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“People don't need to find reasons to justify their not giving. What they need to find is the inspiration to give. And those who don't, but could afford to, are missing out on one of wealth's greatest luxuries.”

People Needs Giving Reason Inspiration Wealth Missing Luxury Justify Missing Out

Author:Andrew Tobias

“My fellow Wilmington, North Carolina native Meadowlark Lemon is a true national treasure. I watched him play for the Harlem Globetrotters when I was growing up and his skill with the basketball and dedication to the game were an inspiration not only to me, but to kids all around the world.”

“Rejoicing and repentance must go together. Repentance without rejoicing will lead to despair. Rejoicing without repentance is shallow and will only provide passing inspiration instead of deep change.”

Inspiration Together Despair Passing Passings Repentance Rejoice Shallow

Book:Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters

Source: Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters

“I'm a huge fan of Jonathan Winters. He's influenced everyone who's ever done improvisational comedy. You look to Jonathan Winters for inspiration. He paved the way.”

Way Looks Done Inspiration Comedy Fans Huge Winter

Author:Rob Reiner

“If you've ever made up something on the spot and made somebody laugh, you can credit Jonathan Winters with inspiration.”

Ifs Made Inspiration Laughing Winter Credit Spots

Author:Rob Reiner

“It's a funny thing with the inspiration thing. There's always loads of music around that I absolutely love and films going back to when I started making film music in the mid-80's.”

Inspiration Film Load Funny Things Film Music

Author:Steven Price

“I'm married to an artist. I get a lot of inspiration from art, from the lighting in art, from the compositions in art, from the textures, and all of that. I'm always playing with it.”

Art Inspiration Artist Married Composition Texture Lighting

Author:Fred Schepisi

“I guess like any writer or screenwriter I'm alone in my own world so much of the time that I'm often trying to force myself out of my world. Into more risk. A less controlled kind of inspiration. I'm so keenly aware of how easy it's getting to not leave the house, with Amazon, especially.”

World Trying Kind Inspiration House Force Easy My Own Risk Controlled Amazon Screenwriters My Own World

Author:Miranda July

“It's kind of ridiculous that I find inspiration in just getting away from everything. But when you've gone through it, you realize that it's the enemy. It's a distraction from what you're really doing. You've got to keep moving. Like a shark.”

Kind Inspiration Moving Realizing Enemy Gone Ridiculous Get Away Distraction Keep Moving Sharks Doing You

Author:Jack White

“Misinterpretation leads me to inspiration and creativity because I think my brain is trying to figure out some information that I'm confused about.”

Thinking Trying Inspiration Brain Creativity Figures Information Confused Leading Me Inspiration And Creativity Misinterpretation I'm Confused

Author:Michel Gondry

“I don't impose any word count or number-of-hours quota on myself, or have any rules, except one: persistence. Nothing glamorous. No epiphanies. Just revisiting and rewriting. For me, momentum is far more important than inspiration.”

Important Inspiration Hours Numbers Persistence Momentum Glamorous Epiphany Rewriting Quota

Author:Pam Muñoz Ryan

“It's ugly to compare but the greatest was Pele. If we believe that God made man, the "black" Pelé he made him perfect. He gave him everything. He lacked nothing, header, physical power, dribbling, finishing, inspiration, genius, temper, vision, goal. Everything.”

Ifs Men Believe Made Inspiration Goal Black Perfect Vision Genius Ugly Compare Temper Finishing

Author:Cesar Luis Menotti

“I want to have time for myself, my family and my friends. It's important because in order to sing well, you must have inspiration, and inspiration comes from life, from living.”

Want Wells Important Inspiration Order My Friends My Family

Author:Andrea Bocelli

“One of my inspirations, Harry Houdini, remains an icon of the art because he defied our primal fears. His demonstrations in the early 20th century, especially his escape from the Chinese water torture cell, represented triumph over suffocation, drowning, disorientation and helplessness.”

Art Inspiration Water Century Art Is Remains Cells Chinese Triumph Torture 20th Century Drowning Demonstration Icons Helplessness Primal Disorientation Houdini Primal Fear

Author:Criss Angel

“My impression was and is that many programming languages and tools represent solutions looking for problems, and I was determined that my work should not fall into that category. Thus, I follow the literature on programming languages and the debates about programming languages primarily looking for ideas for solutions to problems my colleagues and I have encountered in real applications. Other programming languages constitute a mountain of ideas and inspiration-but it has to be mined carefully to avoid featurism and inconsistencies.”

Source: The Design and Evolution of C++

“Always get to the set or the location early, so that you can be all alone and draw your inspiration for the blocking and the setups in private and quiet.”

Inspiration Quiet Draws Block Location All Alone Setups

Author:Martin Scorsese

“When the winds blow and the rains pour, they blow and pour on all. Those who have built their foundations on bedrock rather than sand survive the storms. There is a way to build on bedrock by developing a deep personal conversion to the gospel of Jesus Christ and knowing how to receive inspiration. . . . We need to learn how to recognize and apply these promptings.”

