Quotes on Inspiration

What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.

We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.

In the attempt to make scientific discoveries, every problem is an opportunity — and the more difficult the problem, the greater will be the importance of its solution.

...any belief in supernatural creators, rulers, or influencers of natural or human process introduces an irreparable split into the universe, and prevents us from grasping its real unity. Any belief in Absolutes, whether the absolute validity of moral commandments, of authority of revelation, of inner certitudes, or of divine inspiration, erects a formidable barrier against progress and the responsibility of improvement, moral, rational, and religious.

While the political right may moralize sex, the political left is doing it with food. Food is becoming extremely moralized nowadays, and a lot of it is ideas about purity, about what you're willing to touch, or put into your body.

I hope to stay light on my feet, to work in many modes, to seek inspiration always, and avoid the fatal. But, as we all know, it is the price of life to burn out, both metaphorically and literally.

I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.

God doesn't require us to succeed, he only requires that you try.

True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents.

Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the action that we do.

I cleanse the windows of my mind, that it may become a mirror reflecting inspiration from the most High. I do this, not with strenuous effort, but through quiet contemplation, through gently reaching and affirming an inward recognition. I know exactly what to do in every situation. There is an inspiration within me which governs every act, every thought, with certainty, with conviction and in peace.

The man who wins, is the man who thinks he can.

A composer is not only an architect but also an inventor, and he should not build houses in which he cannot live.

There's zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas.

I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are; because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star. I'd rather be a has-been than a might-have-been, by far; for a might have-been has never been, but a has was once an are.

Cherish each hour of this day for it can NEVER return.

You are my inspiration and my folly. You are my light across the sea, my million nameless joys, and my day's wage. You are my divinity, my madness, my selfishness, my transfiguration and purification. You are my rapscallionly fellow vagabond, my tempter and star. I want you.

You've got to say, "I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it." It's called perseverance.

When you reach an obstacle, turn it into an opportunity. You have the choice. You can overcome and be a winner, or you can allow it to overcome you and be a loser. The choice is yours and yours alone. Refuse to throw in the towel. Go that extra mile that failures refuse to travel. It is far better to be exhausted from success than to be rested from failure.

I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back.