“I keep thinking that history runs in cycles, and that some day certain large issues will come before the country again. There will be leaders that inspire young people. I don't think it means that it's over forever, but I'm getting pretty impatient. I'm hoping it comes soon, so that my young people can know that experience that we knew in the '60s, and that the World War II generation knew during the '40s.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldMeanWarCountryRunningYoungCertainLeaderForeverIssuesGenerationsInspireWar Of The WorldsCyclesWorld War IiWorld War IImpatientTry Again Author:Doris Kearns Goodwin
“America is a very religious nation. Not a mono-religious nation because there are many different strands of belief, but there's something about this nation that inspires people, or perhaps draws people, who are strongly idealistic.” PeopleDifferentAmericaBeliefNationsReligiousInspireDrawsStrandsIdealisticMono Author:Joyce Carol Oates
“I am always looking for inspiration. I always live in big cities where I can go every day to a museum, see a lecture, meet people that are artists, go to the cinema. For me, it's like food. It is necessary for my personal growth as a person to grow as an artist, I go basically every week to three or four things. But it's real life that inspires me - when I meet somebody, when I see something.” PeoplePersonsI CanRealBigsInspirationArtistThreeGrowsGrowthCitiesFourWeekInspirePersonal GrowthReal LifeCinemaMuseumsLecturesBig CitiesLooking For Inspiration Author:Blanca Li
“It's good to be happy and tell us how cool your life is and how awesome you are on social media. It inspires other people to be happy, too. But a lot of times, people are trying to be happy in the wrong ways - with money or with different things that are not true happiness. It's leading people down a rabbit hole that actually doesn't exist. So people think like, "Yo, once I get this money and these cars and stuff, I'ma be so happy." But that's not true. And I feel like that's why it's very important to educate people on different things while you are actually on social media.” PeopleThinkingWayFeelsTryingImportantDifferentLife IsSocialStuffMediaCarInspireSocial MediaHolesDifferent ThingsEducateRabbitsTrue HappinessWrong WayInspire OthersRabbit HolesTrying To Be Happy Author:Jaden Smith
“I am not fond of giving advice; people are different, circumstances are different, motivations vary, but overall I would say that no amount of success or attention will create happiness in your life unless one is happy within themselves and we learn that the money won't buy it. So find out what brings you joy and inspires happiness, and fight for it.” PeopleGivingDifferentJoyMotivationFightingAttentionAdviceInspireAmountCircumstancesVaryGiving Advice Author:Guinevere Van Seenus
“Each week I pack my bag and travel the country, I go to people who write me and tell me their problems. I appear whether at their house or at their job site or some neighborhood gathering. I come there and listen to their story and I get hands on as I say. I don t give advice, I give people hope, I build their self-esteem, I motivate 'em. I inspire them because that's what I do.” PeopleGivingWritingSelfCountryStoriesProblemHandsJobsHouseWeekAdviceSelf EsteemInspireEsteemEmsBagsNeighborhoodPacksSiteGathering Author:Mr. T
“No matter how discouraged I get from the people who are being appointed in this next administration, how discouraged I feel to know that I will no longer have folks who look like me and share in my vision, I am encouraged by what I think that this particular time period and this particular election season will inspire in the next generation and the current generation of freedom fighters.” PeopleThinkingVisionShareInspireElectionFighterDiscouragedNext GenerationFreedom Fighter Author:Janet Mock
“So many people are passive participants in their very short time of having a consciousness, and those who aren't inspire me. Like Malala Yousafzai or a ninety-two-year-old yoga instructor.” PeopleConsciousnessInspireYogaPassive Author:Dylan Gelulla
“There are many challenges, sadly many challenges our mothers were used to but have endured, which is inspiring. Sadly there are many challenges that many of us are already used to and have been fighting for years, yet our strengths will inspire future generations. That's not to forget we will share many more triumphs to come. It is all a process. Ironically enough, situations that violate human philosophy unite people of different backgrounds.” PeopleDifferentEnoughPhilosophyMotherFightingChallengesForgetSituationShareInspireFuture Generation Author:Teri Gender Bender
“When you write about people three dimensionally, it inspires a sense of empathy. That would be something that I want people to take away from all my writing, a feeling of emotionality, connection, and empathy.” PeopleWritingFeelingsInspireEmpathy Author:Sarah Gerard
“I just want to make a lot of good music that entertains people and makes people think, and maybe inspires other people to make music. That's it, man. I don't really know about a legacy. Honestly, I wouldn't mind making some money. I wouldn't mind being able to buy a house and have a comfortable life. I'm not trying to chase superstardom and millions and millions of dollars. I would like to have enough return on what I do to allow me to continue doing it more comfortably.” PeopleThinkingMenTryingMindEnoughHouseInspireHonestlyLegacy Author:Muneshine
