Inspiration Quotes
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"When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too."
"Hold fast to dreams,For if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged bird,That cannot fly."
"The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all."
"If you're reading this...Congratulations, you're alive.If that's not something to smile about,then I don't know what is."
"You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write."
"Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently."
"Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever."
"It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it."
"The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your legacy."
"It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done."
"I dream my painting and I paint my dream."
"Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery."
"The reason it hurts so much to separate is because our souls are connected. Maybe they always have been and will be. Maybe we've lived a thousand lives before this one and in each of them we've found each other. And maybe each time, we've been forced apart for the same reasons. That means that this goodbye is both a goodbye for the past ten thousand years and a prelude to what will come."
"I read once that the ancient Egyptians had fifty words for sand & the Eskimos had a hundred words for snow. I wish I had a thousand words for love, but all that comes to mind is the way you move against me while you sleep & there are no words for that."
"You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength."
"Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness."
"You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club."
"The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can't achieve it."
"It's hard to beat a person who never gives up."
"It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living."
"When someone tells me "no,"it doesn't mean I can't do it, it simply means I can't do it with them."
"Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing."
"Why do they always teach us that it's easy and evil to do what we want and that we need discipline to restrain ourselves? It's the hardest thing in the world--to do what we want. And it takes the greatest kind of courage. I mean, what we really want."
"Do stuff. be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration's shove or society's kiss on your forehead. Pay attention. It's all about paying attention. attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. stay eager."
"When all is said and done, more is said than done."
"The only person who can pull me down is myself, and I'm not going to let myself pull me down anymore."
"Music has always been a matter of Energy to me, a question of Fuel. Sentimental people call it Inspiration, but what they really mean is Fuel. I have always needed Fuel. I am a serious consumer. On some nights I still believe that a car with the gas needle on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio."
"Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway."
"For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you."
"Our wounds are often the openings into the best and most beautiful part of us."
"Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature -- the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter."
"You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him."
"I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars and books; I have begun to listen to the teaching my blood whispers to me."
"I ask not for any crownBut that which all may win;Nor try to conquer any worldExcept the one within."
"Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree."
"With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts."
"So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings."
"I'm not in search of sanctity, sacredness, purity; these things are found after this life, not in this life; but in this life I search to be completely human: to feel, to give, to take, to laugh, to get lost, to be found, to dance, to love and to lust, to be so human."
"Your life is an occasion. Rise to it."
"When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on"
"Get going. Move forward. Aim High. Plan a takeoff. Don't just sit on the runway and hope someone will come along and push the airplane. It simply won't happen. Change your attitude and gain some altitude. Believe me, you'll love it up here."
"A single day is enough to make us a little larger or, another time, a little smaller."
"Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness.Listen to it carefully."
"Live your truth. Express your love. Share your enthusiasm. Take action towards your dreams. Walk your talk. Dance and sing to your music. Embrace your blessings. Make today worth remembering."
"Always remember, your focus determines your reality."
"You must not ever stop being whimsical. And you must not, ever, give anyone else the responsibility for your life."
"Silently, one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven,Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels."
"It's not what you say out of your mouth that determines your life, it's what you whisper to yourself that has the most power!"
"You are the only you God made... God made you and broke the mold."
"There is freedom waiting for you,On the breezes of the sky,And you ask "What if I fall?"Oh but my darling,What if you fly?"
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