“I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.”
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.
“Belief creates the actual fact.”
“I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.”
“The flow of Guiness into the studio was inspirational as well as nutritive.”
“I wanted to do something inspirational for my children.”
“I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.”
“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.”
“Almost every college playwright or sketch or improv comedian was sort of aware of Christopher Durang - even kids in high school. His short plays were so accessible to younger people and I think that was inspirational to me.”
“One of the things that I did before I ran for president is I was a professional speaker. Not a motivational speaker - an inspirational speaker. Motivation comes from within. You have to be inspired. That's what I do. I inspire people, I inspire the public, I inspire my staff. I inspired the organizations I took over to want to succeed.”
“Whoever is happy will make others happy too.”
“Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.”
“We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.”
“Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.”
“Our ideals are our better selves.”
“Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.”
“The single most important thing in a child's performance is the quality of the teacher. Making sure a child spends the maximum amount of time with inspirational teachers is the most important thing.”
“It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.”