“If you have that spark that inspires other people, if you have a spark that gives resources to other people, that shares in really collaborative fashion, a spark of wit that kind of tells a story that gives people novel perspective of something, that's the kind of charisma that really leads to lasting power. It's not the kind of charisma that's seductive and self-aggrandizing. It's really a sort of a kind of social energy that really brings about the best in other people.” PeopleGivingKindEnergyNovelShareFashionInspirePerspectiveWitSeductiveCharisma Author:Dacher Keltner
“We have to be emotionally intelligent. It also means that what works one day may not work the next or what works for one group of people many not work for another. I love managerial leadership because it is dynamic. The implication is that we have to stay curious about what compels, what motivates, what inspires, what relates, and what energizes.” PeopleMeanInspireOne DayIntelligentCurious Author:Chip Espinoza
“In my path, three things are really important. One is associating with people who inspire us with their positive influence. The company we keep is very important. Number two is our spiritual practice. Putting aside sacred time every day to make that journey within, to tune into the frequency of our true nature and the love and the grace that is within us. Number three is to try living with ethical, moral and spiritual values, which culminates in unselfish service.” PeopleTryingImportantSpiritualValuesMoralPathGraceJourneyInfluenceInspireEthicalUnselfishSpiritual PracticePositive Influence Author:Radhanath Swami
“Okay, so here's my question: When did civility become incompatible with protest? Why do some people consider civility an antonym - anathema, even - to political action and dissent? Because, and I'm raising my voice, it's not. Have we forgotten how Mahatma Gandhi used nonviolent civil disobedience to free India from British rule and inspire civil rights movements worldwide?” PeopleActionPoliticalInspireOkayForgottenCivil RightsProtestCivilityDissentDisobedienceCivil Rights MovementCivil Disobedience Author:Steven Petrow
“I'm lucky to have friends who inspire me all the time. Watching other people teaches me and helps me to carve out my own sound. We're all just recycling on our influences. What you hear is the sound of those artists swirling around our insides and finding their way back out somehow.” PeopleHelpingArtistTeachInfluenceInspireLuckyHelp MeRecycling Author:Matthew Mayfield
“The best thing you can do with actors is collaborate with them. My job is to inspire them to give their best. And they're only inspired if they feel they are part of the creative process, otherwise they'll shut down. So my goal is always to ask people what they would like to do before I even say my opinion. I usually don't know anything until I see it. I'm a fetish filmmaker - I make films based on what I want to see.” PeopleGivingFilmGoalOpinionCreativeInspireInspiredFilmmakerCreative Process Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“I do feel kind of like I have a split identity in that there's Van Jones, who has this big public role and tries to inspire millions of people to do new stuff together. And then there's just me: a pretty quiet, shy, retiring person.” PeopleTryingKindTogetherIdentityInspireQuietShyRetiring Author:Van Jones
“I am certainly not proposing that we wait passively for the people in power to change their minds. I think we need to be confrontational, to expose the truth in ways that are uncomfortable and that, yes, require courage. What I caution against is using hateful rhetoric to inspire action, and I see a lot of that today. We strengthen the underlying field of hatred, dehumanization, and conquest. It certainly doesn't engage what allows people to do courageous things and to commit deeply, which is the experience of beauty, love, grief.” PeopleThinkingMindTodayActionWaitingGriefInspireHatredCommitUncomfortableCourageousRhetoricConquestCautionHatefulDehumanization Author:Charles Eisenstein
“Today, they make films where you have to sit for an hour and a half and watch somebody in the process of dying and, for me, that's rather depressing. Films, in the good old days of the golden age of Hollywood, used to want to inspire people and give them uplift. You're paying good money to see a film, and you don't want to leave depressed!” PeopleGivingAgeTodayFilmHoursDyingInspireUpliftingDepressingGood Money Author:Ray Harryhausen
“Church is the people that we get to do life with. It's the people that have courageous conversations with us. It's the people that love us. It's the people that invest in us. It's the people we get to do life with. And we also get to share with them. It's being able to have those people in our lives who we're able to inspire and they're able to inspire us. When we're down, they pick us up. When they're down, we pick them up. Iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.” PeopleMenChurchShareInspireCourageousHave CouragePeople In Our Lives Author:Tim Tebow
“My view is, in between environmental determinism and personal responsibility, we say, "where there's a will there's a way." It's not true. You really need both and they're somewhat independent. We must both cultivate will and pave the way. If you inspire an impassioned people so that they have the will but there's no way, all around them are walls with no doors or windows. It's terribly frustrating. On the other hand, if you put a very nice way at their feet and they have no will to follow it, that doesn't produce anything very good either. Will is not way. You need both.” PeopleResponsibilityNiceInspireWallWindowIndependentEnvironmentalVery GoodFrustratingPersonal ResponsibilityVery NiceDeterminism Author:David Katz
