Quotes about Inspiration

The author who benefits you most is not the one who tells you something you did not know before, but the one who gives expression to the truth that has been dumbly struggling in you for utterance.

When you are in the dark, listen, and God will give you a very precious message.

The "show business," which is so incorporated into our view of Christian work today, has caused us to drift far from Our Lord's conception of discipleship. It is instilled in us to think that we have to do exceptional things for God; we have not. We have to be exceptional in ordinary things, to be holy in mean streets, among mean people, surrounded by sordid sinners. That is not learned in five minutes.

If there were only one truth, you couldn't paint a hundred canvases on the same theme.

The artist is a recepticle for the emotions that come from all over the place from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web.

Ah, good taste! What a dreadful thing! Taste is the enemy of creativeness.

As human beings, we are capable of creating a paradise, and making each other's lives better by our own hands. Yes, yes, yes—this is possible.

Leadership plays a significant role in creating culture.

When your circumstances fail but your character succeeds, you become a model of hope for others.

Embedded in the larger story of redemption is a principle we must not miss: God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things in the lives of others.

What will you reach for to give you hope, courage, and a reason to continue?

Belief in eternity can clarify your values and renew your hope.