QUOTES THAT INSPIRE

Some words just call out to you.

They show up in the middle of a hard decision, or a quiet morning, or a moment when you need to be reminded of something true. Over the years I have collected the ones that did that for me, words from thinkers, artists, and a few unexpected places, that helped me see a little more clearly and become a little more of who I was made to be.

This page is not meant to be a list. It’s a glimpse into my journey, and the words that helped me explore, rethink, and keep moving forward.

I hope these words speak to you too.

Creativity is intelligence having fun.

Albert Einstein

It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.

Henry David Thoreau

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Oscar Wilde

A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. You must break out of your current comfort zone and become comfortable with the unfamiliar and the unknown.

Denis Waitley

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Leonardo Da Vinci

The greater the struggle, the more glorious the triumph

Mr. Mendez from The Butterfly Circus (Short 2009)

Personal excellence is the ultimate rebellion.

Andy Frisella

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

Aristotle

Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born.

Nikola Tesla

The words we say to our children today will be the whispers they hear when we are gone.

Rodney Eiland

Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.

Socrates

He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.

Confucious

All men die, but not all men really live.

William Wallace

Creative Vision requires you to stimulate your imagination to work toward your definite major purpose and to put the results of that imagination to work.

Expressed by people unafraid of criticism, creative vision is responsible for the shape of civilization today. It has brought every advancement in thought, science, and mechanics that allow our current standard of living. It inspires you to pioneer and experiment with new ideas in every field. It is always on the lookout for better ways of doing things.

Creative vision belongs only to people who have the habit of going the extra mile, for it recognizes no nine-to-five working hours and it isn’t concerned with monetary rewards. Its aim is doing the impossible.

Excerpt taken from Napoleon Hill’s Keys To Success

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.

Jimi Hendrix

Don’t wait for inspiration. It comes while working.

Henri Matisse

Where you stand determines what you see and what you do not see; it determines also the angle you see it from; a change in where you stand changes everything.

Steve de Shazer

We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong.

Bono

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