Quotes about Inspiration
We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes.
— John F. Kennedy
If poetry comes not as naturally as the leaves to a tree it had better not come at all.
— John Keats
The creature has a purpose, and his eyes are bright with it.
— John Keats
But what, without the social thought of thee, Would be the wonders of the sky and sea?
— John Keats
Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird!
— John Keats
Besides, a long poem is a test of invention, which I take to be the Polar star of Poetry, as Fancy is the sails - and Imagination the rudder.
— John Keats
When I have fears that I may cease to be Before my pen has glean'd my teeming brain, Before high piled books, in charact'ry, Hold like rich garners the full-ripen'd grain … When I Have Fears that I May Cease to Be
— John Keats
We hate poetry that has a palpable design upon us—and if we do not agree, seems to put its hand in its breeches pocket. Poetry should be great & unobtrusive, a thing which enters into one's soul, and does not startle it or amaze it with itself but with its subject.
— John Keats
You, you may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one.
— John Lennon
Sow a thought reap an action, sow an action reap a habit, sow a habit reap a destiny.
— John Maxwell
All there is to writing is having ideas. To learn to write is to learn to have ideas.
— Robert Frost
Education has become a very powerful weapon in the struggle to produce a well-developed person.
— Nelson Mandela