Quotes on Inspire

The generative energy, which, when we are loose, dissipates and makes us unclean, when we are continent invigorates and inspires us. Chastity is the flowering of man; and what are called Genius, Heroism, Holiness, and the like, are but various fruits which succeed it.

As a little girl growing up in Southside Jamaica Queens, if anyone would've told me I'd have my own perfume one day, and be able to inspire young black girls everywhere, to go into Macy's or Nordstrom's and see their face staring back at them - I wouldn't believe them.

The image of the Goddess inspires women to see ourselves as divine, our bodies as sacred, the changing phases of our lives as holy, our aggression as healthy, our anger as purifying, and our power to nurture and create, but also to limit and destroy when necessary, as the very force that sustains all life. Through the Goddess we can discover our strength, enlighten our minds, own our bodies, and celebrate our emotions. We can move beyond narrow, constricting roles and become whole.

People say to me, 'You seem to have made this conscious decision to do independent films'. In reality, I haven't. After each movie, I always think, 'how different can I possibly be? Is this going to challenge me, is this going to inspire me, and is this going to make me love my job more than I already do?'

There is no inherent awakening power in cultural forms that have become dissociated from the wisdom and practicality that gave birth to them. They turn into illusions themselves and become part of the drama of religious culture. Although they can make us happy temporarily, they can't free us from suffering, so at some point, they become a source of disappointment and discouragement. Eventually, these forms may inspire nothing more than resistance to their authority.

Success isn't overnight. It's when everyday you get a little better than the day before. It all adds up.

From Jefferson to Jackson to Lincoln to FDR to Reagan, every great president inspires enormous affection and enormous hostility. We'll all be much saner, I think, if we remember that history is full of surprises and things that seemed absolutely certain one day are often unimaginable the next.

One key to entrepreneurial success is to get a great group of people around you who believe in your idea.

Don't bail; the best pieces of gold are at the bottom of the barrel of crap.

Speaking is half his that speaks, and half his that hears.

When you’re out there partying, horsing around, someone out there at the same time is working hard. Someone is getting smarter and someone is winning. Just remember that.

If the cause of poverty is marginalization, the cure is inclusion.

Within the character of the citizen, lies the welfare of the nation.

Another name for peace is development.

Human beings are not things needing to be motivated and controlled; they are four dimensional - body, mind, heart, and spirit.

Hope, even more than necessity, is the mother of invention.

We are in the presence of a new organization of society. Our life has broken away from the past.

The future is not inevitable. We can influence it, if we know what we want it to be.

Enlightenment is an accident, but some activities make you accident-prone.

We can begin to open our hearts to others when we have no hope of getting anything back. We just do it for its own sake.

Discomfort of any kind becomes the basis for practice. We breathe in knowing our pain is shared.