Inspiration Quotes
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I cleanse the windows of my mind, that it may become a mirror reflecting inspiration from the most High. I do this, not with strenuous effort, but through quiet contemplation, through gently reaching and affirming an inward recognition. I know exactly what to do in every situation. There is an inspiration within me which governs every act, every thought, with certainty, with conviction and in peace.
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The excellence and inspiration of truth is in the pursuit, not in the mere having of it. The pursuit of all truth is a kind of gymnastics; a man swings from one truth with higher strength to gain another. The continual glory is the possibility opening before us.
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You can move a leader’s feet by force, or you can move their hearts by influence and inspiration.
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You're always trying to find new stuff and new inspiration. If you don't really push and you don't try something that feels exciting, then it's not worth doing.
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He grows daily more capable of following any inspiration without technical effort, and also of letting inspiration come to him through meticulous observation.
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Action breeds inspiration more than inspiration breeds action.
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I think I'd like to be inspirational to anyone who has a dream, anyone who wants to make more of their life than maybe what is set out in front of them. And you can!
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You can see things growing up, be inspired by things. Just because they're not around anymore doesn't mean that you can't take those inspirations and bring them to life and bring them to the next generation.
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We all have some flaws. But when I have a moment of doubt, I find inspiration from being in the moment, by letting go. I don't hold onto what I can't control. Doubt is a fleeting emotion that can destroy you if you allow it to consume your mind and spirit. Each person's time comes at variant phases, and the best you can do is enjoy what you're doing and work hard. It can't always be about you. Life is transformation - the wind blows, climate changes, birds chirp and trees burn. Where you are today is not where you will be tomorrow. The only person you can be is you.
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We're not going to save the monkey unless we can shed the monkey. And the greatest impetus, the greatest inspiration to the expression of our higher selves comes in the confrontation with psyche that occurs in the psychedelic experience.
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Both my nine- and seven-year-olds have a stockbroker already.
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All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story.
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But nothing ever put 'Hoppy' in the shade. No one could fail to recognize in the little inspiration... the authentic gold of intellectual inspiration, the Fundator et Primus Abbas of biochemistry in England.
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The more credit you give away, the more will come back to you. The more you help others, the more they will want to help you.
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In the earlier days I did most of the song writing by myself, and I got to a place in my life where I felt it was necessary to go outside my box and get some outside inspiration.
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You know, there's such a very thin dividing line between inspiration and obsession that sometimes it's very hard to decide which side we're really on.
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Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history.
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Beethoven, Wagner, Bach, and Mozart settled down day after day to the job in hand. They didn't waste time waiting for inspiration.
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If you're curious, if you have a capacity for wonder, if you're alive, you know all that you need to know [about music].
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Privacy is implied. Privacy is not up for discussion.
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Whatever inspiration is, it's born from a continuous "I don't know".
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If you ever have to make a choice between learning and inspiration, choose learning. It works most of the time.
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What good is inspiration if it's not backed up by action?
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I was brought up on choirs and brass bands. They formed the music of my childhood. When I heard the Treorchy Male Choir at the Royal Variety Performance it brought back such happy memories. You have your own eminent place in the history of British music. You stand for excellence in a great tradition and your work for charity is both an example and an inspiration.
