Inspirational Quotes

Inspiration is personal — what lights a fire in one person barely registers with another. This collection casts a wide net, gathering words that have moved people to action, to tears, to changed minds, and occasionally to changed lives.

“I do love to eavesdrop. It's inspirational, not only for subject matter but for actual dialogue, the way people talk.”

Lynda Barry

More Inspirational Quotes

“Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.”

Plato

“Books are challenging and inspirational to me.”

Amy Sedaris

“I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.”

Audre Lorde

“I wanted to do something inspirational for my children.”

Harvey Weinstein

“I have looked into your eyes with my eyes. I have put my heart near your heart.”

Pope John XXIII

“A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.”

James Allen

“It's inspirational to see someone who is dying smile.”

Arlen Specter

“I am very conscious of who I am as an artist and as an inspirational person.”

R. Kelly

“The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.”

Ben Okri

“If it were not for hopes, the heart would break.”

Thomas Fuller

“I think the end goal, hopefully, is to take advantage of the attention I've gotten along the way and use it for good and build some communities, and as I get older I can continue to do things and be surrounded by things that are inspirational to me.”

Reggie Watts

“Men must live and create. Live to the point of tears.”

Albert Camus

“A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.”

Victor Hugo

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