Quotes about Inspiration

The moment of perceiving something beautiful confers on the perceiver the gift of life.

Second, we chose to believe Christ is already within us, and we remind ourselves of this marvel. The springs of life well up from within.

The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet."

There is nothing so inspiring to a man as a beautiful woman.

Jesus lived the way he did in this world, for this world, because his hope was set beyond this world; that is the secret of his life. "Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed—that exhilarating finish in and with God—he could put up with anything along the way: Cross, shame, whatever. And now he's there, in the place of honor, right alongside God" (Hebrews 12:2 THE MESSAGE).

For that which draws us to the heart of God is that which often first lifts our own hearts above the mundane, awakens longing and desire. And it is that life, my brothers, the life of your heart, that God is most keenly after.

Positive barometers, too, wonderful things;

The power of proclaiming.

The reason we love The Chronicles of Narnia or Star Wars or The Matrix or The Lord of the Rings is that they are telling us something about our lives that we never, ever get on the evening news. Or from most pulpits. This is our most desperate hour. Without this burning in our hearts, we lose the meaning of our days.

Beautiful things, as Matisse shows, always carry greetings from other worlds within them.

Cultivate admiration.

If more politicians knew poetry, and more poets knew politics, I am convinced the world would be a little better place in which to live.