Inspiration Quotes - Page 87

I believe that every human being should try to do good for someone else. There are so many different ways to do it. My art can be an instrument for helping people... What a good feeling - that I can do that with my art.

I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me-like food or water.

In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with his legs.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

Do you love me because I'm beautiful, or am I beautiful because you love me?

A leader. . .is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.

Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not.

Any realistic vision of change must be based on the notion of empowerment of people.

Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.

One of the secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others.

The softer your heart is the less that your past is forming your present and your future. When there is openness and softness of heart, what forms the present and the future is not your past but the reality of your own being.

Nothing is more powerful for your future than being a gatherer of good ideas and information. That's called doing your homework.

And so rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.

We have to choose between what is right, and what is easy.

Anything that gets your blood racing is probably worth doing.

Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.

My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.

We find by losing. We hold fast by letting go. We become something new by ceasing to be something old.

You can look anywhere and find inspiration.

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man without trials.

Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy—the experiences that make us the most vulnerable. Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.

The will to succeed is important, but what's more important is the will to prepare.

One should pay attention to even the smallest crawling creature for these too may have a valuable lesson to teach us.