I think young artists are always inspiring because they are coming at worlds from a different point of view.

Why not seize the pleasure at once? -- How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!

The future is carved out of the present moment. Tomorrow's harvest depends upon today's ploughing and sowing.

I couldn't sleep one night and I was sitting in my office and I realized that I was an independent filmmaker.

The level of consumption that we identify with success is utterly unsustainable. We're gobbling up the world.

Rest when you're weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work.

My mom is the greatest mom in the whole wide world. She's done everything for me to make my dreams come true.

The difference between successful people and others is how long they spend time feeling sorry for themselves.

In countries where innocent people are dying, the leaders are following their blood rather than their brains.

Dad was an amazing storyteller and illustrator, which he did in his spare time - very inspiring and dramatic.

One of the best things that ever happened to me is that I'm a woman. That is the way all females should feel.

Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to trust your team. It's a lesson I've had to relearn quite a few times.

By all these lovely tokens September days are here, With summer's best of weather And autumn's best of cheer.

It is always an honor to work with those that share your passion for music and just enjoy making great music.

These men were wrongfully rejected, the veterans. The fighting man should never have been blamed for Vietnam.

I meet an enormous number of incredible people all the time, people I find very inspiring, and I'm very busy.

Hope is a renewable option: If you run out of it at the end of the day, you get to start over in the morning.

It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.

Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it.

The Simple Path Silence is Prayer Prayer is Faith Faith is Love Love is Service The Fruit of Service is Peace

What you are basically, deep, deep down, far, far in, is simply the fabric and structure of existence itself.

I'm passionate about cooking. I'm passionate about healthy eating. I'm passionate about inspiring other women.

I like my body so much better after I had kids. Is that a crazy thing to say? I'm more womanly. I feel sexier.

One individual may die for an idea, but that idea will, after his death, incarnate itself in a thousand lives.

Since after extinction no one will be present to take responsibility, we have to take full responsibility now.

The fragrance of sandalwood and rosebay does not travel far. But the fragrance of virtue rises to the heavens.

One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others.

No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.

Murakami's ability to deconstruct and his aesthetic and conceptual freedom have been totally inspiring for me.

I have always wanted to be a catalyst for bringing about positive change, inspiring others to choose goodness.

We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead.

I'm a storyteller - that's the chief function of a director. And they're moving pictures, let's make 'em move!

I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution.

There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.

Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.

You are not Atlas carrying the world on your shoulder. It is good to remember that the planet is carrying you.

Always remember that you are bigger than the moment, you are more than anything that could ever happen to you.

When I read the Koran or hear it read, the images and the poetry, the sound of the language is very inspiring.

The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility.

Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don't need to escape from.

But once you strip that down, you realize it's all about a voice, like a Norah Jones - that's inspiring to me.

If all struggles and sufferings were eliminated, the spirit would no more reach maturity than would the child.

If you're someone people count on, particularly in difficult moments, that's a sign of a life lived honorably.

But once you strip that down, you realize it's all about a voice, like a Norah Jones - that's inspiring to me.

Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.

Do not waste one moment in regret, for to think feelingly of the mistakes of the past is to re-infect yourself.

All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.

I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.

So the experts think we could have an AIDS-free generation in Africa by 2015, even if the mothers are positive.

My life amounts to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean. Yet what is any ocean, but a multitude of drops?

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