Inspire Quotes - Page 34

• There are houses in certain provincial towns whose aspect inspires melancholy, akin to that called forth by sombre cloisters, dreary moorlands, or the desolation of ruins. Within these houses there is, perhaps, the silence of the cloister, the barrenness of moors, the skeleton of ruins; life and movement are so stagnant there that a stranger might think them uninhabited, were it not that he encounters suddenly the pale, cold glance of a motionless person, whose half-monastic face peers beyond the window-casing at the sound of an unaccustomed step.

  Honore de Balzac

  Book, Thinking, Skeletons

  Honore de Balzac (2009). “Eugenie Grandet”, p.5, The Floating Press

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• Poetry is enthusiasm with wings of fire; it is the angel of high thoughts, that inspires us with the power of sacrifice.

  Giuseppe Mazzini

  Angel, Sacrifice, Fire

  Giuseppe Mazzini (1891). “Autobiographical and political”

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• What is our hope but the indwelling Spirit of Christ, to bring every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, to inspire every word and deed by His love? Then will "broken lights" blend in steady shining, the fractional be summed up in the integral, and life, unified and beautified by the central Christ, radiate God's glory, and shine with divine effulgence.

  Maltbie Davenport Babcock

  Light, Broken, Shining

  Maltbie Davenport Babcock (1901). “Thoughts for Every-day Living from the Spoken and Written Words of Maltbie Davenport Babcock”

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• There is this paradox in fear: he is most likely to inspire it in others who has none himself!

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Fear, Paradox

  Charles Caleb Colton (1824). “Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think”, p.147

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• jewels have played a colorful part in the evolution of world affairs. Because precious stones tend to inspire both admiration and greed, leaders have found convenient excuses for seeking them and have used them to impress crowds, reward friends, deprive foes, forge alliances, and justify war. Jewels may find their highest expression in the decorative arts, but they have also earned a place in the art of the possible.

  Madeleine Albright

  Art, War, Expression

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• Genius is lonely without the surrounding presence of a people to inspire it.

  Thomas Wentworth Higginson

  Lonely, People, Genius

  Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1871). “Atlantic Essays”, p.18

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• A mission could be defined as an image of a desired state that you want to get to. Once fully seen, it will inspire you to act, fuel your imagination and determine your behavior.

  Bill Vaughan

  Imagination, Behaviour, Fuel

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• Not a flower
  But shows some touch, in freckle, streak or stain,
  Of his unrivall'd pencil. He inspires
  Their balmy odors, and imparts their hues,
  And bathes their eyes with nectar, and includes
  In grains as countless as the seaside sands,
  The forms with which he sprinkles all the earth
  Happy who walks with him!

  William Cowper

  Flower, Eye, Odor

  William Cowper (1856). “The task, Table talk, and other poems: With critical observations of various authors on his genius and character, and notes, critical and illustrative”, p.305

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• Praise is sunshine; it warms, it inspires, it promotes growth; blame and rebuke are rain and hail; they beat down and bedraggle, even though they may at times be necessary.

  Harriet Beecher Stowe

  Rain, Sunshine, Growth

  Harriet Beecher Stowe (1875). “We and Our Neighbors: Or, The Records of an Unfashionable Street: (Sequel to "My Wife and I.") A Novel”, p.325

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• The sense of beauty is intuitive, and beauty itself is all that inspires pleasure without, and aloof from, and even contrarily to interest.

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  Beauty, Pleasure, Interest

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge (2015). “The Complete Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Poetry, Plays, Literary Essays, Lectures, Autobiography and Letters (Classic Illustrated Edition): The Entire Opus of the English poet, literary critic and philosopher, including The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Kubla Khan, Christabel, Lyrical Ballads, Conversation Poems and Biographia Literaria”, p.2611, e-artnow

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• My vision is to inspire others to find purpose and happiness.

  Tiffany Alvord

  Vision, Purpose, Inspire Others

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• Bad art is maintained by the neurotic, who is deadly afraid of authentic art because it inspires him to go on living, and he is terrified of life.

  Rebecca West

  Art, Goes On, Neurotic

  Rebecca West (2010). “The Strange Necessity: Essays and Reviews”, p.113, Open Road Media

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• Israel's economic and cultural progress is due to three things: the pioneering spirit that inspires the best of our immigrant and Israeli youth, who respond to the challenge of our desolute areas and the ingathering of the exiles; the feeling of Diaspora Jewry that they are partners in the enterprise of Israel's resurgence in the ancient homeland of the Jewish people; and the power of science, and technology which Israel unceasingly, and not without success, tries to enhance.

  David Ben-Gurion

  Technology, Israel, People

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• Kindred objects kindred thoughts inspire,
  As summer clouds flash forth electric fire.

  Samuel Rogers

  Summer, Fire, Clouds

  Samuel Rogers (1849). “Poems”

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• Genius inspires this thirst for fame: there is no blessing undesired by those to whom Heaven gave the means of winning it.

  Madame de Stael

  Mean, Blessing, Winning

  "Corinne". Book by Anne Louise Germaine de Staël, Bk. 16, ch. 1, 1807.

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• Fear binds people together. And fear disperses them. Courage inspires communities: the courage of an example - for courage is as contagious as fear. But courage, certain kinds of courage, can also isolate the brave.

  Susan Sontag

  Courage, Fear, People

  Susan Sontag (2007). “At the Same Time: Essays and Speeches”, p.233, Macmillan

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• it is better to inspire a reform than to enforce it.

  Catherine the Great

  Change, Reform

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• Great opportunity is all around you and it will inspire you to either take advantage of it or deny that it is there.

  Ernie J Zelinski

  Opportunity, Deny, Advantage

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• Under all of the factors that make up the art world, it's up to the individual artist to discern which of those influences are present and at what time and what really serves the deeper process that is constantly running like a stream underground. Influence is incessant. Influence is a fact. But, carry a big shovel and dig constantly to clear away all the unessentials so that the origins of mystery and the poetic force of life can get into and inspire the work.

  Paul Caponigro

  Running, Art, World

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• Sometimes you run out of ideas, just like if you are a writer or whatever. Then you just have to wait around for something to inspire you or look for something to inspire you.

  Martina McBride

  Running, Ideas, Waiting

  Source: www.usmagazine.com

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• Many readers share their stories with me and if one speaks to me (or if the same theme keeps coming at me), I will research it and decide if it would make a good book. But, straight down to it, people inspire me.

  Ellen Hopkins

  Book, People, Stories

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• I'm sure drugs and alcohol perhaps would inspire new thoughts, but it's certainly not something that I use as a tool or a mechanism to create.

  Heath Ledger

  Alcohol, Drug, Tools

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• Music does have a very special place in my heart. I enjoy it very much. I suppose it is my first love and I do a lot of it. It seems to be when you are making a project it inspires you sometimes to jot down something that you think fits the situation.

  Clint Eastwood

  Heart, First Love, Thinking

  "Changeling - Clint Eastwood interview". www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• That's what great art does - it inspires other artists to do great art, and that's what it should do.

  Andrew Stanton

  Art, Doe, Should

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• I had the vision of creating my own camp to make sure I was teaching the campers what I wanted. Plus I picked other players that were good on the field and off so we could be great role models for these girls to look up to. I hope to inspire others and encourage them to go after their dreams.

  Jennie Finch

  Girl, Dream, Teaching

  Interview with Art Eddy, manjr.com. May 20, 2013.

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