“I have always been inspired by the dream of America—families in the country, weathered trucks and farmhouses; sailing off the coast of Maine; following dirt roads in an old wood-paneled station wagon; a convertible filled with young college kids sporting crew cuts and sweatshirts and frayed sneakers…”— Ralph Lauren, global.ralphlauren.com
“I see that God is able to use my story to help others. Once a girl came up and told me that she had had cancer. When she learned my story it made her realize that she didn't need to give up.”— Bethany Hamilton, surfertoday.com
“I don't really want people looking to me for inspiration. I just want to be a sign along the way that points toward Heaven.”— Bethany Hamilton, amazon.com
“A kid copies what is good. I remember the first time I saw Lefty O'Doul, and he was as far away as those palms. And I saw the guy come to bat in batting practice. I was looking through a knothole, and I said, "Geez, does that guy look good!" And it was Lefty O'Doul, one of the greatest hitters ever.”— Ted Williams, en.wikiquote.org
“When I step on the field, it's on. I know it's time to go to work.”— Ray Lewis, carrollcountytimes.com
“You always say 'I'll quit when I start to slide,’ and then one morning you wake up and realize you've done slid.”— Sugar Ray Robinson, books.google.com
“The point is, art never stopped a war and never got anybody a job. That was never its function. Art cannot change events. But it can change people. It can affect people so that they are changed... because people are changed by art – enriched, ennobled, encouraged – they then act in a way that may af…”— Leonard Bernstein, goodreads.com
“Inspiration is wonderful when it happens, but the writer must develop an approach for the rest of the time... The wait is simply too long.”— Leonard Bernstein, goodreads.com
“Fantasy is often better than reality. It’s much more inspiring not to go to places than to go.”— Karl Lagerfeld, en.wikiquote.org
“She said, ‘You cannot hide forever, though you may try. I’ve seen you in the kitchen, in the garden. I’ve seen the things you have sewn – curtains of dawn, twilight blankets and dresses for the sisters like a garden of stars. I have heard the stories you tell. You are the one who transforms, who cre…”— Francesca Lia Block, amazon.com
“But the woman came to her then. The woman with hair of red like roses, hair of white like snowfall. She was young and old. She was blind and could see everything. She spoke softly, in whispers, but her voice carried across the mountain ranges like sleeping giants, the cities lit like fairies and the…”— Francesca Lia Block, amazon.com
“We generally change ourselves for one of two reasons: inspiration or desperation.”— Jim Rohn, twitter.com
“The composer does not sit around and wait for an inspiration to walk up and introduce itself…Making music is actually little else than a matter of invention aided and abetted by emotion. In composing we combine what we know of music with what we feel.”— George Gershwin, en.wikiquote.org
“And for some reason, I always felt a little more when I would hear you laugh.”— R. M. Drake, theodysseyonline.com
“You inspired me. For that, you are worth every inch of love I had to give.”— Bianca Sparacino, amazon.com
“I can’t tell you exactly what I’m looking for, but I’ll know it when it happens. I want to be breathless and weak, crumpled by the entrance of another person inside my soul.”— Aimee Bender, amazon.com
“Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on.”— Henry Rollins, huffingtonpost.com