Quotes by Inspiration Why is it that we understand playing the cello will require work, but we attribute writing to the magic of inspiration? Ann Patchett magic inspiration writing When I began writing, it was a cosmic thing: Inspiration! Wham! Short spurts of time when I felt out of touch with reality, temporarily insane and the result: a song! Ann Reed inspiration writing song You can't teach talent. You can't teach inspiration. You can teach people critical facilities. You can give them techniques. You can teach discipline. And you can teach them about the business. Anna Deavere Smith discipline inspiration teaching When I look at designer books I am sometimes puzzled why they don't share their inspiration, when it's obvious somebody had such great inspiration. Anna Sui inspiration book looks I wasn't afraid to fail. Something good always comes out of failure. Anne Baxter failure inspiration motivational With writing ... you must keep in the habit. After a lapse it will take you not an hour, but a week, a month, maybe, to find your mood again - that mood in which things drop from heaven. There's no forcing it; you can't set your notions in front of you, and stare at them till they take shape; they have to come to you whether you ask them or not. ... And you have to be in the habit of that mood! Of inspiration! Anne Bosworth Greene inspiration writing heaven The biggest challenge [for movie Agnus dei] - working in a foreign country with a predominantly Polish cast and crew - also proved to be the biggest blessing. Being surrounded by all this change , [both] culturally [and] linguistically, was a new and refreshing inspiration. Anne Fontaine inspiration blessing country It's important for celebrities, environmentalists and world leaders to continue to increase education and eco-awareness through the forums provided to them naturally by virtue of being famous. Take inspiration from these words of wisdom from a Nazi-era teenager and concentration camp victim: "how wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." Anne Frank single-mom teenager inspiration We begin to find and become ourselves when we notice how we are already found, already truly, entirely, wildly, messily, marvelously who we were born to be. Anne Lamott born inspiration inspirational My dad taught me that to be a writer is a decision and a habit. It's not anything lofty, and it doesn't have that much to do with inspiration. You have to develop the habit of being a certain way with yourself. You do it at the debt of honor. Anne Lamott dad inspiration decision My father really taught me that you really develop the habit of writing and you sit down at the same time every day, you don't wait for inspiration. Anne Lamott inspiration writing father My decision to start a new one is just that, a decision, since I never get inspirations. Anne Tyler engagement inspiration decision The highest Hindu intellectual training was based on the practice of yoga, and produced, as its fruit, those marvellous philosophical systems, the six Darshanas and the Brahma Sutras, which are still the delight of scholars and the inspiration of occultists and mystics. Annie Besant philosophical yoga inspiration As they say, real legends never die. Tupac is huge; he's an inspiration. Arguably, he's probably the biggest, most analyzed and loved artist of all time. Annie Ilonzeh artist inspiration real [Our lab uses] a desktop inkjet printer, but instead of using ink, we're using cells. Anthony Atala technology motivation inspiration I viddied that thinking is for the gloopy ones and that the oomny ones use like inspiration and what Bog sends. For now it was lovely music that came to my aid. Anthony Burgess lovely inspiration thinking Overnight success just doesn't happen. You've got to put your time in. You're up and down - all of a sudden, it just clicks Anthony Calvillo overnight-success clicks inspiration The genius of a composer is found in the notes of his music; but analyzing the notes will not reveal his genius. The poet's greatness is contained in his words; yet the study of his words will not disclose his inspiration. God reveals himself in creation; but scrutinize creation as minutely as you wish, you will not find God, any more than you will find the soul through careful examination of your body. Anthony de Mello greatness inspiration soul Having a moment of clarity was one thing; I'd had moments like that before. It had to be followed with a dedicated push of daily exercise. It's a trite axiom, but practice DOES make perfect. If you want to be a strong swimmer or an accomplished musician, you have to practice. It's the same with sobriety, though the stakes are higher. If you don't practice your program every day, you're putting yourself in a position where you could fly out of the orbit one more time. Anthony Kiedis strong inspiration exercise When I am before the Blessed Sacrament I feel such a lively faith that I can't describe it. Christ in the Eucharist is almost tangible to me...When it is time for me to leave, I have to tear myself away from His sacred presence. Anthony Mary Claret inspiration blessed faith «89101112131415161718»