There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
Too low they build, who build beneath the stars.
You must do the things you think you cannot do.
Light tomorrow with today!
Give light and people will find the way.
You see countries like India really investing in their space program because they see it as inspirational and good for their economy.
If you could only love enough, you could be the most powerful person in the world.
Like inspirational quotes, which have been huge on Pinterest. Or looking at dog photos! We didn't know how to take those uses for Pinterest seriously until we realized, sometimes even I look at Pinterest to feel better, not just do something but feel happier, to feel connection, to feel humor, to know everyone goes through difficult times.
Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.
Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.
We sing inspirational songs, songs of praise and worship, and about how good and how big God is. We are magnifying the Lord.
Mankind is made great or little by its own will.
Show me your hands. Do they have scars from giving? Show me your feet. Are they wounded in service? Show me your heart. Have you left a place for divine love?
Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.
By now, you've probably caught on to something: my mother is always standing by with just the right Scripture or inspirational saying to get me through any tough situation.
I am never without my lyric book. If anything inspirational happens, I have it there so nothing's forgotten.
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them.
'Star Wars' is fun, its exciting, its inspirational, and people respond to that. It's what they want.
I knew, regardless of anything else, singing in front of an orchestra was going to be inspirational. It would feed me.
Don't say I was an inspirational teacher - my former pupils would laugh their heads off. I was grossly incompetent, but I hope I didn't do the children a disservice.
If you're funny and working in education, I think the perception is that you're either inspirational or awful. So which was I? I suppose that depends on who you talk to.
From its brilliancy everything is illuminated.
I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.
I think it's great that you have inspirational female roles, that it's not just the pretty girl on the arm of a man.
Every man's life is a fairy tale written by God's fingers.
There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness.
I used to think I was a gay man with this idea of a muse in my head, like a woman that I thought was inspirational or aspirational. But the woman was actually me.
In sports teams, apart from talk of sporting prowess and the imparting of inspirational thought, an extraordinary amount of time is spent discussing, and flaunting, material possessions.
I wanted to do something inspirational for my children.
We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.
Once I knew only darkness and stillness... my life was without past or future... but a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the rapture of living.
Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.
Just what future the Designer of the universe has provided for the souls of men I do not know, I cannot prove. But I find that the whole order of Nature confirms my confidence that, if it is not like our noblest hopes and dreams, it will transcend them.
I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.
There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher.
Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.
I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.
Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.
Lack of enthusiasm in the stands tends to be less inspirational on the field. It doesn't send the chills down your spine. It's not that magic moment that you dream about growing up.
Although he's no longer with us, Steve Jobs is still inspirational to me, as he managed to find the balance between right brain/left-brain thinking that is crucial to building a creative technology business.
I want to be an inspirational model. I want people to look at me and say, 'Wow, she looks healthy.'
And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning.
If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.
A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.
Deacon Jones has been the most inspirational person in my football career.
We're in a situation where talented, motivated school leavers and graduates can send off a hundred CVs and not get a reply, and where a trip to the Job Centre is depressing rather than inspirational. And you know what, that just feels wrong.