Top 100 Be Inspiring Quotes
#1. The secret to making your holiday inspiring is actually quite simple. Be inspiring yourself. As with any change, you must be the change you want to see in others.
Deepak Chopra
#2. Be careful how you live your life, millions are watching you. You may be inspiring or uninspiring many.
Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
#3. The stories are success stories. The letters from listeners often touch the heart and can be inspiring.
Casey Kasem
#4. I did not have any philosophy at all when I wrote the first novel. I was just wanting to capture experiences that I thought would be inspiring for Indians who are trying to break free from the very high-pressured family environments and do their own thing.
Karan Bajaj
#5. I'm trying to be inspiring! I'm trying to lift your grubby soul for the great adventure that lies ahead of you!
David Nicholls
#6. Different personalities inspire me as an actor. Especially quirky personalities, maybe people I wouldn't normally get along with or be friends with - I find them inspiring for my work. I find sad emotions to be inspiring and stories of great people that kind of overcame odds.
Laura Bell Bundy
#7. Acting is like free therapy! Trying to make people laugh or cry can be inspiring.
Julianne Hough
#8. I want to be inspiring to myself, to my kids, my family, and my friends.
Jodie Foster
#9. I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can be inspiring.
Dodie Smith
#10. So it doesn't have to be happy music to be inspiring.
Bela Fleck
#11. Music is an art form too. Sometimes other forms of art can be inspiring to the musician.
Ken Hill
#12. One ought to have some sort of transcendent realization that the world exists because the gods are trapped in the same abyss you've occupied for three years. It should be inspiring or comforting or, I don't know, cathartic.
Anaea Lay
#13. I'm guessing the stress of having to write for a deadline can be inspiring. Sometimes, pressure is good.
Timothy Dalton
#14. Even if it's a definition that feels oppressive to us, that oppression can be inspiring because it helps us push up against something while we're writing. Or if it's a definition that we want to defend and uphold, we are given a sense of the boundaries within which we can work.
John D'Agata
#16. I don't really understand why I should be a role model but I know that children do look up to me, so it is my responsibility to motivate people and be inspiring. I hope that I can do that for kids.
Josh Peck
#17. Remembering is painful, it's difficult, but it can be inspiring and it can give wisdom.
Paul Greengrass
#18. Seeing a black transgender woman embracing and loving everything about herself might be inspiring to some other folks.
Laverne Cox
#19. The obvious priority is to get your intonation together. Your sound and your pitch should be inspiring to people, not a distraction.
John Patitucci
#20. It's time that Islam should be redefined by the world based upon, the goodness of all the peace-loving Muslims, instead of the theoretical teachings of some books, be it Quran or the Hadith.
Abhijit Naskar
#22. Most of my act is improvisation. I'm inspired for the moment. Standing there in front of 2,000 or 3,000 people you don't know can be pretty inspiring.
Howie Mandel
#23. When I moved to the United States [from Asia] in 2001, I experienced a more rigid concept of gender, but somehow I was allowed to change my name and my gender marker. Why is there that paradox? How do I get those two things to be the same?
Geena Rocero
#26. Tomorrow you may look up and see me as a lawyer, a doctor, business executive,teacher - or WHATEVER I BELIEVE I CAN BE !My story isn't about nice handles or quickness on the court ,but about HARD WORK, PERSEVERANCE, and FAITH! I know God's blessings ,I can accomplish anything and i mean ANYTHING!!!
Jon-Robert Holden
#27. Civilization is only possible for deeply unpleasant animals. It is only an ape that can be truly civilized.
Mark Rowlands
#28. Feminist politics aims to end domination, to free us to be who we are - to live lives where we love justice, where we can live in peace. Feminism is for everybody.
Bell Hooks
#30. We believe Skype in the Classroom will be a milestone in inspiring the next generation of social entrepreneurs and we can't wait to connect students with TOMS partners.
Blake Mycoskie
#31. If you don't act now, the day is not far, that this beautiful planet of yours, which you call home, shall be turned into a dry barren wasteland by the blood-sucking fundamentalists.
Abhijit Naskar
#33. All your sufferings can be alleviated by no other person but you.
Abhijit Naskar
#35. I've come to see that I have two choices in how I approach change: I can either resist change or be open to what's ahead and feel the peace that "all is well in the universe." When I lean into the latter, I feel excited about the future.
Marci Shimoff
#36. I have always been a martial artist by choice, an actor by profession, but above all, am actualising myself to be an artist of life.
