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The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

Famous Quotes on: Love, Joy, Friendship, Believe, Friend




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

~ Aaron Copland Quotes

Inspirational Quotes on: Confidence




I was made a revolutionary in spite of myself… [A]ll creation presupposes as its origin a sort of appetite that is brought on by the foretaste of discovery. This foretaste of the creative art accompanies the intuitive grasp of an unknown entity that will not take definite shape except by the action of a constantly vigilant technique. This appetite that is aroused in me at the mere thought of putting in order musical elements that have attracted my attention is not at all a fortuitous thing like inspiration, but as habitual and periodic, if not constant, as a natural need... The very act of putting my work on paper, of, as we say, kneading the dough, is for me inseperable from the pleasure of creation. So far as I am concerned, I cannot seperate the spiritual effort from the psychological and physical effort; they confront me on the same level and do not present a hierarchy...What concerns us here is not imagination itself, but rather creative imagination: the facultyy that helps us to pass from the level of conception to the level of realization. In the course of my labors I suddenly stumble upon something unexpected. this unexpected element strikes me. I make note of it. At the proper time I put it to profitable use... The faculty of creating is never given to us all by itself. It always goes hand in hand with the gift of observation. And the true creator may be recognized by his ability always to find about him, in the commonest and humblest thing, items worthy of note... The least accident holds his interest and guides his operations. If his finger slips, he will notice it; on occasion, he may draw profit from something unforeseen that a momentary lapse reveals to him. One does not contrive an accident: one observes it to draw inspiration therefrom.

~ Igor Stravinsky Quotes from Creators on Creating

Motivational Quotes on: Action, Inspiration, Igor Stravinsky, Unknown, Ras, Iq, Creator, Habit, Act, The Moment, Work, Rest, Effort, Labor, Discover, Attention, Music, Spiritual, Expect, Give, Spirit, Humble, Serve, Creative




We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.

~ Frank Tibolt Quotes

Self-Development Quotes on: Action, Inspiration, Act




Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

~ Thomas A. Edison Quotes

Famous Quotes on: Inspiration, Genius




Every man should be master of anything he does and should do it in a masterly manner, with love, no matter what it is, whether hard physical work, menial or boring work, or inspirational work.

~ Walter Russell Quotes from The Man Who Tapped the Secrets of the Universe

Inspirational Quotes on: Inspiration, Love, Secret, Work, Master, Universe, Inspirational




How does one chip off the marble that doesn’t belong? … That comes about through five things: humility, reverence, inspiration, deep purpose, and joy. No great man has ever wise-cracked his way to greatness. Until one learns to lose one’s self he cannot find himself. No one can multiply himself by himself. He must first divide himself and give himself to the service of all, thus placing himself within all others through acts of thoughtfulness and service.

~ Walter Russell Quotes from The Man Who Tapped the Secrets of the Universe

Motivational Quotes on: Humility, Inspiration, Purpose, Learn, Greatness, Secret, Vice, Act, Great, Give, Universe, Within, Joy, Service, Wise




Inspiration comes only to those who seek it with humility toward their own achievements and reverence toward the achievements of God.

~ Walter Russell Quotes from The Man Who Tapped the Secrets of the Universe

Self-Development Quotes on: Humility, Inspiration, God, War, Secret, Achievement, Universe, Achieve




Lock yourself up in your room or go out in the woods where you an be alone. When you are alone the universe talks to you in flashes of inspiration.

~ Walter Russell Quotes from The Man Who Tapped the Secrets of the Universe

Famous Quotes on: Inspiration, Secret, Universe




By ecstasy I mean inner joyousness, and by inner joyousness I mean those inspirational fires which burn within the consciousness of great geniuses, fires which give to them an inconquerable vitality of spirit which breaks down all barriers as wheat bends before the wind.

~ Walter Russell Quotes from The Man Who Tapped the Secrets of the Universe

Inspirational Quotes on: Inspiration, Genius, Secret, Great, Fire, Give, Universe, Within, Joy, Spirit, Win, Inspirational




I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration, I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is humanized or de-humanized. If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming.

~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

Motivational Quotes on: Decide, Inspiration, Humor, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Persona, Goethe, Power, Create, Life, Becoming, Joy, People




It is amazingly empowering to have the support of a strong, motivated, and inspirational group of people.

~ Susan Jeffers Quotes from Feel the Fear…And Do It Anyway

Self-Development Quotes on: Fear, Inspiration, Power, Empowering, Feel, People, Strong, Support, Inspirational






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Videos matching 'Inspiration':


Default #2 The Four Finger Pianist

Um.

Wow.

What are YOU here to do?!?

Default #5 Patrick Henry Hughes – Inspirational Story

Wow.

Another amazing dad and this guy rocks!

The Music of Opportunity and the Sound of Potential. Definitely.

Default #6 Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech 2005

Steve Jobs rocks.

Here’s the transcript:

This is the text of the Commencement address by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, delivered on June 12,...

Default #18 Paul Potts

If you don't have goosebumps half-way thru I don't know what will inspire you! :)

Default #19 Tony Robbins motivates you in 20 minutes: TEDTalks

Nice intro to Tony Robbins from his talk @ TED.

Default #21 Inspiration from the Monkey Bar Gymnasium

This is a video of the story of Sarah, a Monkey Bar trainer and the webmaster for one of my new good friends Jon Hinds' web site: Monkey Bar Gym.

AMAZINGLY cool story. Here's more...


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~ Ernest Holmes
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