“I was influenced by the political environment of our country that has just gained freedom from British colonialism. And the seminal figures in that environment were Mahatma Gandhi, who had been assassinated shortly after I was born, but nevertheless dominated the collective psyche of the country. And of course there were other statesmen who were very much part of the culture we knew as well as looked upon by society as leaders, and mentors, and people that inspires us to have a vision for idealism.” PeopleCountryPoliticalCultureLeaderVisionEnvironmentInspireMentorIdealism Author:Deepak Chopra
“I don't encourage people to litigate when facing discrimination: It is so hard - painful and difficult. It's draining financially, emotionally, and professionally. But when you see that you could be the person who impacts the conversation in a meaningful way - or that you could inspire a few people to feel better about themselves, to speak up, to inspire others, to create this broader wave of change - I don't regret that at all.” PeopleSpeakDifficultInspireRegretWavePainfulMeaningfulDiscriminationFeel Better Author:Ellen Pao
“I like as much time as I can get and I'll do whatever I think is helpful to prepare for a role. Sometimes it's practical research, meaning if I had to write shorthand, I'd learn how to write shorthand. Or if I have to know how to dance a certain way, I would learn that. And then there's just research of talking to people similar to the characters I'm playing. And there's stuff that I just feel is inspiring, whether it be music or a painting or a photograph. I've used a lot of Nan Goldin's photos in the past to inspire me. I use certain paintings and pieces of music.” PeopleThinkingWritingSometimesCharacterPastInspirePaintingPhotographHelpful Author:Jennifer Jason Leigh
“As a speaker, I can inspire people to change but as a writer I can guide people to change. That's why books are so important. As a pastor, though, I can be a part of creating the change the world so desperately needs.” PeopleWorldImportantBookInspireChanging The WorldSpeakersPastor Author:Erwin McManus
“I think people assume that whatever kind of music you make is the music you listen to. Don't get me wrong, I listen to tons of pop music and all the music that really inspires Best Coast is very straightforward '50s and '60s pop music, but I've been listening to R&B and rap since I was a kid. I grew up in L.A. It's part of the culture. I listen to anything.” PeopleThinkingKindKidsCultureInspireListeningAssumingRapStraightforwardPop Music Author:Bethany Cosentino
“Music is entertainment, but I would like to be able to inspire the audience in a way that makes them leave, saying, "Wow, I just left with something I didn't have before going into this concert." I hope that people can leave either a live show or listening to our band record with a sense of peace, where the music was a moment of escape.” PeopleMomentsAudienceInspireListeningMusic Is Author:Amanda Michalka
“Martell Cognac approached me to make a film for them that represented the spirit of John Martell and what he stood for as a person and as a visionary - the qualities that they felt were linked to the brand because of John Martell himself. The creation of the cognac had an impact on the world. That's what Martell Cognac would like to promote: people that can inspire other kids and generations. They have a saying: "It's not what you achieve, it's how you achieve it."” PeopleWorldKidsFilmSpiritQualityAchieveCreationInspire Author:Andy Garcia
“I think leadership comes from the top down, but a great leader knows when the time is right to act, and leadership involves the ability to mobilize and galvanize the people, and to inspire the people to follow.” PeopleThinkingAbilityLeaderInspireGreat Leader Author:John E Ferling
“The key quality all successful people share is the ability to inspire, to transfer our passion to other people and to bring them along with us in pursuit of our vision. I have to be able to inspire investors, actors and crews on a daily basis. What I recognize in other successful people is a similar ability to make their passion infectious.” PeoplePassionAbilityQualityVisionSuccessfulShareInspireInvestorsSuccessful People Author:Amma Asante
“I do question a band's longevity, because most of my favorite bands only made one or two good albums. After that, I didn't care about them anymore. Sometimes I wonder if people feel the same thing about us. The way I look at it is, if we can continue to inspire ourselves and write really beautiful music that we're proud of, I don't think there's any intention to stop.” PeopleThinkingWritingSometimesCareBeautifulWonderInspireProudIntentionMy FavoriteLongevityReally Beautiful Author:Sune Rose Wagner
“I want to be remembered as an artist who was really passionate about his work. And as an inspiration. I do what I do to inspire people.” PeopleInspirationArtistInspirePassionate Author:Ja Rule
