Quotes about Inspiration

Imagination is the true magic carpet.

Those who are fired with an enthusiastic idea and who allow it to take hold and dominate their thoughts find that new worlds open for them. As long as enthusiasm holds out, so will new opportunities.

Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.

The purpose of writing inspirational notes is simply to build others up because there are too many people in the demolition business.

Any occupation, any job has excitement in it if you have some excitement in you.

A book is a present that you can open again and again

Prayerize, visualize, actualize—that is the formula for successful imaging.

what you can image you can be.

enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things; first, an ideal which takes the imagination by storm, and second, a definite intelligible plan for a carrying that ideal into practice.

Think excitement, talk excitement, act out excitement, and you are bound to become an excited person. Life will take on a new zest, with deeper interests and greater meaning. You can think, talk and act yourself into dullness or into monotony or into unhappiness. By the same process you can build up inspiration, excitement and surging depth of joy.

Let the skeptics have their doubts. I prefer to believe that ideas do have wings!

Afterward, I remember, General Roosevelt said to me, "Now, you see, if you think you can, or somebody who believes in you thinks you can, why, then you can!