Quotes about Inspiration

The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'

Imagination is the highest kite that can fly.

The best thing about dreams is that youth holds on to them.

Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, which engages the passions.

I begin with writing the first sentence—and trusting to Almighty God for the second.

All of us have wonders hidden in our breasts, only needing circumstances to evoke them.

You are in every line I have ever read.

In a utilitarian age, of all other times, it is a matter of grave importance that fairy tales should be respected." ( Frauds on the Fairies , 1853)

I have had unformed ideas of striving afresh, beginning anew, shaking off sloth and sensuality, and fighting out the abandoned fight. A dream, all a dream, that ends in nothing, and leaves the sleeper where he lay down, but I wish you to know that you inspired it.

And O there are days in this life, worth life and worth death. And O what a bright old song it is, that O 'tis love, 'tis love, 'tis love that makes the world go round!

A new heart for a New Year, always!

I confess I have yet to learn that a lesson of the purest good may not be drawn from the vilest evil.