Quotes on Inspiration

I will go anywhere, provided it is forward.

Knowledge does not come to us in details, but in flashes of light from heaven.

I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're Doing Something.

Inner silence promotes clarity of mind; It makes us value the inner world; It trains us to go inside to the source of peace and inspiration when we are faced with problems and challenges.

You should not be carried away by the dictation of the mind, but the mind should be carried by your dictation.

Prayer ought to be short and pure, unless it be prolonged by the inspiration of Divine grace.

Genius is 1 percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration.

If every 8 year old in the world is taught meditation, we will eliminate violence from the world within one generation

If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good.

Meditation allows us to directly participate in our lives instead of living life as an afterthought.

Your goal is not to battle with the mind, but to witness the mind.

There is no persuasiveness more effectual than the transparency of a single heart, of a sincere life.

The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people.

A mother's arms are more comforting than anyone else's.

My mother ... had a very deep inner spirituality that allowed her to rebuild her life. It's extraordinary that she had such a strong sense of self and such a commitment to the future and such a strong creative sense that she could build new worlds for herself and for us out of the total devastation in her life.

Deep down in me I knowed it was a lie, and He knowed it. You can't pray a lie - I found that out.

People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine.

Time And health are two precious assets that we don't recognize and appreciate until they have been depleted.

It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.

We judge ourselves by our intentions. And others by their actions.

Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.