~ Genius is 99 percent perspiration and 1 percent inspiration. ~
~ Set Your Goals High Enough To Inspire You And Low Enough To Encourage You. ~
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There never was a great soul that did not have some divine inspiration.
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Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant, there is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks. ~
~ The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, Nor the kindly smile nor the joy of companionship;
it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when they discover that someone else believes in them and is willing to trust them.
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~ Inspiration is an awakening, a quickening of all man's faculties, and it is manifested in all high artistic achievements.
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~ The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working. ~
~ Mountaintops inspire leaders but valleys mature them. ~
~ Human affairs inspire in noble hearts only two feelings—admiration or pity. ~
~ Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there's love
and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong. ~
~ Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you can move their tears, your own must flow. To convince them, you must yourself believe. ~
~ The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done
amidst suffering and trial and difficulty. They struggled against the tide, and reached the shore exhausted. ~