Bruce Lee
#37. It's a new stage and a new moment in my life. I'm moving forward. It feels quite inspiring, fun, and positive. As I get older, I find a greater sense of self-confidence. I've learned that it's fine to not try to be anything else but myself.
Jessica Biel
#39. Make the choice to embrace this day. Do not let your TODAY be stolen by the ghost of yesterday or the "To-Do" list of tomorrow! It's inspiring to see all the wonderfully amazing things that can happen in a day in which you participate.
Steve Maraboli
#40. It's so inspiring to be around other people who have ideas you haven't thought of, and all of a sudden you're like, 'Wow! That's so amazing!' I definitely want everything I do to just get better and better.
Banks
#41. Ideally, Competition should be a wonderful vicious circle of being inspired and inspiring others to achieve excellence and being the best version of themselves.
Tina Sequeira
#42. The resilience and the resourcefulness of people to make a better life, to survive, to give their children something better than they had, is so inspiring. I look at how hard it must be to get up every day and fight that battle and I think, Wow, anything I'm doing just has to be in service.
Kathy Calvin
#43. I don't like to say, Oh, this is my favorite record because there was a moment that that record made me feel a certain way. The one on the radio at the present moment could be the one that's most inspiring, because it's at that second that you're aware of "the infinite everything."
Russell Simmons
#44. Some say their world's will end with fire, some say with ice. From what I've tasted with desire I hold with those who favor fire. My world may not be ending, even though it feels like it. I do know this however, what doesn't kill you only mke you stronger.
Genesis
#45. The sense of wrong is simply failure to see where something fits into a pattern, to be confused as to the hierarchical level upon which an event belongs.
Alan Watts
#46. Living your best life is to find out what your calling is. Your real job on Earth is to find out what you were meant to be doing & to find a way to do that thing.
Oprah Winfrey
#47. Are you a Loyalist or a Patriot? Why, because being a God-fearing, self-reliant, freedom-loving American is a choice. Or we could be one of those government-dependent, Constitution-fearing socialists. That's the question, actually, the Founding Fathers asked. Are you a Loyalist or a Patriot?
Matt Shea
#48. New York's home. It's everything I'd want it to be. It's the most inspiring city I've ever been to, and I haven't been everywhere in the world, but I've been to quite a few places.
Taylor Momsen
#49. David Axelrod says we need to inspire more young people to be journalists? How about inspiring journalists to be journalists?
Ann Coulter
#52. There will be many failures sprinkled among the successes you enjoy.
Marv Levy
#53. He understood her affinity to the water, inspiring as it was beautiful, and soothing to the soul. Standing there that morning, he realized he would never be able to look at the ocean again without thinking of her, and somehow he was still comforted by that thought.
D.A. Henneman
#57. There are things
that make no sense,
that seem unreal,
that can't be grasped
or understood
or explained,
that maybe don't even exist ...
And still, somehow, those wonderful things touch and change our lives.
Isn't it strange?
Richelle E. Goodrich
#58. Life doesn't have to be hard, life is on your side.
Iyanla Vanzant
#59. Fear of failure and criticism can be crippling. Don't let others' negativity take away your joy.
Lee Hammond
#60. Be skeptic, be doubtful, be rebellious towards every single dogma of the society. Only then there will be hope of progress for humanity.
Abhijit Naskar
#61. What I am actually saying is that we need to be willing to let our intuition guide us, and then be willing to follow that guidance directly and fearlessly.
Shakti Gawain
#62. If you're wanting me to besmirch somebody's reputation so that there would be some sort of division created out of it, I'm not going to do that ... If you're asking if I believe my opponent is a fake conservative, the answer to that question is yes, 100 percent.
Matt Shea
#63. Although there was no enemy or danger to be perceived, they felt the apprehension and doubt of those who have come unaware upon some awe-inspiring place where they themselves are paltry fellows of no account.
Richard Adams
#65. Business is the economic engine of our Western culture, and if it could be transformed to truly serve nature as well as ourselves, it could become essential to our rescue.
Karl-Henrik Robert
#66. Time can be strange sometimes. It can leave imprints in particular places, leaving ghosts of memories trapped.
Holly Bourne
#68. You can be right or you can have empathy. You can't do both.
Seth Godin
#70. This is the great lesson that we are here to learn through myriads of births and heavens and hells-that there is nothing to be asked for, desired for, beyond one's spiritual Self (atman).
