Quotes, Quotations and Sayings

Wealth is not a matter of intelligence it's a matter of inspiration.

The hero draws inspiration from the virtue of his ancestors.

The ultimate inspiration is the deadline.

Inspiration comes of working every day.

Genius is 1 inspiration and 99 perspiration.

Inspiration without perspiration is usually sterile.

The greatest inspiration is often born of desperation.

Quotes are nothing but inspiration for the uninspired.

My sole inspiration is a telephone call from a director.

The inspiration of the almighty gives man understanding.

There never was a great soul that did not have some divine inspiration.

Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration.

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your inspiration with others.

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

Talent is like a faucet while it is open, you have to write. Inspiration

Talent is like a faucet; while it is open, you have to write. Inspiration?

The longing to produce great inspirations didn't produce anything but more longing.

A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all.

Inspiration may be a form of super consciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness

Leadership is based on inspiration, not domination; on cooperation, not intimidation.

When you do not know what you are doing and what you are doing is the best -- that is inspiration.

It's funny how motivation and inspiration can be drawn from the strangest of places and situations, but boy, if feels damn good.

IMBECILITY, n. A kind of divine inspiration, or sacred fire affecting censorious critics of this dictionary.

When the present is full of gloom, the past becomes haven of refuge that provides relief and inspiration.

Motivation is an external, temporary high that PUSHES you forward. Inspiration is a sustainable internal glow which PULLS you forward.

Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised.

His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of perspiration, ninety nine.

There's a limit to how many times you can read how great you are and what an inspiration you are, but I'm not there yet.

Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant, they is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks.

True music must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time. My people are Americans and my time is today.

To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?

What three things do you want to accomplish this year? Write them down and place them on your refrigerator for inspiration all year long.

Perpetual inspiration is as necessary to the life of goodness, holiness and happiness as perpetual respiration is necessary to animal life.

Nature has been for me, for as long as I remember, a source of solace, inspiration, adventure, and delight; a home, a teacher, a companion.

We are taught to be ashamed of confusion, anger, fear and sadness, and to me they are of equal value as happiness excitement and inspiration.

Better beware of notions like genius and inspiration; they are a sort of magic wand and should be used sparingly by anybody who wants to see things clearly.

Cease trying to work everything out with your minds. It will get you nowhere. Live by intuition and inspiration and let your whole life be Revelation.

Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness -- I wouldn't know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.

The Past Our cradle, not our prison there is danger as well as appeal in its glamor. The past is for inspiration, not imitation, for continuation, not repitition.

What Romantic terminology called genius or talent or inspiration is nothing other than finding the right road empirically, following one's nose, taking shortcuts.

The lyricism of marginality may find inspiration in the image of the ''outlaw,'' the great social nomad, who prowls on the confines of a docile, frightened order.

The Past: Our cradle, not our prison; there is danger as well as appeal in its glamour. The past is for inspiration, not imitation, for continuation, not repetition.

Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show for them; for those experiences have left an indelible impression, and we are ever and anon reminded of them.

Do not worry about the incarnation of ideas. If you are a poet, your works will contain them without your knowledge -- they will be both moral and national if you follow your inspiration freely.

Greatness is more than potential. It is the execution of that potential. Beyond the raw talent. You need the appropriate training. You need the discipline. You need the inspiration. You need the drive.

Love and respect woman. Look to her not only for comfort, but for strength and inspiration and the doubling of your intellectual and moral powers. Blot out from your mind any idea of superiority you have none.

Working with children with autism has provided me with an opportunity to see the world in a different way. I see them strive to overcome obstacles and persevere, and learn to persevere myself. They are my inspiration.

Just as it is true that a stream cannot rise above its source, so it is true that a national literature cannot rise above the moral level of the social conditions of the people from whom it derives its inspiration.

Indeed many things which we shall not be able to discover either by the experiment of works or by the investigations of reason we shall deserve to be taught by importunate prayer, by the revelation of divine inspiration.

As one knows the poet by his fine music, so one can recognize the liar by his rich rhythmic utterance, and in neither case will the casual inspiration of the moment suffice. Here, as elsewhere, practice must precede perfection.