Inspiration Quotes - Page 94

The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.

I come from a people who gave the Ten Commandments to the world. Time has come to strenghten them by three additional ones, which we ought to adopt and commit ourselves to: thou shall not be a perpetrator; thou shall not be a victim; and thou shall never, but never, be a bystander.

Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need.

Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity.

To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.

My life is shaped by the urgent need to wander and observe, and my camera is my passport.

Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.

Reality is just a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs.

There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?

One eye sees, the other feels.

Money is a tool – it’s the means, not the end. Inspiration is the metric that dictates whether or not a project is a success. It’s more realistic than trying to aim for radio play, or trying to satisfy an AR, or the other gatekeepers on these platforms. I don’t even know how to create with those things in mind. But if you tell me the goal is to inspire? That makes my job a lot easier.

Love is like playing checkers. You have to know which man to move.

People have to follow their hearts, and if their hearts lead them to Wal-Mart, so be it.

The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.

Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

Shoot for the moon and if you miss you will still be among the stars.

No matter how deep a study you make. What you really have to rely on is your own intuition and when it comes down to it, you really don't know what's going to happen until you do it.

The worst labyrinth is not that intricate form that can entrap us forever, but a single and precise straight line

Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice, and discipline.

Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts inevitably bring about right results.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.