Quotes about inspiring
inspiring thank-you kindness
It is nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. John Templeton
inspiring encouragement i-hate-you
And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good. John Steinbeck
inspiring mothers-day thinking
I didn't know my mother had it. I think a lot of women don't know their mothers had it; that's the sad thing about depression. You know, you don't function anymore. You shut down. You feel like you are in a void. Marie Osmond
inspiring dancing doorways
We seek not rest but transformation. We are dancing through each other as doorways. Marge Piercy
inspiring race people
We must go through a natural revolution if we are to survive on earth. We need to change people's perceptions. If there's no environment, there's no human race. We are in a state of global denial. Ted Turner
inspiring country 4th-of-july
This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in. Theodore Roosevelt
inspiring weakness grows
You will learn and grow the least in your areas of weakness. Marcus Buckingham
inspiring people thousand
Everyone can probably do at least one thing better than ten thousand other people.
inspiring lonely individuality
True individuality can be lonely.
inspiring cease
We live with them every day, and they come so easily to us that they cease to be precious.
inspiring practice design
Your strongest life is built through a continuous practice of designing moment by moment.
inspiring lying moving
The difference between a pebble and a mountain lies in whom you ask to move it.
inspiring running crazy
I think not focusing on money makes you sane, because in the long run it can probably drive you crazy. Kevin Systrom
inspiring kings moving
Dr. King is so inspiring, so impressive, so moving as a human being. Michael Bolton
inspiring strong-women dog
When I believe in something, I'm like a dog with a bone. Melissa McCarthy
inspiring children vaccines
Vaccines are a miracle cure. Eight out of 10 children are getting vaccines. Melinda Gates
inspiring girl investing
If you invest in a girl or a woman, you are investing in everybody else.
inspiring children play
Family life! The United Nations is child's play compared to the tugs and splits and need to understand and forgive in any family. May Sarton
inspiring book thoughtful
For a person who grew up in the '30s and '40s in the segregated South, with so many doors closed without explanation to me, libraries and books said, 'Here I am, read me.' Over time I have learned I am at my best around books. Maya Angelou
inspiring dream responsibility
Those of us who submitted or surrendered our ideas and dreams and identities to the 'leaders' must take back our rights, our identities, our responsibilities.
inspiring whining victim
Never whine. Whining lets a brute know that a victim is in the neighborhood.
inspiring grateful use
I'm grateful to be of use. I will not be misused or abused, but I will be of use to anybody.
inspiring morning grateful
The first thing I do in the morning when I awaken is say, 'Thank you, Lord!' I'm grateful to be alive, and I'm going to try to tell the truth as well as I know and tell it as eloquently as I can so that people can hear it.
inspiring believe love-life
My life has been long, and believing that life loves the liver of it, I have dared to try many things, sometimes trembling, but daring still.
inspiring writing poetry
Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.
inspiring writing creative
We need to remember that we are all created creative and can invent new scenarios as frequently as they are needed.
inspiring persistence people
I am overwhelmed by the grace and persistence of my people.
inspiring writing frozen-lake
Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake.
inspiring courage thoughtful
All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.
inspiring pain real
When I am writing, I am trying to find out who I am, who we are, what we're capable of, how we feel, how we lose and stand up, and go on from darkness into darkness. I'm trying for that. But I'm also trying for the language. I'm trying to see how it can really sound. I really love language. I love it for wate it does for us, how it allows us to explain the pain and the glory, the nuances and delicacies of our existence. And then it allows us to laugh, allows us to show wit. Real wit is shown in language. We need language.
inspiring running book
Each time I write a book, every time I face that yellow pad, the challenge is so great. I have written eleven books, but each time I think, ‘Uh oh, they’re going to find out now. I’ve run a game on everybody and they’re going to find me out.
inspiring revenge people
The swordswoman and I are not so dissimilar. May my people understand the resemblance soon so that I can return to them. What we have in common are the words at our backs. The idioms for revenge are 'report a crime' and 'report to five families.' The reporting is the vengeance-not the beheading, not the gutting, but the words. Maxine Hong Kingston
inspiring loving-life thoughtful
The problem I have with haters is that they see my glory, but they don't know my story...