I grew up in a very spiritual home in a Liberty City neighborhood of Miami, FL. I was raised in the church, and my mother was a very inspirational person in my life.
— Robert Battle
You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past.
— Richard Bach
What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.
— Rabindranath Tagore
What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since the overwhelming majority of people in Ireland and Northern Ireland voted in favour of the agreement signed on Good Friday 1998, paving the way for Northern Ireland to become the exciting and inspirational place that it is today.
— Queen Elizabeth II
Of all human activities, man's listening to God is the supreme act of his reasoning and will.
— Pope Paul VI
Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.
— Plato
The ideal life is in our blood and never will be still.
— Phillips Brooks
Space is an inspirational concept that allows you to dream big.
— Peter Diamandis
I think, aesthetically, car design is so interesting - the dashboards, the steering wheels, and the beauty of the mechanics. I don't know how any of it works, I don't want to know, but it's inspirational.
— Paloma Picasso
I had hoped when my life was chronicled, it would be an inspirational story.
— Om Puri
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
— Norman Vincent Peale
Countless as the sands of the sea are human passions.
— Nikolai Gogol
Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.
— Nido Qubein
A lot of America is kind of done. People have been making films about it for 100 years. Everything to me feels used up. But Jo-Burg feels unbelievably inspirational to me.
— Neill Blomkamp
Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
— Nathaniel Hawthorne
Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.
— Napoleon Hill
The undertaking of a new action brings new strength.
— Richard L. Evans
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
The only journey is the one within.
— Rainer Maria Rilke
Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.
When I was working at the Sprint store, I got laid off. I was bummed out, but I stayed positive. I used the money I had earned while working there to make my first album. Without that job, maybe 'Corazon Sin Cara' would never had been made. It's a very inspirational story.
— Prince Royce
I have looked into your eyes with my eyes. I have put my heart near your heart.
— Pope John XXIII
When deeds speak, words are nothing.
— Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
Happiness is the natural flower of duty.
Sport is something that is very inspirational for young people.
— Pele
The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading; but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty.
— Pablo Neruda
I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.
— Og Mandino
I don't dislike rappers or hip-hop or people who like it. I went to the Def Jam tour in Manchester in the '80s when rap was inspirational. Public Enemy were awesome. But it's all about status and bling now, and it doesn't say anything to me.
— Noel Gallagher
Traveling around the country, meeting fans and hearing their stories in person and on my radio show has reenergized my commitment to creating honest and inspirational content that not only serves my own creative purposes but can help and touch others as well.
— Nikki Sixx
The most inspirational person in my life has been my mother.
— Nicole Maines
The hymn 'Amazing Grace' is so inspirational - I wish I'd written it.
— Neil Sedaka
At the end of the day, the one commonality that both Hindi cinema and Hollywood share is that they are full of talented and inspirational people. Outside of this, there are many differences, from the scheduling and rehearsal to promotion and directing techniques.
— Nargis Fakhri
Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder.
The only thing that ultimately matters is to eat an ice-cream cone, play a slide trombone, plant a small tree, good God, now you're free.
— Ray Manzarek
For years, I've worn my dainty gold bracelets with inspirational sayings and encouraging one-liners to motivate me in my career. I liked to look down at my wrist and be reminded of my goals.
— Rachel Hollis
I am very conscious of who I am as an artist and as an inspirational person.
— R. Kelly
Nothing makes one feel so strong as a call for help.
What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.
— Plutarch
I thought 'Moulin Rouge' was inspirational, and 'Jesus Christ Superstar' I loved.
— Pierce Brosnan
We work to create a new wave of feminism that is more inclusive. I want others to feel equal. It's so great to see women in positions of power, which is why other artists, such as Marilyn Minter, are so inspirational to me.
— Petra Collins
Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon... must inevitably come to pass!
— Paul J. Meyer
I do like alternative rock and rap, but as far as inspirational, then I go full-on orchestra. It fills up your entire being.
— Osric Chau
Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
— Octavia E. Butler
I said to the almond tree, 'Friend, speak to me of God,' and the almond tree blossomed.
— Nikos Kazantzakis
Since we launched the original 'Pop Idol' in England, I've remained close with Simon Fuller. Working as executive producer on 'American idol' for its first seven years not only was an inspirational journey into the heart of American pop culture, it opened my eyes to the untapped potential of the incredibly dynamic young people in this world.
— Nigel Lythgoe
Of all things visible, the highest is the heaven of the fixed stars.
— Nicolaus Copernicus
I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine.
— Neil Armstrong
I think being directed and mentored by someone as inspirational as Paul Feig not only improves my performance but, as a whole, makes it what it is.
