Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Spurgeon

The modern [endtimes] notion has greatly damped the zeal of the church for missions, and the sooner it is shown to be unscriptural the better for the cause of God. It neither consorts with prophecy, honours God, nor inspires the church with ardour

Edward Jenner

I shall endeavour still further to prosecute this inquiry, an inquiry I trust not merely speculative, but of sufficient moment to inspire the pleasing hope of its becoming essentially beneficial to mankind.

Benedict Cumberbatch

My assessment of Julian Assange is a professional one, really, of what he's managed to achieve, and the idea that he came up with, which set the world alight and continues to inspire others like Snowden [NSA leaker Edward Snowden], about the secret goings-on that are done in our name with our tax dollars on behalf of big business or politics. He launched the revolutionary idea that citizens can start to claim back a paradigm for questioning power structures and those in authority through an anonymous, whistle-blowing website.

Mark Cuban

I love to compete. I want to get out there and kick your ass in the business world. That is what inspires me.

Bertrand Piccard

What the history of aviation has brought in the 20th century should inspire us to be inventors and explorers ourselves in the new century.

Charles Baudelaire

There are women who inspire you with the desire to conquer them and to take your pleasure of them; but this one fills you only with the desire to die slowly beneath her gaze.

Billy Zane

Every day is a surprise. There are confirmations of an interconnectivity and synchronicity which inspire, titillate and confirm the inherent comedy of the universe.

Edward Kennedy

Have faith in yourself and in the future.

Benjamin Franklin

Religion I found to be without any tendency to inspire, promote, or confirm morality, serves principally to divide us and make us unfriendly to one another.

Well be inspired by these poles and their messages for years to come.

Eric Clapton

It's been so long since I've been around something from somebody else that's inspired me. For the last 20 years, it's been up to me to inspire me.

They played inspired defense. They simply took it to us.

They opened up their homes, their wallets and their hearts. I was always so inspired that these people took in these kids,

Billy Donovan

They've been able to inspire a lot of different people... people that maybe are really, really in need.

You can't just play something new every night. But you never play it the same way twice, and you can still get inspired on it.

Matthew Bourne

It's a piece of theater that's been inspired by a movie that we all love. But it has to surprise people who know the film really well.

Diane von Furstenberg

Women never cease to impress and inspire me.

David Krumholtz

I came away from that set [ Hail, Caesar !] super inspired, and like I said, it ruined all future endeavors. I'll never have as good an experience as that.

The tests we've had do not inspire confidence,

Peter Forsberg

Stop motion is a visual look that has inspired so many movies and moviemakers, from the original 1933 'King Kong' to, now, Tim Burton.

Jim Calhoun

Some teams in their position are scared by the NCAA tournament. They were inspired by it.

David Phelps

Something in life inspires me, ... I have a song on my new record, 'Visions of God,' about my kids and not missing the important moments.

Francis Bacon

Sacred and inspired divinity, the sabaoth and port of all men's labours and peregrinations.

Jennifer Westfeldt

I seem to only write New York stories because it's the only thing that inspires or interests me.

Edward Olmos

I should be so lucky. I'd be very, very proud if it inspired them to have their own voice.

The risk at this point is that we get a weak payrolls number. If we get a negative number, that might inspire some pretty violent short-covering.

Ciara

You're only a new artist one time, and I can just say I'm so blessed. I feel so inspired to do other things, to be so much more.

Ayelet Waldman

If only shame were a reliable engine for behavior modification. All it does is make me feel bad, which inspires me to bust open a bag of cheese popcorn, which then makes me feel crappy about my weight.

Kenneth Branagh

I choose to be inspired by things that have been done well in the past. So, I don't worry about being compared, because I think that does paralyze you.

Cesar Chavez

True wealth is not measured in money or status or power. It is measured in the legacy we leave behind for those we love and those we inspire.

Alain de Botton

There is psychological pleasure in this takeoff, too, for the swiftness of the plane’s ascent is an exemplary symbol of transformation. The display of power can inspire us to imagine analogous, decisive shifts in our own lives, to imagine that we, too, might one day surge above much that now looms over us.” P. 38-39

Blake Lively

If i'm not with somebody who really excites or inspires me, then I'd rather be by myself.

Jane Austen

A woman of seven and twenty, said Marianne, after pausing a moment, can never hope to feel or inspire affection again.