Inspiration Quotes

"The main object of teaching is not to explain meanings, but to knock at the door of the mind."

"The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself."

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

"The most important thing we can do is inspire young minds and to advance the kind of science, math and technology education that will help youngsters take us to the next phase of space travel."

John Glenn

"People like space. But they sometimes have been left out. People are much more open to that if you invite them in."

Mae Jemison

"Space exploration is a force of nature unto itself that no other force in society can rival."

Neil deGrasse Tyson

"I'm never going to go to Mars, but I've helped inspire, thank goodness, the people who built the rockets and sent our photographic equipment off to Mars."

Ray Bradbury

"Space is an inspirational concept that allows you to dream big."

Peter Diamandis

"Your battles inspired me – not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead."

James Joyce

"Be the person your dog thinks you are."

J. W. Stephens

"If I could be half the person my dog is, I'd be twice the human I am."

Charles Yu

"A poet is someone who stands outside in the rain hoping to be struck by lightning."

James Dickey

"A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms, to be struck by lightning five or six times."

Randall Jarrell

"Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them."

"Make each day your masterpiece."

“I've always wanted to do a travel show for people who never thought they could.”

“I didn't think I liked country music. Then I got into Garth Brooks.”

“We're changing little girls' lives across the world, and we didn't even know what we were doing when we started.”

“I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets.”

“Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.”

“I hope my story inspires everyone out there to keep hustling and chasing their dreams.”

“We represent a hustler. I think we represent inspiration. I think we represent staying down. I think we represent building yourself up from the bootstraps.”

“Archimedes was my ideal. I admired the works of artists, but to my mind, they were only shadows and semblances. The inventor, I thought, gives to the world creations which are palpable, which live and work.”

“I hope the millions of people I've touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work and persevere with a positive attitude.”

“We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle.”

“When I was younger, there were players who gave me pleasure, and now I'm in that role.”