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The writers secret is not inspiration - for it is never clear where it comes from - it is his stubbornness, his patience.
I believe strongly in inspiration, inspiration literally meaning 'full of the spirit.' I do believe that it comes to you.
Whether you've found your calling, or if you're still searching, passion should be the fire that drives your life's work.
I can speak for most songwriters - those breakup love songs are so easy to write, as far as the inspiration and all that.
Keeping stationary drains your brain, but moving around shows you new things, new inspiration, and keeps the blood moving.
Dreams are not without meaning wherever they may come from — from fantasy, from the elements, or from another inspiration.
Most of the writers I like just intimidate and humble me but in that there's a good deal of inspiration to be had as well.
His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of perspiration, ninety nine.
Every great and deep difficulty bears in itself its own solution. It forces us to change our thinking in order to find it.
Being surrounded by artistic and musical beauty soothes the soul, bringing both quiet calm and creative inspiration. . . .
I don't know anything about inspiration because I don't know what inspiration is; I've heard about it, but I never saw it.
Don't search for inspiration when you have a task to do; Just start your work and you will see that it will soon find you.
The path to inspiration starts upon the trails we've known; each stumbling block is not a rock, but just a stepping stone.
The true purpose of life is the perfection of humanity through individual effort, under the guidance of God's inspiration.
In Yellowstone National Park there are more ‘do not feed the animals’ signs than there are animals you might wish to feed.
Exercise often moves us straight from stagnation to inspiration, from problem to solution, from self-pity to self-respect.
The writer's secret is not inspiration - for it is never clear where it comes from - it is his stubbornness, his patience.
A Warrior of Light needs love. Love and affection are part of his nature. He makes use of solitude, but is not used by it.
If you see someone taking responsibility, give that person authority. If you see someone looking for authority, watch out!
An affectionate disposition not only makes the mind more peaceful and calm, but it affects our body in a positive way too.
I believe that music is another form of news. Music is another form of journalism to me. So I have to cover all the areas.
Meditation is a microcosm, a model, a mirror. The skills we practice when we sit are transferable to the rest of our lives.
The next time you're looking at a charity, don't ask about the rate of their overhead. Ask about the scale of their dreams.
History is the heritage and patrimony of mankind in its lessons of the past that give priceless inspiration for the future.
Songwriting was very tough for me... I would go in and sit and hope for inspiration to come, and it was rarely forthcoming.
The test of truth in life is not whether we can remember what we learned in school, but whether we are prepared for change.
Have to and get to?both are choices. One is negative and one is positive. Choose the right one and it can change your life.
Aesthetic judgments, rather than abstract reasoning, guide and shape the process by which we all come to know what we know.
If something inspires you, try and hold on to that inspiration because if you lose that inspiration, what do you have left?
It is necessary to run risks, to follow certain paths and to abandon others. No one can make a choice without feeling fear.
My family is my biggest inspiration. My son, my husband, and my family inspire me to be better, do better, and live better.
So-called "inspiration" is no more than an extreme example of a process which constantly goes on in the minds of all of us.
When I am completely united to You, there will be no more sorrow or trials; entirely full of You, my life will be complete.
No man or woman is uniformly successful... we must all expect a rather high percentage of failure in the things we attempt.
The only thing I do is just pray for inspiration, for a way of thinking, because I don't have any particular goal in sight.
Overnight success just doesn't happen. You've got to put your time in. You're up and down - all of a sudden, it just clicks
Everyday, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it.
I feel like a slave, and in a way like an artist, because I need to get inspiration everyday, from everything and everyone.
Sometimes you need to take a departure from what you do to something that's slightly different in order to get inspiration.
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.
Like a lot of what happens in novels, inspiration is a sort of spontaneous combustion--the oily rags of the head and heart.
I have the opportunity, once more to right some wrongs, to pray for peace, to plant some trees, and sing more joyful songs.
One should use great care to select an employer who will be an inspiration, and who is, himself, intelligent and successful
If you are hardworking and determined, you will make it and that's the bottom line. I don't believe in an easy way through.
He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.
Inspiration is there all the time. For everyone whose mind is not clouded over with thoughts whether they realize it or not.
Science sometimes falls short when trying to fathom the depths of our essence - and our inspiration comes from that essence.
Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity.
It does wonders for my own psyche to turn envy into inspiration. No matter how successful we become, we're never above that.
If I can be of inspiration to anyone to go after their goals and their dreams, then I feel like I'll be satisfied with that.