Best 1937 quotes in «inspire quotes» category

If I had in me something that inspires people towards the good and raises them one step on the ladder of mental and spiritual progress, I want to show it by example, indication, and deduction, not by preaching, threatening, and conspiring.

If I'm at the University of Georgia and I can't inspire this room full of students, OK, fine. I'm not going to take it personally. Maybe a little bit, but I'll be all right.

If i'm not with somebody who really excites or inspires me, then I'd rather be by myself.

If I want to be a better person for whoever is in my life, I have to learn.

If it's so painful to love and absorb electricity, how much more painful it is to be a woman, to be the electricity, to inspire love.

If only shame were a reliable engine for behavior modification. All it does is make me feel bad, which inspires me to bust open a bag of cheese popcorn, which then makes me feel crappy about my weight.

If I look at the performance of another friend Sting, whenever I hear him take over a stage and share his art with millions, it's very inspiring to me. So I have a lot in my life, a lot of friends who inspire me and I'm sure it goes the other way around, or so that I inspire them.

If somebody can inspire me, it feels really special

If someone asks me what inspires me, I always say, "That which is missing," because I don't want to copy everything that's already happening. I feel like when you copy, you blend in, and when you blend in, you get lost.

If something inspires you, try and hold on to that inspiration because if you lose that inspiration, what do you have left? If music is your inspiration and it brings you together with friends, family or loved ones and that's the core of it, then always have it. Always draw from it.

If life throws you a lemon - make lemonade.

If the cause of poverty is marginalization, the cure is inclusion.

If the United States is to produce a nation of investors-as we must if we are to gain financial world-leadership-it is imperative that boards of directors be so constituted as to adequately represent the interests and inspire the complete confidence of investors of moderate substance.

If the tenth of the population that is gay became visible tomorrow, the panic of the majority of people would inspire repressive legislation of a sort that would shock even the pessimists among us.

If there was one word on a motivation or world view, that one word would be 'liberty.' That's what inspires me and motivates me more than anything - just the concept of freedom, liberty, what it means.

If we're not willing to settle for junk living, we certainly shouldn't settle for junk food.

If we are ever to enjoy life, now is the time, not tomorrow or next year.... Today should always be our most wonderful day.

If you concern yourself with your neighbor’s talents, you’ll neglect your own. But if you concern yourself with yours, you could inspire both!

If you do the right thing, eventually you will inspire others to do the right thing.

If we have a purpose in life beyond being a cog in the human machine, mine is to help inspire people and that's pretty cool. I would like to motivate the world.

If you inspire one person each day, you’re day hasn't been a waste. It’s been a blessing.

If you get invited to be part of a team, don't look at it as a burden to get out of, but rather an opportunity to inspire, invigorate, and bring life to the team.

If you feel like you're at 50 percent with someone and that's as far as you'll get, you're wasting precious time. You should always be with someone who enriches your life and inspires you to be the best you can be.

If you realize that you're the problem, then you can change yourself, learn something and grow wiser. Don't blame other people for your problems.

If you're a creative person, what inspires you is always changing; it's always shifting.

If your life had lyrics, would they be any good?

If you rise with a positive attitude - because everything is possible, everything is doable - if you have that level of confidence, you exude it. It actually inspires the people around you.

If you suspect that my interest in the Bible is going to inspire me with sudden enthusiasm for Judaism and make me a convert of mountain-moving fervor and that I shall suddenly grow long earlocks and learn Hebrew and go about denouncing the heathen - you little know the effect of the Bible on me. Properly read, it is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.

If you vanquish ego-clinging today, tonight you will be enlightened.

If you're starting out or trying to get to the next level, surround yourself with people who keep you motivated and energized - people who inspire you to achieve your best every day. When you do this, you can't lose.

If you think your users are idiots, only idiots will use it.

If you wanna help, inspire, uplift, don't point the blame and talk down.

If you want to be happy, set yourself a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy and inspires your hopes. Happiness is within you. It comes from doing some certain thing into which you can put all your thought and energy. If you want to be happy, get enthusiastic about something.

If you want to go somewhere, it is best to find someone who has already been there.

If you want to inspire confidence, give plenty of statistics. It does not matter that they should be accurate, or even intelligible, as long as there is enough of them.

If you want execution, hail only success. If you want creativity, hail risk, and remain neutral about success.

If you want to make an easy job seem mighty hard, just keep putting off doing it.

If you wish others to believe in you, you must first convince them that you believe in them.

I get to work with people I love who challenge and inspire me. And I get to sing songs that do that same thing!

I get to know my regular fans, and they inspire me.

I get to work with incredibly talented young filmmakers and students, and their attitudes and relationship with film is still so pure. That re-inspires me and reminds me why I got into it and what I love about film, and allows me a little reprieve from the business side of it. And it rekindles my love of film.

I go through life like a Karate Kid.

I guess that my activities inspire people and that I offer opportunities without realising what is going to happen next.

I guess it's the age group of students; You are questioning life. Then there are those who actually see their problems reflected in it.

I guess, there are always people that you latch onto that really inspire you.

I had one drama teacher who was amazing, Ms. Perkins. She really tried to inspire me and get me going.

I guess to be an entrepreneur you have to have a large ego, enormous pride and an ability to inspire others to follow your lead.

I hate it when something I've had published "inspires" some nut to imitate what I've written, or some teacher gets fired for having her students read one of my stories or novels.

I have been drawing all my life.

I grew up in a musical family; the majority of my growing up was done in Hawaii. It's what we do. You sing, you dance, you play ukulele and you drink.