“It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.”
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.
“How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!”
“It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.”
“I wanted to do something inspirational for my children.”
“Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm.”
“The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.”
“Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen - that stillness becomes a radiance.”
“President Obama called for a 'we' nation in his Inauguration Address. Art convenes. It is not just inspirational. It is aspirational. It pricks the walls of our compartmentalized minds, opens our hearts and makes us brave. And that's what we need most in our country today.”
“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.”
“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.”
“How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!”
“I believe there's an inner power that makes winners or losers. And the winners are the ones who really listen to the truth of their hearts.”
“Let us dream of tomorrow where we can truly love from the soul, and know love as the ultimate truth at the heart of all creation.”
“In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.”
“Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.”
“The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another's, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises.”
“Men must live and create. Live to the point of tears.”