Inspires Quotes

What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough.

When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments; tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become.

Although the war in which you fought took place more than half-a-century ago, your courage, your sacrifice and your patriotism reaches through the decades and inspires us today.

The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple.

You're not going to do good work if you're not choosing something because it inspires you.

I see my path, but I don't know where it leads. Not knowing where I'm going is what inspires me to travel it.

A dress makes no sense unless it inspires men to take it off of you.

The reality, sitting ten thousand miles away, is that we remain the country that inspires. We remain that shining city on a hill.

It's nice when they say I inspire them, it inspires me.

If I'm inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.

One strength of the communist system of the East is that it has some of the character of a religion and inspires the emotions of a religion.

I think it's important for fans to know that but if I'm doing something that inspires me musically then I think it will inspire someone else too.

Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.

Crime in full glory consolidates authority by the sacred fear it inspires.

An administrator in a bureaucratic world is a man who can feel big by merging his non-entity in an abstraction. A real person in touch with real things inspires terror in him.

I hope what I do and what I just did inspires people around the world to reach for the skies.

Dancing on 'Dancing With The Stars' really broadened my fan base. I jumped off the stage backwards one week, and so many women come up to me now and say, 'You're so brave. I can't believe you put yourself out there like that'. If that inspires some girl out there, then great, because boys aren't the only ones who get to have fun. We get to have fun too.

Scouting rises within you and inspires you to put forth your best.

The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.

When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek for no other test of its excellence. It is good, and made by a good workman.

What inspires me most are people who imagine and implement solutions to challenges in their own lives, in their communities, in our country and around the world.

May the spirit of devotion to duty which inspires us always dominate this Committee's conferences!

What inspires me is not so much the music as the opportunity to interact with composers. I think that has driven everything I've done.

My grandfather gave me inspiration to cook, and love food and flavors. My Aunt Raffie, gave me creativity and the inspiration to create new things. My mother inspires me to find simplicity in food.

Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge.

The enormous success of 2009's 'The Blind Side,' in which Sandra Bullock makes a black teenager one of the family, demonstrates that America isn't post-racial. It is thoroughly mired in race - the myths that surround it, the guilt it inspires, the discomfort it causes, the struggle to transcend it.

I totally accept that it's a legitimate criticism that when you are involved in the day-to-day scrum of government... that what can get lost is the narrative, the hymn sheet... the song that inspires and lifts people's sights.

Part of the beauty of the show in a way is that he's not perfect, but you can always count on him to do the right thing in a pinch. That's why he inspires people and inspires me.

You know, rural Americans are a special people. Their labor puts food on our table and fuel in our gas tanks. Their service in our military sets a powerful example of leadership, honor and sacrifice. Their spirit of community inspires us all.

There is no greater excitement than to support an intellectual wife and have her support you. Marriage is a partnership in which each inspires the other, and brings fruition to both of you.