The time at our disposal each day is elastic; the passions we feel dilate it, those that inspire us shrink it, and habit fills it.
Marcel Proust

The way I grew up, I was always taught that it's uncouth to talk about money, and that's not what should inspire you.
Justin Timberlake

There are a lot of movies that inspire me to do what I do.
Jerry Bruckheimer

There are men whom a happy disposition, a strong desire of glory and esteem, inspire with the same love for justice and virtue which men in general have for riches and honors... But the number of these men is so small that I only mention them in honor of humanity.
Claud-Adrian Helvetius

There is incredible power in the arts to inspire and influence.
Julie Taymor

There remains, however, the hope, at least in Russia, that, as sometimes happens in history, the memory of lost alternatives will one day inspire efforts to regain them.
Stephen Cohen

This path that we are now starting will be long, and we must follow it to remind ourselves of the great principles that, in our understanding, should always inspire us.
Marc Forne Molne

Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia - even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody conflicts.
Hans Kung

To maximize our potential to enhance our health and our knowledge, we should remain open to new understanding and evolving technology or resources that might inspire a change in our approach to these important questions.
Samuel Wilson

To succeed, you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
Tony Dorsett

Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire.
Confucius

We believe democracy to be the only real guarantor of stability and we have sought to create a 'Jordanian model' that might also inspire others in our region. I wish democracy and peace to be my legacy to my people and the shield of generations to come.
King Hussein I

We must be able to inspire. That's my goal in acting.
Portia de Rossi

We need affordable space travel to inspire our youth, to let them know that they can experience their dreams, can set significant goals and be in a position to lead all of us to future progress in exploration, discovery and fun. Thanks to the X Prize for the inspiration.
Burt Rutan

We've carried that over into the visual development as well. We've designed quite an exotic cast of characters, but the last thing we want is to dictate to the players how their PCs should look. What we want to do is inspire.
Sam Wood

When one sings, one does not speak about the problems of the every day. One speaks about the things which inspire us, which helped us.
Yannick Noah

When the object that is produced, the photographic image has the ability to make tears come to your eyes; to inspire you to the point where you have to catch your breath, then nothing else matters.
John Sexton

Whenever I'm free, I spend time with people I love, people that inspire me in many different ways.
Karolina Kurkova

You can't inspire people if you are going to be uninspiring.
Robert Reich

You will find that the woman who is really kind to dogs is always one who has failed to inspire sympathy in men.
Max Beerbohm