Inspiration Quotes - Page 29

• The tartness of his face sours ripe grapes.

  William Shakespeare

  Sassy, Faces, Grapes

  William Shakespeare (1998). “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, p.346, Oxford University Press, USA

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• The people who make it to the top - whether they're musicians, or great chefs, or corporate honchos - are addicted to their calling ... [they] are the ones who'd be doing whatever it is they love, even if they weren't being paid.

  Quincy Jones

  Inspirational, Motivational, Loving What You Do

  Quincy Jones (2002). “Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones”, p.266, Three Rivers Press

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• Every man stamps his value on himself... man is made great or small by his own will.

  Friedrich Schiller

  Positive, Acceptance, Men

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• Don't be afraid of change, because it is leading you to a new beginning.

  Joyce Meyer

  Life, Change, New Beginnings

  Twitter post from Jan 4, 2013

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• One day you'll be an inspiration at others.

  Demi Lovato

  Bad Ass, One Day, Ass

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• Whatsoever is done in charity, however small and of no reputation it be, bringeth forth good fruit.

  Thomas a Kempis

  Helping Others, Volunteer, Done

  Saint Augustine of Hippo, Saint Augustine, Thomas A'Kempis (2006). “The Confessions of St. Augustine, Including the Imitation of Christ”, p.227, Cosimo, Inc.

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• If we wish to keep peace with our neighbours, we should never remind any one of his natural defects.

  Philip Neri

  Faith, Wish, Saint

  "The Maxims and Sayings of St Philip Neri".

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• Each one of us should lead a life stirring enough to start a movement.

  Max Lucado

  Motivation, Volunteer, Movement

  Max Lucado (2015). “On the Anvil”, p.120, NavPress

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• Accomplishment will prove to be a journey, not a destination.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Inspirational, Motivational, New Year

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• What this world needs is a new kind of army - the army of the kind.

  Cleveland Amory

  Kindness, Army, Needs

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• By swallowing evil words unsaid, no one has ever harmed his stomach.

  Winston Churchill

  Kindness, Generosity, Evil

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• Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?

  Groucho Marx

  Funny, Witty, Crazy

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• There are eight rungs in charity. The highest is when you help a man to help himself.

  Maimonides

  Kindness, Men, Eight

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• There is no such thing as a long piece of work, except one that you dare not start.

  Charles Baudelaire

  Long, Innovation, Pieces

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• I hope that someday we will find evidence that there is intelligent life among humans on this planet.

  Sylvia Earle

  Motivation, Ocean, Intelligent

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• A lot of athletes have this sort of invincibility: [The jellyfish] should worry about me. I don't worry about them. I'll just swim right through them.

  Diana Nyad

  Motivation, Ocean, Athlete

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• Now there's a man with an open mind - you can feel the breeze from here!

  Groucho Marx

  Funny, Life And Love, Crazy

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• A person gets from a symbol the meaning he puts into it, and what is one man's comfort and inspiration is another's jest and scorn.

  Robert H. Jackson

  Men, Comfort, Jest

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• I've always been a leader. I've always kind of been the tallest person on the team when I was younger but always kind of the smartest. I was ahead of my time. I wasn't always the oldest, I kind of was the youngest on the team, but, I kind of knew what to do at times.

  LeBron James

  Basketball, Team, Leader

  Group interview, www.insidehoops.com. January 4, 2004.

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• Once you become a professional athlete or once you do anything well, then you're automatically a role model ... I have no problem being a role model. I love it. I have kids looking up to me and hopefully I inspire these kids to do good things.

  LeBron James

  Basketball, Athlete, Kids

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• Improvisation is the essence of good talk. Heaven defend us from the talker who doles out things prepared for us; but let heaven not less defend us from the beautiful spontaneous writer who puts his trust in the inspiration of the moment.

  Max Beerbohm

  Inspirational, Beautiful, Essence

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• When the intellect and affections are in harmony; when intellectual consciousness is calm and deep; inspiration will not be confounded with fancy.

  Margaret Fuller

  Inspirational, Intellectual, Fancy

  Margaret Fuller, Bell Gale Chevigny (1976). “The Woman and the Myth: Margaret Fuller's Life and Writings”, p.261, UPNE

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• I never play cricket. It requires one to assume such indecent postures.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Sarcastic, Play

  His reason for not playing cricket. Quoted in Bloomsbury Thematic Dictionary of Quotations (1988)

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• No man will work for your interests unless they are his.

  David Seabury

  Inspirational, Selfish, Men

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