“Too much preaching nowadays pats the back and tickles the ear, but does not get under the skin. There is no conviction and therefore no conversion. I am thinking not only of the ministry of reproof and rebuke but also of the message of inspiration, of encouragement, of comfort. People go out of church at noon with the depths unstirred, the heart untouched, the conscience unpricked.” PeopleThinkingHeartDoeInspirationChristianChurchToo MuchComfortMessagesConscienceSkinsEarsEncouragementDepthConvictionChristian InspirationalConversionMinistryPreachingNoonRebukeReproof Author:Vance Havner
“The word genius was whispered into my ear, the first thing I ever heard, while I was still mewling in my crib. So it never occurred to me that I wasn't until middle age.” FirstsStillsInspirationAgeHeardMiddleGeniusEarsMiddle Ages Author:Orson Welles
“There is always the possibility of beauty where there is an unsealed human eye; of music where there is an unstopped human ear; and of inspiration where there is a receptive human spirit.” HumansInspirationEyeSpiritBeautyPossibilityEarsHuman SpiritReceptiveHuman Eyes Author:Charles Henry Parkhurst
“Inspiration: A peculiar effect of divine flatulence emitted by the Holy Spirit which hisses into the ears of a few chosen of God.” InspirationSpiritEffectsDivineHolyEarsChosenHoly SpiritPeculiarFlatulence Author:Voltaire
“My inspiration comes from everywhere, just walking down the street and I never know where it's going to come from, so I keep a notebook with me at all times and the only criteria for anything making it into that notebook is if it stops me in my tracks for even an instant, if it catches my eye or my ear and I just write it down.” IfsKnowsWritingInspirationEyeStreetsWalkingEarsTrackAll TimeInstantCriteriaNotebook Author:Rita Dove
“Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.” MenGivingInspirationVoiceLeadershipEarsEvery ManAntithesisHoratioHamlet And OpheliaHamlet OpheliaPoloniusMorality In Hamlet Book:Hamlet Source: Hamlet