Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.

Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show for them; for those experiences have left an indelible impression, and we are ever and anon reminded of them.

Every artist preserves deep within him a single source from which, throughout his lifetime, he draws what he is, and what he says. When the source dries up, the work withers and crumbles.

I read all the time, and I’m often struck by something I’m reading.

All I ever wanted out of my life was to buy my mother a house. By 1995, I have achieved all I wanted materially in life.

I don’t know that much about who directs what movies, but I’m definitely inspired by the look of old movies; I find them to be really beautiful.

Anyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan.

It is the youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow… that are the aftermath of war.

Whatever you do may seem insignificant to you, but it is most important that you do it.

Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.

We was able to become real successful in the mixtape space.

Since I was old enough to understand what a songwriter/producer is, I’ve had a curiosity about how Max Martin creates what he creates. I wanted to see that happen. I wanted to be there. I wanted to learn from him.

Diana Ross is a big inspiration to all of us. We all grew up watching everything about her – her mike placement, her grace, her style and her class.

Most people dream a dream when they are asleep. But to be a writer, you have to dream while you are awake, intentionally. So I get up early in the morning, 4 o’clock, and I sit at my desk and what I do is just dream. After three or four hours, that’s enough. In the afternoon, I run. The next day, the dream will continue.

My powers are ordinary. Only my application brings me success.

What nature requires is obtainable, and within easy reach. It is for the superfluous we sweat.

How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.

Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded them, and all true worldly fame subsides from their high estimate beyond the stars.

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

Those who create are rare; those who cannot are numerous. Therefore, the latter are stronger.

Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see where they are going to lead.

I believe with all my heart that America remains ‚the great idea‘ that inspires the world. It is a privilege to be born here. It is an honor to become a citizen here. It is a gift to raise your family here, to vote here, and to live here.

Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.

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

I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.

How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens.

I went to a lovely school, and I got an incredible education. And I actually think that my education is what really sets me apart, ‚cause I’m very smart.

I’m trying to show everybody that I’m a girl, and I’m five foot four, and you can do anything you want, no matter your gender. It’s your world, too!

A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential.

Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.

Ideas excite me, and as soon as I get excited, the adrenaline gets going and the next thing I know I’m borrowing energy from the ideas themselves.

People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.

Wisdom begins in wonder.

The future doesn’t belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave.

Everything in the world exists to end up in a book.

When I inspire myself, I want to spread the word because its important to be healthy. I don’t think they’re teaching us enough about that. I think we should eat better and exercise. Look who’s saying that – a guy who was 300 pounds – but I’m doing a lot better than I used to. I’m letting people know its important because it makes you feel better.

Labor gives birth to ideas.

Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.

They used to call me ‚Touchdown T.‘ I remember in high school, we had homecoming, and I got in front of the pep rally, and I told them, ‚I’m going to run for three touchdowns.‘ I ran for three touchdowns, kicked the extra point, and took myself out the game.

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.

I’ve run the Boston Marathon 6 times before. I think the best aspects of the marathon are the beautiful changes of the scenery along the route and the warmth of the people’s support. I feel happier every time I enter this marathon.

Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.

A good model of how to ‚work with the enemy‘ internally is presented by the Dalai Lama, in his endless caretaking of his soul as he confronts the Chinese government that invaded Tibet.

I guess any movie actor can become a role model for audiences out there who enjoy him.

Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music.

Wherever the invitation of men or your own occasions lead you, speak the very truth, as your life and conscience teach it, and cheer the waiting, fainting hearts of men with new hope and new revelation.

In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.

It was clear to me that if I could get through Princeton at the top of my class, I could do anything in the world.

My dad always said, ‚Champ, the measure of a man is not how often he is knocked down, but how quickly he gets up.‘

Inspiration is hard to come by. You have to take it where you find it.

For novelists or musicians, if they really want to create something, they need to go downstairs and find a passage to get into the second basement. What I want to do is go down there, but still stay sane.

There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.

Listen; there’s a hell of a good universe next door: let’s go.

Masterpieces are not single and solitary births; they are the outcome of many years of thinking in common, of thinking by the body of the people, so that the experience of the mass is behind the single voice.

A BMW can’t take you as far as a diploma.

One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.

Creative output, you know, is just pain. I’m going to be cliche for a minute and say that great art comes from pain.

Music is well said to be the speech of angels.

If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.

Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed.