Inspires Me Quotes

#1. I try to never repeat a character. I always try to find something new and fresh and interesting that inspires me.

Martin Landau

#2. Social networking inspires me a lot and how we are related and connected to each other.

Nicola Formichetti

#3. I like being free to take on any project that inspires me and to trust that the work will speak for itself.

Gugu Mbatha-Raw

#4. People ask me all the time what or who my influences are. To be honest, it would take a decent set of encyclopedias to get them all down. I am here today to let the world know my greatest influence, my secret ingredient, really. What inspires me? That's simple: COFFEE.

Corey Taylor

#5. Part of the beauty of the show in a way is that he's not perfect, but you can always count on him to do the right thing in a pinch. That's why he inspires people and inspires me.

Stephen Collins

#6. What inspires me still: travel, art, photography, my kids, the places I haven't been to yet.

Jillian Barberie

#7. Every day I practise my flute. I've been doing it for decades and every day I find something new that inspires me for all the rest that I do in my days.

Philippe Kahn

#8. Nature; it always inspires me. Living in New York, it can get quite stressful sometimes, so on the weekends, I like to go hiking.

Valentina Zelyaeva

#9. Eating healthy and taking care of my body and my mind really make me come alive, and seeing others doing that inspires me to stay with it. I always feel great when I do.

Laura Prepon

#10. Being able to engage my creativity in a way that makes a difference inspires me more than anything.

Romany Malco

#11. My faith inspires me so much. It is the very reason that I run. I feel that my running is completely a gift from God and it is my responsibility to use it to glorify him.

Allyson Felix

#12. I'm an R&B and Hip-Hop type guy. When I work out, which I do at least four or five times a week, I love to get the latest Hip-Hop because it really pumps me up and inspires me to get that workout on.

Morris Chestnut

#13. What inspires me is helping others to become more of who they are and to learn to become radically generous with each other.

Agapi Stassinopoulos

#14. I think my music has a big message, and I think when people really get into it, it does help their life sometimes. It inspires me; it's my favorite part about my job.

SonReal

#15. I think writers are observers and watchers. We always have our ears open and eyes open, so I might see something in everyday life that inspires me. And I think that's probably more than anything else. Everyday life is where I get my inspiration.

Kevin Henkes

#16. Beauty inspires me - beauty in nature, people, and art. Smells and fragrances too. I know it sounds weird, but I'm a "fume head." I'm very olfactory-driven.

Maria Canals Barrera

#17. I've always been interested in how fast-moving our identity is and that I've never been able to pin down who I truly am. That inspires me to write, because I feel like that cements me a bit, in that I find my identity in being an artist.

Marina And The Diamonds

#18. Often times, I'm surprised by what I'm writing or what I'm playing, and then that inspires me to keep going with it, so it ends up being a very adventurous process.

Marketa Irglova

#19. MANDELA: a man deemed to be the greatest icon in Africa. his life thought me couple of lessons that always inspires me to strive hard for respect and to make an impact on humanity. may his footsteps continue to live for ever on the sands of time.

Victor Adeagbo

#20. I make a movie because it's something that inspires me.

Tony Scott

#21. Other people's creativity inspires me. Seeing great art, or reading a fab book or watching an interesting documentary or an exciting film - these things make me want to let my own imagination fly.

Kate Cary

#22. I've turned down a lot of stuff. I've read several scripts and said "That's not me, I'm not interested in doing that." It's got to be something that inspires me and captures my imagination. I want to be able to say "There's a challenge.".

Karl Urban

#23. I like when they say a movie is inspired by a true story. That's kind of silly. "Hey, Mitch, did you hear that story about that lady who drove her car into the lake with her kids and they all drowned?" "Yeah, I did, and you know what - that inspires me to write a movie about a gorilla!"

Mitch Hedberg

#24. Death's just something that inspires me, not something that pulls me down. I used to get called morbid at school. I have always loved horror films; I like being frightened.

Damien Hirst

#25. First of all, God inspires me, where he's brought me, it blows my mind. To know that He brought me this far, it could not have been an accident, to go forward, I'm excited to leap into the void, I'm excited about tomorrow, the unknown, excited to see what else He has for me.

Columbus Short

#26. I could never leave my home ... It inspires me a lot.

Fela Kuti

#27. If someone asks me what inspires me, I always say, "That which is missing," because I don't want to copy everything that's already happening. I feel like when you copy, you blend in, and when you blend in, you get lost.

Pharrell Williams

#28. The inspiration really comes first from the character and the story. That vision of what the story is, and what the character is, the world that they inhabit and what the story wants to tell. That's really what inspires me.

Keanu Reeves

#29. My grandfather gave me inspiration to cook, and love food and flavors. My Aunt Raffie, gave me creativity and the inspiration to create new things. My mother inspires me to find simplicity in food.

Giada De Laurentiis

#30. I love to compete. I want to get out there and kick your ass in the business world. That is what inspires me.

Mark Cuban

#31. If only shame were a reliable engine for behavior modification. All it does is make me feel bad, which inspires me to bust open a bag of cheese popcorn, which then makes me feel crappy about my weight.