Way Needs Inspiration Jesus Christ Knowing Wind Jesus Christ Built Rain Foundation Blow Storm Conversion Developing Sand Bedrock

Author:Allan F. Packer

“I bear testimony of our Heavenly Father, the Father of our spirits; of Jesus Christ, our Redeemer and Savior; and of the Holy Ghost, who is the means through which we receive divine guidance. I bear testimony that we can personally receive inspiration.”

Mean Inspiration Spirit Father Jesus Christ Divine Bears Holy Jesus Christ Ghost Guidance Heavenly Savior Testimony Heavenly Father Holy Ghost Redeemer Divine Guidance

Author:Allan F. Packer

“It is a shortsighted priesthood leader who doesn't see the value in calling upon the sisters to share the understanding and inspiration they possess.”

Inspiration Values Understanding Leader Share Calling Priesthood

Author:M. Russell Ballard

“Remember, presidents and bishops, that the callings of your associates are just as divinely inspired as is yours, and they are therefore entitled to inspiration in their specific responsibilities. Lean upon them. Learn from them. Love them. Listen to them.”

Inspiration Remember President Responsibility Calling Inspired Entitled Associates Bishops

Author:M. Russell Ballard

“I testify that each one of us can feel the Lord's inspiration as we live worthily and strive to serve Him.”

Feels Inspiration Lord Strive

Author:Thomas S. Monson

“I suppose that one of the greatest benefits of studying Isaiah is the process of studying Isaiah. Searching the scriptures puts you in a pondering, searching frame of mind in which inspiration can come, allowing you to find ways to apply scriptural truths to your life.”

Way Mind Inspiration Process Study Benefits Scripture Allowing Pondering Frame Of Mind

Author:John Bytheway

“It is a great tragedy when those who are afflicted with adversity or a source of hopelessness turn their backs on prayer. To their peril, they ignore that spiritual lifeline just at the time when their attention to it most needs to be intensified. By so doing they cut themselves of from revelation and inspiration and deprive themselves of hearing the Lord's voice. They give up the prospect of gaining the very hope and comfort for which their hearts yearn.”

“You need more than your own wisdom in rearing [your children]. You need the help of the Lord. Pray for that help and follow the inspiration which you receive.”

Needs Children Helping Inspiration Lord Praying Our Children Your Children

Author:Gordon B. Hinckley

“Keep to the ancient way and custom of the Church, established and confirmed by so many Saints under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. And live a new life. Pray, and get others to pray, that God not abandon His Church, but reform it as He pleases, and as He sees best for us, and more to His honor and glory.”

Way Inspiration Spirit Church Praying Honor Holy Please Glory Ancient Saint Reform Holy Spirit Abandon Customs New Life

Author:Angela Merici

“At times we are thrown suddenly into positions that seem too big for us and for which we have little preparation. The Lord stimulates our growth this way.... The Lord blesses us far beyond our natural ability and experience. However, it has been my experience that he expects us to quickly exert ourselves and acquire the things we need. He gives us a little time to improve our management skills and detailed knowledge so that we don't have to rely upon him for everything. We'll always need inspiration in these areas we couldn't possibly understand without his help.”

“What task could be more agreeable than to tell of the benefits conferred on us by our ancestors, so that you may get to know the achievements of those from whom you have received both the basis of your beliefs and the inspiration to conduct your life properly.”

Knows May Inspiration Belief Achievement Benefits Tasks Bases Ancestor

Author:William of Malmesbury

“I'm very inspired by nature - you could say Mother Nature. I look at things around me and get all kinds of inspiration daily.”

Looks Kind Inspiration Mother Inspired All Kinds Daily Motivation Mother Nature Very Inspired

Author:Martha Stewart

“Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.”

Trying Inspiration Learning Humorous Witty Educational Graduation Educator Live And Learn Knowledge Is Power Continuous Learning Training And Education Thirst For Knowledge Learning Everything

Book:T. H. Huxley on Education

Source: T. H. Huxley on Education

“In those long, lonely miles you put in during the off-season, and in those knife-in-the-gut repetitions and hill repeats that buckly your knees - at that moment in almost every race when you ask yourself how much you're willing to hurt to catch one more runner - you can draw strength and inspiration from your running mates.”

Long Moments Inspiration Running Asks Hurt Race Willing Draws Lonely Seasons Miles Hills Knees Repeats Guts That Moment Knives Mates Runners Repetition Off Season

Author:Don Kardong

“The hope of a Christian is inseparable from his faith. Whoever believes in the Divine inspiration of the Holy Scriptures must hope that the religion of Jesus shall prevail throughout the earth.”

Believe Inspiration Earth Christian Jesus Divine Holy Scripture Inseparable Holy Scriptures Divine Inspiration

Author:John Quincy Adams

“Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people.”

People Inspirational Two Inspiration Motivational Motivation Guy Next Can Do Lines Inspire Excitement

Book:Iacocca: An Autobiography

Source: Iacocca: An Autobiography

“Messi is the best player on the planet and he keeps on improving at Barça, now the best team in the world. What Messi does on and off the pitch is an inspiration for children who dream of becoming a footballer.”

