“Since I was eight years old, I went to Trinity. I mean, I listened to Reverend Wright since I was a kid and I always heard him preach sermons of love and inspiration.” YearsMeanInspirationKidsHeardEightSermonsTrinityReverendsLove And Inspiration Author:Will Ferrell
“Inspiration thing is important, to teach the kids that JFK is not an airport, RFK's not a stadium, Martin Luther King ain't a street” ImportantInspirationKidsTeachStreetsKingsAirportsLutherStadiums Author:Kinky Friedman
“Minnesota is a state of public-spirited and polite people, where you can get a good cappucino and eat Thai food and find any book you want and yet live on a quiet tree-lined street with a backyard and send your kids to public school. When a state this good hits the jackpot, it can only be an inspiration to everybody.” PeopleWantBookStatesInspirationKidsSchoolTreeStreetsQuietPolitePublic SchoolBackyardsSpiritedMinnesotaThaiJackpotThai Food Author:Garrison Keillor
“My mom has always been a huge inspiration. She was a single mom raising two kids in New York. Now that is full-on all the time.” TwoInspirationKidsNew YorkHugeMomMy MomSingle Mom Author:Kim Raver
“Big Star invented a vision of bohemian rock & roll cool that had nothing to do with New York, Los Angeles or London, which made them completely out of style in the 1970s, but also made them an inspiration to generations of weird Southern kids.” MadeBigsInspirationKidsStarsVisionGenerationsRocksStyleNew YorkLondonLos AngelesSouthernBohemian Author:Rob Sheffield
“I can never be Michael Jackson or do what he did, but he is definitely a good inspiration: I want to give the kids that feeling.” WantGivingI CanFeelingsInspirationKids Author:The Weeknd
“Black actors on the road, flying around the country working as poets. Those people are inspirations for millions of kids who write.” PeopleWritingCountryInspirationKidsActorsBlackMillionsPoetFlying Author:Russell Simmons
“Being a military child, we moved a lot and we developed different vernaculars from moving from the south, to the Midwest, and seeing the world. Going from New York to California and from Jamaica Queens to the South, I was always the new kid, or had the army crew haircut. I expected people to pick up on me. My brother kinda stole all of my old jokes. He got his inspiration from me.” PeopleWorldChildrenDifferentInspirationKidsMovingSeeingMilitaryNew YorkBrotherJokesPicksArmyMovedSouthExpectedCaliforniaQueensMy BrotherCrewHaircutsSeeing The WorldMidwestJamaicaOld Jokes Author:Joe Torry
“[I] take inspiration from kids. ... They're very honest in how they act and how they are in the world.” WorldInspirationKidsHonest Author:Daniel Radcliffe
“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.” WorldPlayInspirationKidsGamesGrowing UpGrowingSkillsBasketballFellowsTreasureAround The WorldNativeDedicationCarolinaLemonsNorth CarolinaHarlemNational TreasureWilmingtonGlobetrottersMeadowlarks Author:Michael Jordan
“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.” ThinkingKnowsIdeasInspirationKidsEvilWatchesSawsNo IdeaRemakesEvil Dead Author:Fede Alvarez
“My true inspirations are my kids and my husband. I'm also inspired by stories of my extended family, friends, and even strangers who cause me to look at my life and behavior and encourage me to be the best person, mother, daughter, and friend that I can be.” LooksPersonsI CanStoriesInspirationKidsMotherCausesHusbandBehaviorDaughterInspiredStrangerBeing The BestMy HusbandMother DaughterFamily FriendsBest PersonExtended Family Author:Trista Sutter
“Though energy and inspiration diminish, experience grows - the theme of parents and kids, for instance.” InspirationKidsEnergyGrowsParentInstanceThemeDiminish Author:Steve Erickson
“If kids grow kale, kids eat kale. If they grow tomatoes, they eat tomatoes. But when none of this is presented to them, if they're not shown how food affects the mind and the body, they blindly eat whatever you put in front of them.” IfsMindBodyInspirationKidsMotivationGrowsFrontsHealthcareTomatoesKale Author:Ron Finley
“Of course I'm totally biased, but I think my mom is an amazing educator. She continues to work tirelessly for the kids in her classes, year after year - despite the innumerable obstacles she faces. She is a huge inspiration to me.” ThinkingYearsInspirationKidsFacesCoursesClassHugeMomObstaclesMy MomDespiteEducatorBiased Author:Kandyse McClure
“I have three kids. I was blessed with very supportive parents and some close friends, and the people closest to me are my inspiration.” PeopleInspirationKidsThreeParentBlessedClosestSupportiveClose FriendsSupportive Parents Author:Christopher Gorham
“When people contact me on Instagram or Facebook, kids and adults, who say, "You're an inspiration. You make me want to work hard to achieve my goals." If I can still do that after I retire that makes me feel good.” PeopleIfsWantFeelsStillsI CanHardInspirationKidsGoalAchieveHard WorkAdultsFeel GoodContactRetiringInstagram Author:Usain Bolt
“Collecting cookbooks is still my biggest passion! Believe it or not, I actually got the biggest form of inspiration from my kids. My kids do everything online. They would have their tablets in front of them watching hours upon hours of online videos. I came to understand that these videos were actually teaching my kids lots of different forms of information.” BelieveStillsDifferentInspirationKidsFormPassionHoursTeachingFrontsInformationVideoOnlineCollectingTabletsCookbook Author:Wolfgang Puck
“Definitely my wife and my kid [are my biggest inspiration].” InspirationKidsWifeMy Wife Author:Donavon Frankenreiter
“I didn't really have anyone in particular who inspired me or that I found fascinating as a kid. It wasn't until I was in my early twenties that I began to find people - and they were all historic figures - that I began to relate to and find some inspiration in.” PeopleInspirationKidsFoundFiguresParticularTwentiesInspiredRelateFascinatingHistoric Author:Chelsea Manning
“Music and books were my inspiration too. I read avidly as a kid. And that's the beautiful thing about books and music and even movies, is that you can actually escape. You can go into other worlds.” WorldBookInspirationKidsBeautifulBeautiful Things Author:Gavin Friday
“I believe there is a moment growing up when you build your own mood board. You do a collage - you collect a few things, a few images that will be so important for your future choices. Not only aesthetic, or what you like for dressing, but your artistic choices. The room where I put papers and pictures and posters on the walls when I was a kid, it's still very strong in my head today. This movie poster or that portrait of a girl I took from a magazine, deep inside, is inspiration that comes back all the time.” BelieveImportantMomentsInspirationKidsTodayChoicesGirlStrongI BelieveGrowing UpWallMoodArtisticOur FutureAestheticVery StrongPosters Author:Nicolas Ghesquiere
“When I started studying tenor saxophone as a kid in Belfast, I did so with a guy named George Cassidy, who was also a big inspiration.” BigsInspirationKidsGuyStudySaxophoneTenorsBelfast Author:Van Morrison
“Kids can have great passion and great ability but if you have the facilities for your particular sport that can give you the inspiration to become a sportsman.” IfsInspirationalGivingInspirationKidsPassionSportsAbilityParticularFacilityGreat PassionSportsman Author:David Beckham
“Galley Molina's a great inspiration and role model for a lot of young kids out there.” InspirationKidsYoungRolesModelsRole Models Author:Ja Rule
“I'm like a little kid when it comes to music. I mean, the music is always blasting wherever I am that people always knock on my door and say, 'It's too loud!' But I think music gives so much inspiration.” PeopleThinkingGivingMeanLittlesInspirationKidsDoorsMusic IsLoudLittle Kid Author:Donatella Versace