Quotes on Inspiration

Being the first to cross the finish line makes you a winner in only one phase of life. It's what you do after you cross the line that really counts.

Feeling and longing are the motive forces behind all human endeavor and human creations.

See the good in people and help them.

Poets are the hierophants of an unapprehended inspiration; the mirrors of the gigantic shadows which futurity casts upon the present; the words which express what they understand not; the trumpets which sing to battle, and feel not what they inspire; the influence which is moved not, but moves. Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.

It is the function of parents to see that their children habitually experience the true consequences of their conduct.

Jazz translates the moment into a sense of inspiration for not only the musicians but for the listeners.

Less isn't more; just enough is more.

Inspiration is an awakening, a quickening of all man's faculties, and it is manifested in all high artistic achievements.

Rest when you're weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work.

The best of all things is to learn. Money can be lost or stolen, health and strength may fail, but what you have committed to your mind is yours forever.

When one has tasted watermelon he knows what the angels eat.

Good parents give their children Roots and Wings. Roots to know where home is, wings to fly away and exercise what's been taught them.

The greatest failure is the failure to try.

To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.

For people who live in the imagination, there is no lack of subjects. To seek for the exact moment at which inspiration comes is false. Imagination floods us with suggestions all the time, from all directions.

I knew that if I failed I wouldn't regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is not trying.

A warrior of light who trusts too much in his intelligence will end up underestimating the power of his opponent.

Anyone can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend's success.

We must become the change we want to see.

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.

The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy.