Quotes about inspiration
inspirational dance stars
I have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple; garlands from window to window; golden chains from star to star, and I dance. Arthur Rimbaud
inspirational night silence
I turned silences and nights into words. What was unutterable, I wrote down. I made the whirling world stand still. Arthur Rimbaud
inspiration home years
But inspiration? - That's when you come home from abroad and are asked: Well, have you found inspiration? - and fortunately you haven't. But the impressions sink in, of course, and may emerge later: None of us has invented the house; that was done many thousands of years ago. Arne Jacobsen
inspirational motivational anger
The human race's prospects of survival were considerably better when we were defenceless against tigers than they are today when we have become defenceless against ourselves. Arnold J. Toynbee
inspirational motivational success
Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things: first, an ideal, with takes the imagination by storm, and second, a definite intelligible plan for carrying that ideal into practice. Arnold J. Toynbee
inspirational motivational believe
It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at that goal itself but at some more ambitious goal beyond it. Arnold J. Toynbee
inspiration ruts advantage
The great advantage of being in a rut is that when one is in a rut, one knows exactly where one is. Arnold Bennett
inspirational spring believe
The chances are that you have already come to believe that happiness is unattainable. But men have attained it. And they have attained it by realizing that happiness does not spring from the procuring of physical or mental pleasure, but from the development of reason and the adjustment of conduct to principles. Arnold Bennett
inspirational self-confidence gains
The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labour is immense. Arnold Bennett
inspiration golf people
I've drawn a lot of inspiration from people who have supported me, golfers who have helped me. If it wasn't for the game of golf I'd probably be mowing the greens back in Latrobe. Arnold Palmer
inspirational sports adversity
Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you. Arnold Palmer
inspirational educational creativity
The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot wrong questions. Antony Jay
inspirational running goal
Life is like skiing. Just like skiing, the goal is not to get to the bottom of the hill. It's to have a bunch of good runs before the sun sets. Seth Godin
inspirational humor government
Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. Frederic Bastiat
inspirational graduation education
If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. Derek Bok
inspirational hero thinking
I go into every game thinking I'm going to be the hero. I have to, or I wouldn't enjoy it. Derek Jeter
inspirational passion want-something
The longer you wait to decide what you want to do, the more time you're wasting. It's up to you to want something so badly that your passion shows through in your actions. Your actions, not your words, will do the shouting for you. Derek Jeter
inspirational life strength
I made a commitment to completely cut out drinking and anything that might hamper me from getting my mind and body together. And the floodgates of goodness have opened upon me - spiritually and financially. Denzel Washington
inspirational motivational acting
Do what you gotta do so you can do what you wanna do. Denzel Washington
inspirational-life names people
Very few people really see things unless they've had someone in early life who made them look at things. And name them too. But the looking is primary, the focus. Denise Levertov
inspirational fullness-of-life earth
But we have only begun to love the earth. We have only begun to imagine the fullness of life. How could we tire of hope?-so much is in bud. Denise Levertov
inspirational-life winning games
Winning is beginning. And just by beginning, your game is half won. Denis Waitley
inspirational cutting goal
Don't be a time manager, be a priority manager. Cut your major goals into bite-sized pieces. Each small priority or requirement on the way to ultimate goal become a mini goal in itself. Denis Waitley
inspirational self-esteem practice
The most important key to the permanent enhancement of self esteem is the practice of positive inner-talk. Denis Waitley
inspirational softball sports
The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Denis Waitley
inspirational
We sing because we're happy and happy because we sing Denis Waitley
inspiration persistence best-effort
Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. Denis Waitley
inspirational problem motivated
Highly motivated achievers are looking not to receive but to contribute. They are looking for problems that are personally satisfying to solve. Denis Waitley
inspirational adventure people
The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, learn about them, or even seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them. Denis Waitley
inspiration views learning-experience
View life as a continuous learning experience. Denis Waitley
inspirational perseverance persistence
As long as we are persistence in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow. We cannot choose the day or time when we will fully bloom. It happens in its own time. Denis Waitley
inspirational share feels
You must feel love within, before you can share it. Denis Waitley
inspirational persistence winning
Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning. Denis Waitley