Quotes about Inspiration

I want them to see that there is no faster way to change your circumstance than to open a great book.

They showed me what a stable life could look like. If they hadn't bothered, how would I have even known there was another way to live? You can't aspire to something you've never seen.

Through one lighthouse, you guide many ships. Iola's words whispered in my mind. Was she thinking of the

Every bird in the air came from a thought of God, and so did I.

There is no faster way to change your circumstance than to open a great book.

She said every bird in the air came from a thought of God, and so did I.

When the negative comes against her, she must B-E-A-T. Be, expand, arise, triumph. Be all that she was designed to be. Expand her vision of what is possible. Arise from every challenge stronger than before. Triumph over her own insecurity. This is what I always told my students.

She'd noticed immediately that I understood the lure of a good story. Sometimes a world that doesn't exist is the only escape from the one that does.

So many things are impossible only because we limit ourselves to what others tell us we are capable of.

I'm indebted to all of you who read these stories and also to the booksellers who sell them with such devotion. As Mr. Rogers once said, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.

I loved each of them dearly. One was a teacher, one was a preacher, and the last was an artist who found his calling later in life. One taught me to think, one taught me to know, and one taught me to see. Each inspired me.

Wise is the woman who rises above her circumstances.