Quotes about Inspiration

Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.

If two or three persons should come with a high spiritual aim and with great powers, the world would fall into their hands like a ripe peach.

A chief event in life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.

A painter told me that nobody could draw a tree without in some sort becoming a tree or draw a child by studying the outlines of its form merely . . . but by watching for a time his motions and plays, the painter enters into his nature and can then draw him at every attitude . . .

A true friend is somebody who can make us do what we can.

Every great and commanding moment in the annals of the world is the triumph of some enthusiasm.

The glory of friendship is not the outstreched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him.

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when you discover that someone else believes in you and is willing to trust you with a friendship.

The reason why all men honor love is because it looks up, and not down aspires and not despairs.

Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all your readings have been to you like the blast of a trumpet.

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, not the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when you discover that someone else believes in you and is willing to trust you with a friendship.

For a novelist, being 'too emotional' is often a good thing. The only thing you have to sell is your emotional experiences.