Inspirational Quotes · Page 1,999

In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend.

— Alexander Pope

The urge to draw must be quite deep within us, because children love to do it.

— David Hockney

"I was counting the waves", replied Amory gravely, "I'm going in for statistics".

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

Write about what you know, and what do you know better than your own secrets?

— Raymond Carver

The creative writer is usually captive to his next book.

— Fannie Hurst

What's New Orleans without music? And what's music without dancing?

— Ellen DeGeneres

Make more decisions. That's the only way to get better at it.

— Seth Godin

Life is God's gift to us. What we do with it is our gift to God.

— A. R. Bernard

There is no good reason to suppose that whatever can be felt can be expressed in words, or indeed in any articulate…

— Denis Donoghue

One of the things that has helped me as much as any other is not how long I am going to live,…

— George Washington Carver

“Most people chase success at work, thinking that will make them happy. The truth is that happiness at work will make you…

— Alexander Kjerulf

“You don’t need to drink to get over your feelings. Deal with your feelings that’s how you get over them,”

— Holly Hood

You can't do anything about yesterday and you can't do anything about tomorrow. It's just today.

— Johnny Oates

“You do not own the molecules. They are stardust. They belong to God. What you do own is your soul. Nobody can…

— Hugh MacLeod

The thorn from the bush one has planted, nourished and pruned pricks more deeply and draws more blood.

— Maya Angelou

Everyone knows what a hypocrite is. That's the guy who gripes about the sex, violence and nudity on his VCR.

— Zig Ziglar

How do I know about the world? By what is within me.

— Laozi

Letting people in is largely a matter of not expending the energy to keep them out.

— Hugh Prather

What is up with this Ashley Purdy day tomorrow,I see? Do I need to dress up as myself?!

— Ashley Purdy

We are materialists and atheists, and we glory in the fact…

— Mikhail Bakunin

Be the cure. Don't look outside yourself for it.

— Wayne Dyer

Give us courage for your easy burden, so to live untaxed lives.

— Walter Brueggemann

I have nothing to lose, but something to gain.

— Eminem

I don't know exactly how it's done. I let it alone a good deal.

— Saul Bellow

Every time you are not practicing someone else is.

— Boris Becker

“Choose to do more than just exist; choose to live.”

— Steve Maraboli

God knows there is never a convenient time to fast.

— Jentezen Franklin

I am not alone. Whatever else there was or is, writing is with me.

— Lidia Yuknavitch

My heart is a parachute that has never opened in time.

— Andrea Gibson

To stay in the game, you have to stay in the game.

— Michael Owen

Schoenberg is too melodious for me, too sweet.

— Bertolt Brecht

Programming in Go is like being young again (but more productive!).

— Anneli Jaatteenmaki

Focus on what you can do rather than stress about what you have no control over.

— Catherine DeVrye

You only find complete unanimity in a cemetary.

— Abel Aganbegyan

The harder you work out, the more you should stretch.

— Jane Fonda

The greatest virtue is to follow the Way utterly.

— Laozi

You cannot convert people beyond your own conversion.

— James E. Faust

I can assure you, nothing in my performance will be deflated

— Katy Perry

It comes down to having fun and doing what I love.

— B.J. Penn

In this vast country that he had so loved, he was alone.

— Albert Camus