Quotes of Inspiration - somelinesforyou

“ Inspiration may be a form of superconsciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness - I wouldn't know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self- consciousness. ”

- Aaron Copland

“ We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action. ”

- Frank Tibolt

“ You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. ”

- Jack London

“ Inspiration is wonderful when it happens, but the writer must develop an approach for the rest of the time... The wait is simply too long. ”

- Leonard Bernstein

“ I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled [poets] to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean. ”

- Socrates

“ Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration. ”

- Thomas A. Edison

“ Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration. ”

- Thomas A. Edison

“ Do one thing every day that scares you. ”

- Eleanor Roosevelt

“ We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. ”

- Kurt Vonnegut

“ When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too. ”

- Paulo Coelho

“ Sometimes you wake up. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you fall, you fly. ”

- Neil Gaiman

“ Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams die Life is a brokenwinged bird, That cannot fly. ”

- Langston Hughes

“ And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. ”

- Antoine de SaintExupéry

“ What's meant to be will always find a way ”

- Trisha Yearwood

“ If you're reading this... Congratulations, you're alive. If that's not something to smile about, then I don't know what is. ”

- Chad Sugg

“ The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all. ”

- Walt Disney Company

“ We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. ”

- Maya Angelou

“ You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write. ”

- Saul Bellow

“ Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently. ”

- Maya Angelou

“ The unexamined life is not worth living. ”

- Socrates

“ I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched. ”

- Edgar Allan Poe

“ Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done. ”

- Vincent van Gogh

“ The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your legacy. ”

- Kalu Ndukwe Kalu

“ Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever. ”

- Lance Armstrong Sally Jenkins

“ It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it. ”

- Lou Holtz

“ Don't be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ I dream my painting and I paint my dream. ”

- Vincent Willem van Gogh

“ Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ You have power over your mind not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. ”

- Marcus Aurelius
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