Quotes about Inspiration
I really learned to sing in church, I think, really with emotion.
— Dolly Parton
They ought to put out the eyes of painters as they do goldfinches in order that they can sing better.
— Pablo Picasso
For me, it's more powerful to hear people sing about God than love in most circumstances because I've been hearing people sing about love for most of my life.
— Jim James
I'd love to write a song that someone else sings that can actually sing really well.
— Bo Burnham
Ask any successful person, and most will tell you that they had a person who believed in them... a teacher, a friend, a parent, a guardian, a sister, a grandmother. It only takes one person, and it doesn't really matter who it is.
— Sean Covey
I can't say that my disability has helped my work, but it has allowed me to concentrate on research without having to lecture or sit on boring committees.
— Stephen Hawking
I said to myself, 'I don't want to be coming sixth or seventh, and being the best in Britain. I want to be the best in the world and race against these Kenyan guys.'
— Mo Farah
I see a skill developing of writing about not just feelings that I'm feeling, but things that I deeply care about as well.
— Ezra Furman
I love the pursuit of songwriting, and I've seen what songs can do in people's lives. Some of the stories that come back from songs flying around the globe are so encouraging.
— Matt Redman
People instinctively know the difference between something done with a profit motive and something done with a love motive.
— Philip Yancey
I make sure to use my life for that which can be of goodwill. It has fortified me spiritually and emotionally
— Oprah Winfrey
I love what the church offers to us as a culture - black people in particular. We would be nowhere without the black church.
— Oprah Winfrey