“If you know what it is before you even start, it's not as interesting. Central to being an actor is pretending, and the adventure of it all. That's why you become a junkie for different kinds of situations. I try to attach myself to people who really inspire me, and directors who are really passionate. That way, I can give myself more fully and trust the impulse behind why the film is being made, and I can be a little more irresponsible in finding out what the character is. I have to worry less about what the character means if I trust the director.” PeopleGivingTryingKindMeanDifferentCharacterFilmInterestingSituationWorryInspireAdventurePassionateImpulsePretendingDifferent KindsJunkie Author:Willem Dafoe
“I love expanding people's musical horizons, because daytime radio can be so generic and people get sucked into listening to the same crap all the time. Sometimes it just takes one simple little thing to actually inspire people to branch out a little more.” PeopleSometimesSimpleInspireListeningMusicalLittle ThingsCrap Author:Maya Jane Coles
“When people are lame, they love to blame.” PeopleInspirationalInspirationInspireBlameLame Author:Robert Kiyosaki
“When you can inspire other people to do something they couldn't do before, that's a very satisfying feeling. Sometimes I meet people and they're over the top excited to tell me how much they love Razor. There is no shortage of synthesizers out there, every week there's a new synthesizer, especially plugins - there is a lot of competition - so if you make somebody really excited about synthesizer it really feels good, so it's a source of a lot of pride and satisfaction.” PeopleSometimesFeelingsWeekInspirePrideCompetitionExcitedFeel Good Author:Erik Wiegand
“Since my election to Congress, I've always been interested in human rights. I really do believe that's America's strength. Yes, we have a strong military; yes, we have a strong economy. But what really makes America the unique nation it is, is that we speak up about human rights, and anti-corruption, and good governance, and democratic institutions. That's what America is known for. That's what inspires people around the world with U.S. leadership.” PeopleWorldBelieveSpeakStrongEconomyMilitaryInspireUniqueElectionDemocraticHuman RightsGood Governance Author:Ben Cardin
“When people want to inspire you to turn against some group of people, they'll often use empathy. When Obama wanted to bomb Syria, he drew our attention to the victims of chemical warfare. And in both of the Iraq wars, politicians said, "Look at the horrific things that are happening." I'm not a pacifist. I think the suffering of innocent people can be a catalyst for moral action. But empathy puts too much weight on the scale in favor of war. Empathy can really lead to violence.” PeopleThinkingWarActionSufferingAttentionMoralViolenceInspirePoliticianEmpathyVictimInnocentSyriaIraq WarHorrificPacifist Author:Paul Bloom
“Good leaders are focused, directive, and inspiring... in other words, purposeful. People want to look up to leaders, not because they think they are better than us, but because good leaders provide us with a sense of purpose that inspires us to do better.” PeopleThinkingPurposeLeaderInspireFocusedLook UpGood Leader Author:John Baldoni
“Hearing Oscar Peterson was something that resonated within me. There are so many musicians I've been fortunate to play with. The people that inspire me are the people I play with.” PeopleInspireMusician Author:Eldar Djangirov
“My whole thing is to inspire, to better people, to better myself forever in this thing that we call rap, this thing that we call hip hop.” PeopleWholeForeverInspireHip HopRapHipsHops Author:Kendrick Lamar
“If I can inspire people by showing that following a dream by working hard and being determined is possible, it's amazing.” PeopleIfsI CanHardDreamInspireFollowingDetermined Author:Leona Lewis
“Nobody in a leadership level in American politics is trying to inspire the American people. Everybody needs to be goosed. The vast majority of people are not self-starters.” PeopleNeedsTryingSelfLevelsInspireMajorityAmerican PoliticsStarters Author:Rush Limbaugh
“To be a leader, you have to make people want to follow you, and nobody wants to follow someone who doesn't know where he is going.” PeopleKnowsWantLeadershipLeaderInspireNfl Author:Joe Namath
“Every day, the people I meet inspire me... every day, they make me proud... every day they remind me how blessed we are to live in the greatest nation on earth.” PeopleEarthNationsInspireProudBlessed Author:Michelle Obama
“I've never chased money. It's always been about what I can do to motivate and inspire people.” PeopleI CanInspirationCan DoInspire Author:Tyler Perry
“As you navigate through the rest of your life, be open to collaboration. Other people and other people's ideas are often better than your own. Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.” PeopleInspirationalIdeasLife IsChangeChallengesGroupsInspireCollaborationChanging Your LifeRest Of Your LifeNavigateProject Management Author:Amy Poehler
“The attributes for entrepreneurs cut both ways. You need the ability to ignore inconvenient facts and see the world as it should be and not as it is. This inspires people to take huge leaps of faith. But this blindness to facts can be a liability, too. The characteristics that help entrepreneurs succeed can also lead to their failure.” PeopleWorldWayNeedsShouldFactsHelpingAbilityCuttingInspireHugeSucceedEntrepreneurCharacteristicsLeapAttributesBlindnessInconvenientLiabilityLeap Of Faith Author:Eric Ries
“People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals - that is, goals that do not inspire them.” PeopleInspirationalInspirationMotivationalSpiritualSuccessGoalPowerfulInspireLazyLazinessSetting GoalsGoals And LifeAwaken The Giant WithinDrive And SuccessLazy Thinking Author:Tony Robbins