Ayelet Waldman

#32. People inspire me. Curiosity inspires me. Mystery inspires me.

Mariana Klaveno

#33. What inspires me is not so much the music as the opportunity to interact with composers. I think that has driven everything I've done.

Robert Moog

#34. Everybody that I meet inspires me. You can learn so much from any person that you meet any day on the side of the street.

Nick Carter

#35. No, it's not dissatisfaction that inspires me to tinker with my songs, it's just restlessness.

Andrew Bird

#36. Taylor [Swift] always inspires me, not just with music
she just inspires me as a person. She's really, really sweet and just reflects beauty inside and out. If I'm going through anything Taylor can pull me out of it in five seconds.

Selena

#37. There are times, like after a long day of work, when the thought of an easy drive-through is enticing. But then I remember how crappy I felt when I ate fast food in the past, and it inspires me to head to the grocery store or my local farmer's market and whip up an easy but healthier option.

Alison Sweeney

#38. Traveling really inspires me, seeing other cities and going on tour. If you've got fans online, it's hard to remember those people are real people.

Nina Nesbitt

#39. The thing that inspires me most is empathizing with people's flaws and seeing how they deal with them. That sort of connection you feel with someone when you realize that maybe even the negative things that they've said or done are because of insecurities or injuries they've endured.

James Mercer

#40. I love films that show people in a way that's so real it's almost unsettling, and that's what really inspires me because I write about people. I write about people that I know, so I want to portray them and portray myself in a way that is unapologetic.

Halsey

#41. The opportunity that is unique [to our] time is what inspires me to do everything I can to move things forward. This is the first time that we have the capacity to understand our place in the greater scheme of things to the extent that we do.

Sylvia Earle

#42. Every day of my life is going out in public and seeing people's lives and listening to stories - all that kind of stuff musically inspires me.

LeAnn Rimes

#43. I have tons of friends in the heavy-metal music world, and just going to see them inspires me.

Kerry King

#44. The thing that inspires me about Daniel Radcliffe and the thing that I admire the most about him is that he's had a level of fame thrust upon him that's relatively unheard of.

Matthew Lewis

#45. If i'm not with somebody who really excites or inspires me, then I'd rather be by myself.

Blake Lively

#46. Lizz Wright is my favourite singer. Her voice moves me and takes me to another place. She also grows her own food, and that inspires me.

Laura Mvula

#47. Don't let anyone tell you, ever, that this is a zero-sum game. Your genius does not threaten me. It delights and inspires me.

Seanan McGuire

#48. I'm incredibly close to my family. I have two younger brothers; they're both artists and actors, and their work and the way they see the world inspires me.

Tatiana Maslany

#49. To be honest, when I can feel that a lot of people are watching me, I get a little scared, but at the same time, it inspires me.

IU

#50. I know the Bible is inspired because it inspires me.

Dwight L. Moody

#51. Everything inspires me; sometimes I think I see things others don't.

Norman Foster

#52. Still, to this day I go back and listen to music that inspires me to write now.

Christina Milian

#53. It's that transformative nature of love and music and yoga that really inspires me.

Michael Franti

#54. Faith is a really important part of my life and inspires me in all facets of my life, including my songwriting and my singing.

Vusi Mahlasela

#55. But at this phase of my life, I want to write and not have to think about whether a song is going to be a hit. I want to explore the music that inspires me, and I don't want to ape myself.

Scott Weiland

#56. What inspires me most are people who imagine and implement solutions to challenges in their own lives, in their communities, in our country and around the world.

Chelsea Clinton

#57. My main influence is - it's music. It lifts the spirit. I am always listening to music. And sometimes what inspires me is a little sound or some small arrangement. I really do listen to music continuously all day long - very loud, so people can't stand to be around me anymore.

Donatella Versace

#58. What inspires me? I am so inspired every day. I am inspired by thinkers. I am inspired by rebellion. I am inspired by children. I have been inspired by love.

Nikki Sixx

#59. I love stepping onto the ice knowing I can create whatever I want or am feeling that day. It inspires me to be creative and artistic. It's a great therapeutic outlet to utilize both my heart and body at the same time.

Tara Lipinski

#60. I like to find an artist who inspires me and get into their world and challenge them.

Ariel Rechtshaid

#61. Vivienne Westwood really inspires me. I love her punk ethos.

Charli XCX

#62. I love the water; it inspires me, even if it is dirty London water that I look at.

Michelle Mone

#63. Small ideas that turn into big ideas - that really inspires me.

Wiz Khalifa

#64. It just inspires me to release an album and know that I can work on a core fanbase. The grind: Just make good music and it translates.

Kid Ink

#65. The power of the human spirit inspires me. Movies, books, stories, people, anything that reminds us that we are more than just this physical body and our capacity for love and courage can bend reality.

Caity Lotz

#66. I think what inspires me or what keeps me inspired is my curiosity.

Lela Loren

#67. Whenever I think of God I can only conceive of Him as a Being infinitely great and infinitely good. This last quality of the divine nature inspires me with such confidence and joy that I could have written even a miserere in tempo allegro.

