Quotes about Inspiration
I am not concerned that you have fallen -- I am concerned that you arise.
— Abraham Lincoln
That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
— Abraham Lincoln
I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given to man. All the good from The Savior of the world is communicated to us through this Book.
— Abraham Lincoln
Life is hard but so very beautiful
— Abraham Lincoln
In regards to this great Book [the Bible], I have but to say it is the best gift God has given to man. All the good the Savior gave to the world was communicated through this Book. But for it we could not know right from wrong. All things most desirable for man's welfare, here and hereafter, are found portrayed in it.
— Abraham Lincoln
If my father's son can become President of these United States, then your father's son can become anything he wishes.
— Abraham Lincoln
I never tire of reading Tom Paine .
— Abraham Lincoln
Artistic talent is like a brilliant firework which streaks across a pitch-black night, inspiring awe among onlookers but extinguishing itself in seconds, leaving behind only darkness and longing.
— Alain de Botton
There is no better way of coming to be aware of what one feels oneself than by trying to recreate in oneself what a master has felt.
— Alain de Botton
Every person we envy holds out a piece of the jigsaw about our possible later achievements.
— Alain de Botton
If we accord importance to the kind of portraits which surround us, it is because we fashion our lives according to their example, accepting aspects of ourselves if they concur with what others mention of themselves.
— Alain de Botton
The development of the artist provides a profound model of the process of maturation.
— Alain de Botton