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“The Lord’s purposes are often accomplished as we pay heed to the guidance of the Spirit. I believe that the more we act upon the inspiration and impressions which come to us, the more the Lord will entrust to us His errands.”

Believe Inspiration Spirit Purpose I Believe Pay Lord Impression Guidance Accomplished Heed Errands

Author:Thomas S. Monson

“I recalled the voice I had heard; again I questioned whence it came, as vainly as before: it seemed in me not in the external world. I asked, was it a mere nervous impression a delusion? I could not conceive or believe: it was more like an inspiration.”

World Believe Inspiration Voice Heard Mere Impression Nervous Delusion

Book:The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

Source: The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

“We are a collage of our interests, our influences, our inspirations, all the fragmentary impressions we've collected by being alive and awake to the world. Who we "are" is simply a finely curated catalog of those.”

World Inspiration Interest Alive Influence Impression Awake Who We Are Catalogues Collages

Author:Maria Popova

“Movies always fascinated me. They are an endless source of inspiration. There are countless images by great directors that made a profound impression on me, and I see film as a sublime example of teamwork.”

Made Inspiration Film Example Source Directors Profound Endless Impression Teamwork Fascinated Sublime Source Of Inspiration

Author:Giorgio Armani

“In terms of my inspirations to become an artist, I think they come from early ideas and impressions about community, and the type of community I wanted to be in, and the type of thinking I wanted to do.”

Thinking Ideas Inspiration Wanted Artist Term Community Type Impression

Author:Laura Owens

“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++

“But inspiration? - That's when you come home from abroad and are asked: Well, have you found inspiration? - and fortunately you haven't. But the impressions sink in, of course, and may emerge later: None of us has invented the house; that was done many thousands of years ago.”

Years Wells May Done Home Inspiration Courses Found House Havens Years Ago Impression Coming Home

Author:Arne Jacobsen

“[We are] persuaded to spend money we don't have on things we don't need to create impressions that won't last on people we don't care about.”

People Needs Inspiration Care Lasts Motivation Don't Care Impression

Author:Tim Jackson

“I usually experiment with posture and physical attributes that may inform the character. Next, my impression gets a nice injection of inspiration when the costumes arrive and I can see his silhouette in the mirror. Then I go memorize all the lines and try and connect each line to a thought I think he might have. Then I show up on the day, wait my turn, and when the director calls "action," I trust that I have done enough work on my impression that I can just believe it strongly enough to play with abandon from inside that character.”

Thinking Trying Believe Done Enough Character Inspiration Action Waiting Nice Impression Abandon Just Believe

Author:Bryce Pinkham