Inspiration Quotes And Sayings

by allinspiration.com

Here is a collection of inspiration quotes and sayings from various authors, celebrities, famous persons, and other sources compiled by allinspiration.com for you to read and enjoy.

“In fact, the converse is true: At a time when the United States has been called on for a level of moral leadership, vision and inspiration not seen since World War II, we cannot afford to dissemble about crimes against humanity.”
– Adam Schiff

“We’re taught to be ashamed of confusion, anger, fear and sadness, and to me they’re of equal value to happiness, excitement and inspiration.”
– Alanis Morissette

“I think that’s given inspiration to other musicians. I know, particularly through the 90s, a lot of bands would cite Rush as an influence. I don’t think it was so much our music, but more the way we really stuck to our guns.”
– Alex Lifeson

“It’s not until I hear songs that I’ve done, that I realize how much of an inspiration music from the ’60s and ’70s has been.”
– Alicia Keys

“I always start from scratch with a character – they’re never based on anyone else. You get ideas of what people look like, and I’m a great people watcher. You can draw inspiration from people.”
– Amanda Burton

“Who knows where inspiration comes from. Perhaps it arises from desperation. Perhaps it comes from the flukes of the universe, the kindness of the muses.”
– Amy Tan

“I believe we need to attract a new generation of the best and brightest to public service and I believe that government can be a source of inspiration, not degradation.”
– Andrew Cuomo

“Directing, I get all kinds of inspiration. It’s working with people. It’s a lot more fun.”
– Ang Lee

“When I look at designer books I am sometimes puzzled why they don’t share their inspiration, when it’s obvious somebody had such great inspiration.”
– Anna Sui

“But inspiration? – That’s when you come home from abroad and are asked: Well, have you found inspiration? – and fortunately you haven’t. But the impressions sink in, of course, and may emerge later: None of us has invented the house; that was done many thousands of years ago.”
– Arne Jacobsen

“Inspiration in Science may have to do with ideas, but not in Art. In art it is in the senses that are instinctively responsive to the medium of expression.”
– Arthur Erickson

“Inspiration for my music just comes from, you know, my life experiences.”
– Avril Lavigne

“If I waited for inspiration every time I sat down to write a song I probably would be a plumber today.”
– Barry Mann

“You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There’s only so much you can do with one record.”
– Beck

“If it comes out sounding like Dixieland jazz or classical or punk or rock or even slightly metal, that’s because that’s where I’m going to find inspiration.”
– Ben Harper

“Most of life is routine – dull and grubby, but routine is the momentum that keeps a man going. If you wait for inspiration you’ll be standing on the corner after the parade is a mile down the street.”
– Ben Nicholas

“I would say that the surest measure of a man’s or a woman’s maturity is the harmony, style, joy, and dignity he creates in his marriage, and the pleasure and inspiration he provides for his spouse.”
– Benjamin Spock

“Diana Ross is a big inspiration to all of us. We all grew up watching everything about her – her mike placement, her grace, her style and her class.”
– Beyonce Knowles

“Education brings about opportunity, and in turn inspiration.”
– Bill Frist

“NASA is an engine of innovation and inspiration as well as the world’s premier space exploration agency, and we are well served by politicians working to keep it that way, instead of turning it into a mere jobs program, or worse, cutting its budget.”
– Bill Nye

“To me, it’s all about inspiration. What gets me creatively excited is a challenge.”
– Bill Skarsgard

“Don’t make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money. Though it’s crucial to make a living, that shouldn’t be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.”
– Billy Joel

“Certainly I think the election of John Kennedy and all he stood for was one that really was an inspiration.”
– Birch Bayh

“Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity.”
– Bo Bennett

“Inspiration is hard to come by. You have to take it where you find it.”
– Bob Dylan

“Rosa Parks’ courage, determination, and tenacity continue to be an inspiration to all those committed to non-violent protest and change nearly half a century later.”
– Bob Filner

“One of the really important things about the Olympics is, to enjoy yourself, you have to accept that it’s different and feed off the enthusiasm of everyone and the inspiration and hopefully that will elevate your performance.”
– Bode Miller

“I’ve been lucky enough that I can gather all sorts of experiences and find inspiration by traveling around and by spending time with people I admire.”
– Bonnie Raitt

“Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter.”
– Brad Henry

“I would like to be called an inspiration to people, not a role model – because I make mistakes like everybody else. When I’m offstage, I’m just like everybody else.”
– Britney Spears

“I think at one time every drummer wanted to play like Krupa or wanted to win a Gene Krupa drum contest. This is the big inspiration for drummers and naturally it has to be the same way for me.”
– Buddy Rich

“As an inspiration to the author, I do not think the cat can be over-estimated. He suggests so much grace, power, beauty, motion, mysticism. I do not wonder that many writers love cats; I am only surprised that all do not.”
– Carl Van Vechten

“Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration.”
– Carlos Ghosn

“My mother taught me about the power of inspiration and courage, and she did it with a strength and a passion that I wish could be bottled.”
– Carly Fiorina

“The moment of inspiration can come from memory, or language, or the imagination, or experience – anything that makes an impression forcibly enough for language to form.”
– Carol Ann Duffy

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