Inspiration Quotes - Page 11

• When inspiration does not come, I go for a walk, go to the movie, talk to a friend, let go... The muse is bound to return again, especially if I turn my back!

  Judy Collins

  Letting Go, Return, Doe

  "Wise Highs: How to Thrill, Chill, & Get Away from It All Without Alcohol or Other Drugs" by Alex J. Packer, (p. 213), 2006.

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• Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.

  Anthony Bourdain

  Life, Change, Travel

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• If you can dream it, you can achieve it.

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspirational, Positive, Dream

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• Nurture your mind with great thoughts

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Happiness, Hero, Thinking

  Benjamin Disraeli (1844). “Coningsby: Or, The New Generation”, p.111, London : H. Colburn

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• When a goal matters enough to a person, that person will find a way to accomplish what at first seemed impossible.

  Nido R Qubein

  Motivation, Commitment, Goal

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• Love and kindness are the very basis of society. If we lose these feelings, society will face tremendous difficulties; the survival of humanity will be endangered.

  Dalai Lama

  Kindness, Feelings, Humanity

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (2013). “Kindness, Clarity, and Insight”, p.51, Shambhala Publications

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• Islam is a vibrant faith. Millions of our fellow citizens are Muslim. We respect the faith. We honor its traditions. Our enemy does not. Our enemy doesn't follow the great traditions of Islam. They've hijacked a great religion.

  George W. Bush

  Honor, Enemy, Islam

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• Allah knows exactly what to give you to help you return to Him. The events in your life are purposeful, appropriate & non-random.

  Hamza Yusuf

  Giving, Islam, Events

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• Give your kids time to dream.

  Judith Warner

  Dream, Kids, Giving

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• Emptiness is a symptom that you are not living creatively. You either have not goal that is important enough to you, or you are not using your talents and efforts in a striving toward an important goal.

  Maxwell Maltz

  Motivation, Using Your Talents, Goal

  Maxwell Maltz (1989). “Psycho-Cybernetics”, p.145, Simon and Schuster

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• Get into the habit of saying, ''Speak, Lord,'' and life will become a romance.

  Oswald Chambers

  Faith, Romance, Speak

  Oswald Chambers (2011). “The Quotable Oswald Chambers”, p.229, Discovery House

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• Let your door stand open to receive Him, unlock your soul to Him, offer Him a welcome in your mind, and then you will see the riches of simplicity, the treasures of peace, the joy of grace. Throw wide the gate of your heart, stand before the sun of the everlasting light.

  Ambrose

  God, Faith, Religious

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• I will go anywhere and do anything in order to communicate the love of Jesus to those who do not know Him or have forgotten Him.

  Frances Xavier Cabrini

  Faith, Religious, Jesus

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• Inspiration arrives as a packet of material to be delivered.

  John Updike

  Literature, Materials

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• I learned...that inspiration does not come like a bolt, nor is it kinetic, energetic striving, but it comes into us slowly and quietly and all the time, though we must regularly and every day give it a little chance to start flowing, prime it with a little solitude and idleness.

  Brenda Ueland

  Creativity, Creating, Giving

  Brenda Ueland (2013). “If You Want to Write”, p.37, Simon and Schuster

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• Inspiration comes to us slowly and quietly . prime it with a little solitude.

  Brenda Ueland

  Solitude, Littles, Prime

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• Each morning we must hold out the chalice of our being to receive, to carry, and give back. It must be held out empty - for the past must only be reflected in its polish, its shape, its capacity.

  Dag Hammarskjold

  Faith, Morning, Past

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• Look into your own heart, discover what it is that gives you pain and then refuse, under any circumstance whatsoever, to inflict that pain on anybody else.

  Karen Armstrong

  Life, Pain, Motivation

  "How Can We Make The World More Compassionate?". Interview with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. December 19, 2014.

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• But until a person can say deeply and honestly, "I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday," that person cannot say, "I choose otherwise.

  Stephen Covey

  Inspirational, Integrity, Yesterday

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.83, Mango Media Inc.

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• All your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them.

  Walt Disney

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "How to Be Like Walt : Capturing the Magic Every Day of Your Life". Book by Pat Williams, 2004.

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• There are very few real teachers. Teaching is not a job; it is a vocation. To be a great one many qualities must be combined: love of truth, knowledge, reverence, loving concern for one's students, clarity and patience.

  Alice von Hildebrand

  Faith, Teacher, Jobs

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• A sum can be put right: but only by going back till you find the error and working it afresh from that point, never by simply going on.

  C. S. Lewis

  Christian, Errors, Working It

  C. S. Lewis (1984). “The Business of Heaven: Daily Readings from C. S. Lewis”, p.134, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Don't be distracted by criticism. Remember ~ the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspirational, Motivational, Encouraging

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Aug 12, 2014

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• Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Inspirational, Kindness, Compassion

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.158

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  No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.

  William Blake

  Love, Motivational, Cute

  William Blake, W. H. Stevenson (2007). “Blake: The Complete Poems”, p.114, Pearson Education

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