Inspired Quotes - Page 8

• Books never make religions, but religions make books. We must not forget that. No book ever created God, but God inspired all the great books. And no book ever created a soul.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Book, Soul, Forget

  Swami Vivekananda (2017). “Vedanta: Voice of Freedom”, p.114, Vedanta Society of St. Louis

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• It is illuminating to note, here, how the daily rituals and working routines of prolific authors and artists - people who really do get a lot done - very rarely include techniques for 'getting motivated' or 'feeling inspired'. Quite the opposite: they tend to emphasise the mechanics of the working process, focusing not on generating the right mood, but on accomplishing certain physical actions, regardless of mood.

  Oliver Burkeman

  Artist, Opposites, People

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• Inspiration is being motivated by a person or idea. Motivation is being inspired by an object. When people are inspired, they don't need motivation.

  Thomas Leonard

  Inspirational, Motivation, Ideas

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• Trying to stop suiciders -- which we're doing a pretty good job of on occasion -- is difficult to do. And what the Iraqis are going to have to eventually do is convince those who are conducting suiciders who are not inspired by Al Qaeda, for example, to realize there's a peaceful tomorrow.

  George W. Bush

  Jobs, Peaceful, Trying

  Press Conference with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel, www.washingtonpost.com. May 23, 2006.

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• I wanted to be part of a high-class scene of musicians. It was half-inspired because I didn't have many friends, and I was hoping that I would meet people and fall in love and start a community around me, the way they used to do in the '60s.

  Lana Del Rey

  Falling In Love, Class, People

  "Lana Del Rey hoped music industry would make her more friends" by Leah Simpson, www.digitalspy.com. January 29, 2012.

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• All tedious research is worth one inspired moment.

  Uta Hagen

  Research, Moments, Tedious

  Uta Hagen (2009). “Respect for Acting”, p.117, John Wiley & Sons

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• I want to inspire, and be inspired.

  Sam Mendes

  Inspire, Want, Be Inspired

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• The nation is burdened with the heavy curse on those who come afterwards. The generation before us was inspired by an activism and a naive enthusiasm, which we cannot rekindle, because we confront tasks of a different kind from those which our fathers faced.

  Max Weber

  Father, Different, Tasks

  "Max Weber". Book by Reinhard Bendix, p. 53, 1960.

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• It's hard - some people get inspired by a feeling, but I'm mostly inspired by melodies.

  Avicii

  People, Feelings, Melody

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My advice would be to follow your dream. Most of my life, I was in second place before I came in first place. I hope that inspired people to never give up.

  Jackie Evancho

  Dream, Giving Up, People

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• I don't prepare for my roles. I don't watch movies to get inspired. I don't dig deep. I'll never be that type of actor, and I doubt that I ever will be.

  Bow Wow

  Doubt, Watches, Roles

  "Interview: Bow Wow Talks To S&A About His Military Drama ‘Allegiance,’ TV Work & Career". Interview with Masha Dowell, www.indiewire.com. January 3, 2013.

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• Books on scientific photography with such beauty, breadth, and insight are rare. Felice Frankel's Envisioning Science is chock full of mind-boggling images and valuable information--not only for curious artists, students, and lay people, but also for seasoned researchers and photographers. The eclectic Frankel is both a scientist and photographer, and with the cold logic of the one and the inspired vision of the other, she covers an array of topics sure to stimulate your imagination and sense of wonder at the incredible vastness of the physical world.

  Clifford A. Pickover

  Photography, Book, Artist

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• Nordie's at Noon is an honest and inspiring testament to [these authors'] experiences which, I am completely confident... will inspire thousands of women as it inspired me.

  Elizabeth Edwards

  Inspire, Noon, Honest

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• The T.D. Jakes Relationship Bible: Life Lessons on Relationships from the Inspired Word of God.

  T. D. Jakes

  Life Lesson, Jake, Lessons

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• You can do anything if you set your mind to it. Look out for kids, help them dream and be inspired. We teach calculus in schools, but I believe the most important formula is courage plus dreams equals success.

  Marlee Matlin

  Dream, Believe, School

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• If you depend on being emotionally inspired or newly motivated, you will need a new fix almost every day.

  Richard Rohr

  Needs, Motivated, Depends

  "Lent Is About Transformation" by Richard Rohr, www.huffingtonpost.com. Febriary 22, 2012.

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• Senator Kennedy inspired so many with his decades of service, so I can't think of a more fitting tribute then working to educate and motivate future generations of citizens and public servants alike.

  Hillary Clinton

  Thinking, Generations, Citizens

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• What inspired me to become an author? I think it was the snow in New York. I looked out the window and I said, 'Well, I have to get dressed every morning to go to teach, but if I write a book, I can stay home in my bathrobe, eat candy corn.'

  Patricia Reilly Giff

  Morning, New York, Book

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• Scotland is my country, the nation that shaped me, that taught me my values. A nation whose achievements inspired and inspire me, a community whose failings drive me - drive my overwhelming desire to fight for social justice and equality.

  Johann Lamont

  Country, Fighting, Overwhelming Desire

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• The quality of a person’s life is the sum total of the character, good or not so good, of the people whom he has inspired and motivated, directly and indirectly, with his living standard and lifestyle.

  Anuj

  Character, People, Quality

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• There's never any closure in an awe-inspired life, only constant acceptance of the mysteries of life.

  Paul Pearsall

  Acceptance, Mystery, Closure

  Paul Pearsall (2007). “AWE: The Delights and Dangers of Our Eleventh Emotion”, p.27, Health Communications, Inc.

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• I decided I was just going to sing the type of songs I gravitated toward and inspired me and moved me. I was going to let the people whose job it was to decide what places to put it, and let them do that. I'll stick to the singing part.

  David Nail

  Song, Jobs, People

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• I went to study some orchestration stuff because I got so inspired working with all the orchestras.

  Dido Armstrong

  Orchestra, Stuff, Study

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• You can change the feel of your sofa by adding a thick, cozy throw and playing a couple of classic pillows off a more Moroccan-inspired one.

  Nate Berkus

  Couple, Cozy, Classic

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• Today’s events are tomorrow’s history, yet events seen by the naked eye lack the depth and breadth of human struggles, triumphs and suffering. Writing history is writing the soul of the past… so that the present generation may learn from past mistakes, be inspired by their ancestor’s sacrifices, and take responsibility for the future.

  Epifanio de los Santos

  Mistake, Struggle, Eye

  "Silent storms: inspiring lives of 101 great Filipinos". Book by Fernando A. Bernardo, p. 37 - 38, 2000.

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