Joseph Haydn

#68. The great thing about living in New York is the constant change of things. It inspires me to keep moving, push forward, question ideas.

John Varvatos

#69. What inspires me is the universe.

Ziggy Marley

#70. That's my fun time so, to me, doing my homework, studying on what I do, watching the movies, listening to music, all that inspires me so I focus a lot on that and practice.

Christina Milian

#71. Stories have inspired me all my life. I like reading about what other people have done and it inspires me to share my own stories, and encourage people to make their own life stories.

Phil Keoghan

#72. For me the greatest revenge of all is having a happy adulthood, waking up in my gorgeous turquoise bedroom in the morning beside a person who really inspires me. That's the best revenge a girl-loving girl from the Bible belt could possibly have. And, importantly, it's healthy.

Beth Ditto

#73. I've always loved massive worlds, whether in fantasy or science fiction. I like the idea of making my own rules as well as utilizing everything that I love or inspires me. It's very freeing to know you can write a story that can be as big as your own imagination.

Victoria Aveyard

#74. What inspires me may not inspire someone else.

Emily Kokal

#75. She has suffered so much, and that sorrows me. But she has been strong in the face of unthinkable adversity, and that inspires me.

Dean Koontz

#76. I'm inspired by the music, always have been, always will be, it's only what a track or instrumental interpretation from a producer can do that will excite my pen into making magic for someone else to enjoy..Only the music inspires me..

Truth Hurts

#77. When I see an amazing play or movie, it inspires me as an actress and a filmmaker.

Laura Prepon

#78. What inspires me is the desire to be on. The desire to be successful. The desire to reach people through my music and make a living off it and never have to do anything else. Being able to do music full time and travel the world and share this music with everybody. That's the dream.

G-Eazy

#79. I was so overwhelmed by India when I first came - it still inspires me because I still go for the culture, I still go for the colors.

Donna Karan

#80. What inspires me today is a desire to get closer to an understanding of what my artistic capacities are with the hope of organically sharing my gifts with an audience in the most heightened way I possibly can.

Mahershala Ali

#81. Life inspires me. Life is unfair, unkind and unforeseeable. It knocks you down when you least expect it.

Lisa De Jong

#82. Being at home with my family always inspires me. I find it hard to be inspired when I'm on the move. I'm not creative when I'm jet-lagged and sleeping in strange hotels.

Stefon Harris

#83. My dreams inspire imagination, and my imagination inspires me to create.

Diane Tanner

#84. Nature inspires me because it's so peaceful. It makes me have an inward experience. It makes me reflective and nostalgic.

Brett Dennen

#85. The opportunity to live and experience life inspires me. Watching others not take it for granted inspires me. Using time to create something timeless through creativity and proactivity inspires me.

Malcolm Goodwin

#86. Being out in nature inspires me as a writer.

Jason Mraz

#87. I like to sort through music and see whatever pops out to me or inspires me. If I could have a production team going and kind of mix records with me, that would be cool; to take the records and have them sound the way I want them to sound. But I'd rather sort though music to find them things.

Curtis Jackson

#88. Some of the best cooks that I've cooked with, whether it's in New York or Chicago or even here in Philadelphia, are actually Ecuadorians. And there's something about their palates that really just inspires me, and has a really deep sense of flavor.

Jose Garces

#89. I love hiking to the top of mountains in L.A. and seeing incredible landscapes. It really inspires me.

Ella Henderson

#90. I don't really know what inspires me to write the music I do, but usually, the music will set the tone for the lyrics.

Eddie Van Halen

#91. As a moviemaker, I'm able to have a little impact on the socio-political landscape and to reach a large audience around the world. That inspires me. That is something I'm inspired by and it's what I inspire to.

Larry Charles

#92. Sunshine always inspires me.

Judith Hill

#93. I married the perfect girl. I married the girl who could have done so much better and took me anyway. I married a woman who inspires me to be the best version of myself just by being her. I feel lucky every day to be the man next to you, Leigh. Nothing will ever change that.

Jolene Perry

#94. The ocean inspires me because there's the energy of the water moving.

Brett Dennen

#95. Seeing people laugh definitely inspires me, and so does seeing people get life lessons about living better.

Tyler Perry

#96. When I'm working, on stage, entertaining people, or watching someone do something amazing, it inspires me to be the best artist that I can be. I enjoy being around art - whether it be a museum, a Broadway show - or even writing a poem. Those are things that make me feel alive and inspire me.

Naturi Naughton

#97. I'm all about nonfiction. I rarely read fiction. I like to read about things that really happened, facts, real life situations. That's what inspires me.

Phil Keoghan

#98. The kind of approach that inspires me is taking what you've built and figuring out how to turn it into a new experience by expanding it smartly. The challenge is figuring out what's the best way to do that without totally jumping off of a cliff.

Steve Gaynor

#99. I like movies where you feel like you're going into another world, and no matter how many times you watch it, you're gonna see something new in that world. That level of detail really inspires me.

Nicolas Cage

#100. It's nice when they say I inspire them, it inspires me.

Lita Ford