~ Genius is 99 percent perspiration and 1 percent inspiration. ~

~ Set Your Goals High Enough To Inspire You And Low Enough To Encourage You. ~

~ There never was a great soul that did not have some divine inspiration. ~

~ Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant, there is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks. ~

~ The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, Nor the kindly smile nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when they discover that someone else believes in them and is willing to trust them. ~

~ Inspiration is an awakening, a quickening of all man's faculties, and it is manifested in all high artistic achievements. ~

~ The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working. ~

~ Mountaintops inspire leaders but valleys mature them. ~

~ Human affairs inspire in noble hearts only two feelings—admiration or pity. ~

~ Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there's love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong. ~

~ Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you can move their tears, your own must flow. To convince them, you must yourself believe. ~

~ The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty. They struggled against the tide, and reached the shore exhausted. ~

~ Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people. ~

~ Inspiration: There is no man upon the earth, no foolish man or wise, No man of high or humble birth but somewhere in the skies Can find a star to lead him on if he will lift his eyes. ~

~ The greatest inspiration is often born of desperation. ~