Inspiring Quotes

I listen to both oldies and contemporary stations. I enjoy listening to current stuff because there's an energy to it that's inspiring.
Carole King

Enjoy, Energy, Both

I read a lot; fiction and non-fiction are the mediums I find most edifying and inspiring. I watch movies and listen to music and take lots and lots of walks. Nature is a nice reset button for me, it's how I get a lot of thinking done.
Carrie Brownstein

Music, Nature, Movies

I thought I would attend school and get an assistant position and work my way up but being in NY and seeing the pace of everything, is very inspiring.
Alexander Wang

Work, School, Thought

I'm really looking forward to the Hall of Fame ceremonies. It's going to be unbelievable - just crazy. I'm looking forward to thanking all the fans for inspiring me to go out there and play my best football each and every game.
Jerry Rice

Best, Crazy, Forward

It was an experience that was exceptional. People frequently ask what it was like and it truly was inspiring. Sometimes during his lifetime, people would try and put him on a pedestal and that's not where he wanted to be, but he was really a great individual.
John Sexton

Great, Experience, Him

I don't really know Hollywood, but living and shooting in L.A. was very motivating, inspiring. The lights, the extras, their American faces, the energy, the Orpheum Theatre. It was all very inspiring.
Jean Dujardin

Living, Energy, American

Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game.
Wilhelm Steinitz

Good, Evil, Game

An inspiring word for me is to think of myself as limitless.
Rachael Taylor

Word, Limitless

I've always done roles that really appealed to me on a gut level and which I found inspiring.
Jennifer Jason Leigh

Done, Found, Level

When an audience is affected in a way that I've seen with some people, it's so inspiring to me an actor. You know that you're on the right track and you're doing work that can affect people. When that goes hand-in-hand with important issues that we're still living with, and we will be for a long time, sadly, it's so confirming of everything.
Sally Hawkins

Work, Time, Important

I don't want to do something unproductive with my time, so I decided to do something musical. So it felt good to say, 'Yeah, I'm producing.' It gave me a fresh vibe - inspiring in a different way.
Sean Paul

Time, Good, Different

The nature of having ideas and creativity is incredibly inspiring.
Jonathan Ive

Nature, Creativity, Ideas

I'm easy to work with, not a pushover, but I respond to criticism and find it inspiring.
Ben Elton

Work, Find, Easy

It's inspiring, I think, for women out there to see I'm a regular person. I am the every woman who's struggled with my weight.
Ricki Lake

Women, Woman, Person

I think the way kids create is so inspiring. They're drawing a picture? They love the picture they drew; they're not tortured about it.
Spike Jonze

Love, Kids, Picture

I imagined that it might be awkward to talk to your wife about her performance, so going into it I was a little nervous. But doing it was actually a wonderfully inspiring experience.
Lasse Hallstrom

Experience, Wife, Talk

We must be willing to pay inspiring math and science teachers, who have high paying alternatives in industry, more to teach and reward students who take more challenging courses in high school.
Mark Kennedy

Science, School, High

But once you strip that down, you realize it's all about a voice, like a Norah Jones - that's inspiring to me.
Taylor Dayne

Down, Once, Realize

It was so inspiring for me to watch tennis growing up. I thought I was really good playing, until my brother told me I wasn't!
Christine Taylor

Good, Thought, Brother

You look at a guy like Lance Armstrong, and you have to be inspired. I sat next to Kirk Douglas the other day, and he's inspiring for fighting through his stroke.
Ed Harris

Through, Fighting, Inspired

My parents leaving a third world country to a first world country and building from nothing - that's really inspiring to me and it's influenced me in a positive way.
Melanie Fiona

Positive, Parents, Nothing

Writers are socially observant. We find people endlessly fascinating, and real life is mysterious. Sometimes it's hard to stop staring at the strut and squawk of my fellow man. They can be quite inspiring. Sometimes it's hard to stop talking to them to see what in the world they're thinking.
Julianna Baggott

Life, Real, Hard

The stories are success stories. The letters from listeners often touch the heart and can be inspiring.
Casey Kasem

Success, Heart, Often

Remembering is painful, it's difficult, but it can be inspiring and it can give wisdom.
Paul Greengrass

Wisdom, Give, Difficult

I know for my wife and I, we always loved the idea of being young parents. It is an incredibly inspiring and challenging job being a parent, and as it turns out, being young really helps you keep up.
Taylor Hanson

Wife, Parents, Job

I actually didn't listen to the Beatles song 'Nowhere Man' when I was writing my book of the same name. What I listened to a lot was 'Abbey Road.' Its disjointedness and its readiness to confuse only to delight were inspiring to me.
Aleksandar Hemon

Book, Writing, Same

It is so inspiring when you come across a woman who is very strong and dedicated and is amazing at what they do. That's how I feel about Meryl Streep. You watch her, and you can't help but notice all of that about her. She's so influential.
Agyness Deyn

Amazing, Strong, Help

I am thoroughly enjoying spending the majority of my time with entrepreneurs. I find that their enthusiasm, dedication, willingness to take huge risks and desire to make a dramatic impact quite inspiring.
Maynard Webb

Time, Find, Desire

But I'm interested in the Barnes Collection in Philadelphia. I hear there are some of the worst Matisses there. I like seeing bad art by good artists. It's inspiring. I'm able to identify with them. It makes them real.
Jemima Kirke

My template for most songs is 'Is this inspiring?' and with the blues it so often is.
Mick Fleetwood

Often, Blues, Songs

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