Schools tell you how to think. TV. Religion. And then at a certain point, if you're lucky, you realize you can make up your own mind. Nobody sets the rules but you. You can design your own life. Carrie-Anne Moss

The flow of Guiness into the studio was inspirational as well as nutritive. Carter Burwell

I've been known to write 10 pages a day for 10 days running before I take a breath. I am not a disciplined writer. I'm one of those people who laughingly call themselves inspirational writers, which basically means someone who has no control over their own creative process. Catherine Ryan Hyde

Thelonious Monk was one of the musicians I most connected with early on. I'm a huge Betty Carter fan, and the way that Abbey Lincoln and Shirley Horn grew immensely from the time they were young is so inspirational. Cecile McLorin Salvant

The Wright brothers flew right through the smoke screen of impossibility. Charles Kettering

As knowledge increases, wonder deepens. Charles Morgan

Lee's great gifts are teaching and inspirational guidance, not administration and management. Cheryl Crawford

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. Cheryl James

Watching my family work so hard has been so inspirational, and I think I really got their work ethic. Chloe Kim

I always like a woman in power in politics. I think they're pretty inspirational in terms of looks to begin with. It's very calculated. Chris Benz

I do kind of marvel at my journey. But at the same time, I look back at a lot of the steps, and maybe not every step, but a lot of the steps, and since I was 12 or 13, I look at the people who helped me and the moments that were inspirational to me, and you can recall what my mindset and what my make-up was at that time to try and be the best. Chris Bosh

I would say I'm an inspirational guidelines book. You can take my life story or scenarios or songs and relate to them and apply them to your everyday life. Chris Brown

I'm not an inspirational quote kind of person. Chrissy Teigen

Reach for it. Push yourself as far as you can. Christa McAuliffe

Reach for the stars. Christa McAuliffe

My goal in my career is to inspire people, is to get my music out there and have people enjoy it, and have people think of me as an inspirational artist. Christina Grimmie

Growing up, in church we had the homily; at home it's what I call the 'momily' - the inspirational and instructive mom-isms that every family has. Christine Pelosi

Act like you expect to get into the end zone. Christopher Morley

I think anyone who has a passion for what they love to do, and who pursue it, is inspirational for me. Colin Morgan

I would probably work with Drake as he is massively inspirational to me as a writer as well as an artist. If not him, then Susan Boyle! Conor Maynard

Love the moment and the energy of that moment will spread beyond all boundaries. Corita Kent

We weren't the Temptations, but when we came out onstage, the people always gave us a special respect because our songs were of an inspirational quality. Curtis Mayfield

Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed. Dale Carnegie

Inside, I've got a real purist desire and dream about the music. I like the idea of being able to carve out a kind of magical, colourful, artistic, inspirational life. And the reality just turns out to be quite different, working with the business to bring this thing you have created into the world. Damien Rice

I think Spain will always remain inspirational, and I think French cuisine will continue to be very French and yet very relevant with its time and keep evolving. But the last thing you want for it is to become too trendy and confusing. It has too much history. Daniel Boulud

I wanted to write a book about what it's like to be 50 and trying to reinvent yourself - that struggle. There are all these books and inspirational speakers talking about being a lifelong learner, and it's so great to reinvent yourself, the brand of you. And I wanted to say, you know, it's not like that. It's actually really painful. Daniel Lyons

Half a century ago, the amazing courage of Rosa Parks, the visionary leadership of Martin Luther King, and the inspirational actions of the civil rights movement led politicians to write equality into the law and make real the promise of America for all her citizens. David Cameron

If you look at a building by Mies van der Rohe, it might look very simple, but up close, the sheer quality of construction, materials and thought are inspirational. David Chipperfield

My initial goal for the 1984 opening ceremonies was a show that would be majestic, inspirational, and emotional - a 20 goosebump experience. David L. Wolper

Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul. Democritus

The leaders who we admire who have been able to bring great change in the past - Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela - they're all inspirational religious leaders and smart tacticians. It would be nice to find the Muslim Gandhi, wouldn't it? Dennis C. Blair

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself. Desiderius Erasmus

Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world. Desmond Tutu

Your ordinary acts of love and hope point to the extraordinary promise that every human life is of inestimable value. Desmond Tutu

I wrote '('Til) I Kissed You' about a girl I met in Australia. Her name was Lilian, and she was very, very inspirational. I was married, but... I wrote the song about her on the way back home. Don Everly

And now, this is the sweetest and most glorious day that ever my eyes did see. Donald Cargill

Lady Gaga is the present and the future. She is the most revolutionary and inspirational artist. She is fearless and daring. Donatella Versace

Better to be called something positive and inspirational than something negative. Donnie Yen

You always draw inspiration from your family or your parents if they've proven to be inspirational. My mother is someone who's always been inspirational to me. Dustin Clare

I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes. e. e. cummings

Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit. e. e. cummings

All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination. Earl Nightingale

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

Too low they build, who build beneath the stars. Edward Young

You must do the things you think you cannot do. Eleanor Roosevelt

Light tomorrow with today! Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Give light and people will find the way. Ella Baker

Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong. Ella Fitzgerald

Find out who you are and be that person. That's what your soul was put on this Earth to be. Find that truth, live that truth and everything else will come. Ellen DeGeneres

You see countries like India really investing in their space program because they see it as inspirational and good for their economy. Ellen Stofan

The truth is on the march and nothing will stop it. Emile Zola

I dwell in possibility. Emily Dickinson

If you could only love enough, you could be the most powerful person in the world. Emmet Fox

Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over. F. Scott Fitzgerald

Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. Francis of Assisi

A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows. Francis of Assisi

My mind's my kingdom. Francis Quarles

We sing inspirational songs, songs of praise and worship, and about how good and how big God is. We are magnifying the Lord. Fred Hammond

Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom. Friedrich Schiller

Mankind is made great or little by its own will. Friedrich Schiller

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? Fulton J. Sheen

By now, you've probably caught on to something: my mother is always standing by with just the right Scripture or inspirational saying to get me through any tough situation. Gabby Douglas

I am never without my lyric book. If anything inspirational happens, I have it there so nothing's forgotten. Gabrielle Aplin

My father, Oliver Hynes, was an educator. He was originally just a teacher, a very good one, but then he was promoted to be in charge of education for the entire area. He was always an inspirational teacher. He was my big personal supporter, always coming here for the Tony Awards. My mother, Carmel, was a homemaker. Garry Hynes

It is never too late to be what you might have been. George Eliot

It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them. George Eliot

Star Wars' is fun, its exciting, its inspirational, and people respond to that. It's what they want. George Lucas

I knew, regardless of anything else, singing in front of an orchestra was going to be inspirational. It would feed me. George Michael