Swami Vivekananda
#71. Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man's doing but my own.
I am the force.
Elaine Maxwell
#72. I'm unpredictable, I never know where I'm going until I get there, I'm so random, I'm always growing, learning, changing, I'm never the same person twice. But one thing you can be sure of about me; is I will always do exactly what I want to do.
C. JoyBell C.
#73. To be creative and spontaneous, you have to live with imperfection.
John Abercrombie
#74. Imagine if we succeed in inspiring our audiences to reduce their own impacts on climate change by just one percent. That would be like turning the State of California off for almost two months.
Rupert Murdoch
#75. The critical question about regret is whether experience led to growth and new learning. Some people seem to keep on making the same mistakes, while others at least make new ones. Regret and remorse can be either paralyzing or inspiring. [p. 199]
Mary Catherine Bateson
#76. No one should be forced to be something they aren't.
Sara Raasch
#77. Dear God, help us to be a living example of being Christ-centered. Purify the areas in our lives where we allowed the world and enemy to gain access. Please direct us into authentic truth so that all may see You in us.
Dana Arcuri
#78. Normal people can be happy with a regular life, but there is more to life than just plodding through an average existence.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
#79. One of the inspiring things about Susan Sarandon career is that there's a quality of real fearlessness in it - you seem to be in it for the challenge and the experience.
George Saunders
#80. Nothing could be more awe-inspiring and majestic than the inconceivable vastness and stillness of space, and yet what is it? Emptiness, vast emptiness.
Eckhart Tolle
#81. There can be no finer example of the inspiring powers of competition to shatter the status quo than Hungary's Judit Polgar.
Garry Kasparov
#82. We had Americans gather together in prayer, before they went to stand before the federal government ... that prayed for peace, that there wouldn't be confrontation.
Matt Shea
#83. You want to be a writer? A writer is someone who writes every day, so start writing. You don't have a job? Get one. Any job. Don't sit at home waiting for the magical opportunity. Who are you? Prince William? No. Get a job. Go to work. Do something until you can do something else.
Shonda Rhimes
#85. A leader becomes great by inspiring others to do great things.
Debasish Mridha
#86. The ten-minute period before you sleep and the ten-minute period after you wake up are profoundly influential on your subconscious mind. Only the most inspiring and serene thoughts should be programmed into your mind at those times.
Robin S. Sharma
#87. Don't run away from the challenges. You can graciously overcome every challenge. Be strong!
Lailah Gifty Akita
#89. Massive progress has been made in the last five years. More progress has to be made in terms of fiscal union and banking union.
Christine Lagarde
#90. I think actors have a huge responsibility because of the vastness of their outreach. I am a big believer of the good that film, television, and theater can do, and I want to be a part of that. Throughout my career, I want to keep telling amazing stories and inspiring people.
Roberto Aguire
#91. I was a dancer, and it's not really cool for a boy to dance, so it was inspiring to see a movie like 'Footloose' where a guy is dancing masculine and had a proper reason behind it. It made me feel cool, and when these kids would make fun of me, I'd be like, 'Oh, didn't you see 'Footloose,' man?'
Kenny Wormald
#92. Working on 'Parks' was like heaven because everyone there was just intimidatingly intelligent and funny, and we would have these hilarious debates about really tangential things. It was inspiring because I felt really challenged to be my best.
Chelsea Peretti
#93. Dirk is like the German Moses, invincible and inspiring. That is why 'His Name Is Dirk' must be the Official Fan Song for Dirk Nowitzki.
Flula Borg
#95. There are looks that I see on other people that I think would look horrible on me, but I think if somebody has the courage to be really daring and try something outlandish, then more power to them. That's just encouraging and inspiring.
Blake Lively
#96. I want to be challenged, I want to work, and I want to feel that I am not being held back, that there is something in front of me, something more inspiring than ... just eating breakfast, you know?
Sofia Vassilieva
#97. Awake, O brave one! Arise, O lion-heart! Be the messenger that spreads compassion.
Abhijit Naskar
#98. There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
Anton Chekhov
#99. If you're willing to stand for what you believe in ... you won't need advice from me, because you will be able to handle whatever comes.
Whoopi Goldberg
#100. One of my best friends, Mike, had a kid. Just seeing him go through it all was inspiring. It would be so nice to care about someone more than yourself. And Mike is a total delinquent, so if he can do it, I figure I can, too.
Conor Oberst
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