Quotes about Inspiration

When I get this feeling, this compulsion, I always do what it tells me. I can't explain where it comes from or how I get it, and it doesn't happen very often. But I obey

The better word, of course, is joy, because it doesn't have anything to do with pain, physical or spiritual. I have been wholly in joy when I have been in pain—childbirth is the obvious example. Joy is what has made the pain bearable and, in the end, creative rather than destructive.

We must not take from our children—or ourselves—the truth that is in the world of the imagination.

cow. It finished opera for me for years.

The purpose of the story or music or painting, is to further the coming of the kingdom, to make us aware of our status as children of God, and to turn our feet towards home.

If I cannot see evidence of incarnation in a painting of a bridge in the rain by Hokusai, a book by Chaim Potok or Isaac Bashevis Singer, music by Bloch or Bernstein, then I will miss its significance in an Annunciation by Franciabigio, the final chorus of the St. Matthew Passion , the words of a sermon by John Donne.

Good coaching is about leadership and instilling respect in your players. Dictators lead through fear - good coaches do not.

Success is not what you leave to but what you leave behind

It's better to give ideas away and contribute to another person's success than to have them lying dormant.

Be around people that make you want to be a better person, who make you feel good, make you laugh, and remind you what's important in life.

You become what you digest into your spirit. Whatever you think about, focus on, read about, talk about, you're going to attract more of into your life. Make sure they're all positive.

Don't settle for living mediocre. Focus on all the positive and embrace it. Ignore the negative and be thankful for every single day.