Success: a marvelous stimulant, bubbling with inspiration and incitement. But for all except the few who are strong and steadfast, there lurks beneath the effervescence a subtle poison.
Biographies are but the clothes and buttons of the man. The biography of the man himself cannot be written.
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.
If you practice the holy exercise of Spiritual Communion a good many times each day, within a month you will see yourself completely changed.
If compassion is so good for us, why don't we train our health care providers in compassion so that they can do what they're supposed to do, which is to transform suffering?
Luxury is. . . to be able to take control of one's life, health, and the pursuit of happiness in a way that is joyful.
Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention.
I wanted to write about relationships. But I didn't feel I had the experience to sing about them in a deep way. Studying psychology helped me out in terms of my understanding. I still look through my old textbooks when I'm in need of inspiration.
Half of the energy is used by one seventh of the world's population.
It is much easier to do something than to trust in God; we mistake panic for inspiration.
Muse. Mu-se. It's a great thing, for someone to feel that they can draw inspiration from you. And I don't think it's necessarily a man 'taking' from a woman. It can go both ways, both can stimulate, excite.
I think you've got something there, but I'll wait outside until you clean it up
The many sounds of Memphis shaped my early musical career and continue to be an inspiration to this day.
If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children the greatest of all blessings.
I believe in a higher power. I believe in inspiration.
All the truly great stand-ups say, "I go onstage, and I work on jokes. The inspiration will happen while I'm doing my work. " To me, in the end, the surest thing is work.
Education campaigns. . . may not be enough, at least not alone. If people have no incentive to avoid AIDS on their own, even if they know everything about the disease, they still may not change their behavior.
Inspiration comes to us slowly and quietly. prime it with a little solitude.
I don't need it to be easy. I just want it to be worth it.
If you are silent, be silent out of love. If you speak, speak out of love.