World Children Doe Dream Inspiration Player Team Planets Becoming Bars Improving Footballer Best Players And Off Messi Best Team

Author:Novak Djokovic

“Believe in God, in His providence, in a future life, in the recompense of the good; in the punishment of the wicked; in the sublimity and truth of the doctrines of Christ, in a revelation of this doctrine by a special divine inspiration for the salvation of the human race.”

“I think that creative people, wherever they are, in any field, take inspiration wherever they can find it.”

People Thinking Inspiration Creative Fields Creative People

Author:Simon de Pury

“A lot of people like to think that polio was a inspiration in what I do. I think that music has to do with what kind of passion do you have.”

People Thinking Kind Inspiration Passion Polio

Author:Itzhak Perlman

“While you're making the film and working with the actors, if you want to have a little room to breathe and experiment and play, it grows, and you want that to happen. It's not enough to just shoot the script. You've gotta come up with new inspiration, as you shoot it. There's gotta be room for that and time for that, so it grows.”

Ifs Want Littles Enough Play Inspiration Happens Film Actors Grows Rooms Scripts Come Up Breathe Experiments

Author:David Twohy

“The way my mom dressed was one of my earliest inspirations, in those '80s suits with shoulder pads and things like that. For years, I ran away from that style. But now, all I want to do is shoulder pads and nipped-in waists and padded hips and peplums and poufed dresses.”

Way Want Years Inspiration Style Mom Dresses My Mom Shoulders Suits Hips Ran 80s Pads

Author:Jason Wu

“My inspirations come from everywhere. It's important to look at everything and anything.”

Looks Important Inspiration

Author:Jason Wu

“At 35, I'm thinking, Oh, I don't have any of that initial inspiration that I had before, all that angst. I always thought I would burn out very quickly.”

Thinking Inspiration Initials Angst Burn Out

Author:Ariel Pink

“In general I think the inspiration was to think about all those movies that I saw as a kid and never knew they were remakes, because I know there's probably another kid going to watch Evil Dead who has no idea.”

Thinking Knows Ideas Inspiration Kids Evil Watches Saws No Idea Remakes Evil Dead

Author:Fede Alvarez

“When you're playing a real character, you want to honor that person and receive inspiration from that person. They need to anoint you in some way that allows you to borrow just a small piece of their soul. That is the flame.”

Way Want Needs Persons Real Soul Character Inspiration Pieces Honor Flames Small Pieces Real Character

Author:Lorraine Toussaint

“My fear, as an American, is that our own actions are going to contribute to an inspiration for terrorists to want to harm us or kill us.”

Want Inspiration Action Harm Terrorist

Author:Jeremy Scahill

“I had a cookie business there, with my brother, when we were growing up, called the Chip Yard, and that became the inspiration for the banana stand. My father said that he wanted us to develop a work ethic, so we'd sit there selling cookies, all day.”

Said Inspiration Wanted Father Growing Up Growing Brother Ethics Selling My Brother Yards Work Ethic Chips Cookies Bananas

Author:Mitchell Hurwitz

“After having my baby I felt like I'd been introduced to my life, I slowed down, I paid more attention to simple things, I addressed a few issues in my own life, I even got married, I looked at what was important and what wasn't, and so I used that experience for inspiration.”

Important Inspiration Used Felt My Own Simple Attention Issues Baby Married Paid My Own Life Simple Things My Baby

Author:Cecelia Ahern

“Exercise often moves us straight from stagnation to inspiration, from problem to solution, from self-pity to self-respect.”

Self Problem Inspiration Moving Exercise Solutions Pity Self Respect Self Pity Stagnation

Author:Julia Cameron

“The inspiration of the Bible depends upon the ignorance of the gentleman who reads it.”

Inspiration Atheism Ignorance Depends Bible Gentleman Biblical

Book:Lectures of Col. R.G. Ingersoll: Including His Letters on the Chinese God--Is Suicide a Sin?--The Right to One's Life--etc. Etc. Etc

Source: Lectures of Col. R.G. Ingersoll: Including His Letters on the Chinese God--Is Suicide a Sin?--The Right to One's Life--etc. Etc. Etc

“There are as many forms of memory as there are ways of perceiving, and every one of them is worth mining for inspiration.”

Way Inspiration Form Memories Mining

Book:The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life

Source: The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life

“Obama's folksy come-on is as bad as Madonna's faux British - and both are in need of fresh inspiration.”

Needs Inspiration British Faux

Author:Camille Paglia

“We're not going to save the monkey unless we can shed the monkey. And the greatest impetus, the greatest inspiration to the expression of our higher selves comes in the confrontation with psyche that occurs in the psychedelic experience.”

Self Inspiration Expression Higher Shed Monkeys Confrontation Psychedelic Higher Self Psychedelic Experience Impetus

Author:Terence McKenna

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