Top 1200 Most Inspiring Quotes & Sayings

Beautiful things like nature inspire me. Sunrise is my favorite time of the day. A sky full of stars can be very inspiring. Quiet moments where you're alone with yourself and the beauty, nature, and majesty that God has created. That is pretty inspiring.

The Holocaust survivors are among the most inspiring people I have had the privilege to meet.

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

The power of music is still with me, every day. It's one of the most inspiring things available in the world.

Ive worked with some of the most inspiring and genuinely nice people.

Some of the most unhappy artists in the most difficult situations can create awe-inspiring works of art.

One of the things I enjoy most about writing historical romance is researching inspiring backgrounds and settings.

I find the ideas of Catholicism incredibly rich and inspiring. Bogus, unfortunately, but nonetheless inspiring. I think they always provide an interesting nexus through which to look at the way we are.

I love to come to L.A. because it's one of the most inspiring places because there are no rules.

I'm a musician, so for the most part I've always thought that the musicians were equally as inspiring to listen to - maybe more so, in some cases - in addition to the artists.

I think the most inspiring thing that Americans can do for the rest of the world is struggle against the evils in our own society.

Writer/directors are, for me, the most inspiring people to work for because they are the person on set that knows the answer to all the questions. They have the most invested in the project because they've been with it from conception.

I find humanism to be the most rational and positive philosophy for life. And it's not a new thing at all - the history of humanist thought is deep and inspiring.

Most of my act is improvisation. I'm inspired for the moment. Standing there in front of 2,000 or 3,000 people you don't know can be pretty inspiring.

New York is a fascinating city. I think it's a very inspiring city, but it's overpowering when you get older. It tires me now. But it's wonderful for young people - very inspiring and full of surprises and full of ideas.

The secret to making your holiday inspiring is actually quite simple. Be inspiring yourself. As with any change, you must be the change you want to see in others.

I don't have an MBA, and I didn't go to Yale. I'm not an academic person and wasn't a good student. Instead, I've been taught by some of the most inspiring people in the world.

I was in Nashville and I was having just the most amazing time there, discovering who I was as an artist because that is such a music city. Everyone there is so friendly and inspiring and down to jam.

The white spruce forest along the banks is most inspiring, magnificent here. Down the terraced slopes and right to the water's edge on the alluvial soil it stands in ranks.

That little window like 2004 through like 2010 was probably the most, like most inspiring time of my creative life, for sure.

Warren Berger’s book is a cure for a disease in large enterprises. A More Beautiful Question provides a framework to help leaders ask the most important questions—which is one of the most fundamental characteristics of a great leader—while sharing inspiring stories to show the incredible power of this concept.

'Red Band Society' is inspiring, funny, and an uplifting story that makes you want to make the most of your life, love and live to the fullest, and that's a great message.

I find most children quite inspiring.

Chicago's music scene is very inspiring. I like to think of it as a small community of friends who enjoy creating and inspiring each other.

Music is the most physically inspiring of all the arts.

The most beautiful destination I've been to was the Seychelles Islands, and the most culturally inspiring place was Mumbai, India.

I always look for inspiration. If I find something that's inspiring, I'm so excited because it is very hard to find something inspiring.

I find children inspiring. The way they look at the world. The magical world they live in, to me, is inspiring.

Fidel Castro is one of the most inspiring leaders of the 20th century.

The most precious wine is produced upon the sides of volcanoes. Now bold and inspiring ideals are only born of a clear head that stands over a glowing heart.

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.

I would say 'The Master' was one of the most inspiring things I've ever got to work on.

The rehearsal process is the most important thing to me, so working with colleagues who are effusive, thoughtful, young and vivacious is really inspiring as a musician.

Even though I am a woman boxer, I am not just inspiring women; I hope I am inspiring boys as well.

Leonard Pitts, Jr. is the most insightful and inspiring columnist of his generation.

When I started out the videos, I was dealing with depression, and I wanted to make inspiring videos for others, which would end up inspiring me in turn. I wanted to show the world that it was possible to make a positive switch in life and start over.

The most inspiring objects are books. I have about 5,000 volumes in my home library. It's an unending source of visuals and ideas.

The most inspiring thing as an artist is when someone says, 'I believe in you'; sometimes that works even better than Grammys.

People who truly love their lives are the most inspiring people of all.

Your development as a musician will come to an eventual standtill if you do not develop yourself as a human being. Only by having a creative, expansive and inspiring life can you create creative, expansive and inspiring music.

Dr. King was one of the most inspiring human beings I ever met. He was such a warm, compassionate, and loving human being.

Sitting on the back of my motorbike going from west to east through Mongolia was one of the most inspiring and awesome experiences I've ever had. There was so little influence of the western world.

Different personalities inspire me as an actor. Especially quirky personalities, maybe people I wouldn't normally get along with or be friends with - I find them inspiring for my work. I find sad emotions to be inspiring and stories of great people that kind of overcame odds.

He [Gen. Douglas MacArthur] was a great thundering paradox of a man, noble and ignoble, inspiring and outrageous, arrogant and shy, the best of men and the worst of men, the most protean, most ridiculous, and most sublime.

If I wished to see a mountain or other scenery under the most favorable auspices, I would go to it in foul weather, so as to be there when it cleared up; we are then in the most suitable mood, and nature is most fresh and inspiring. There is no serenity so fair as that which is just established in a tearful eye.

As a filmmaker, the most dramatic and the most dread-inspiring thing is when the audience can see more than the characters themselves can see.

Most people can do absolutely awe-inspiring things. Sometimes they just need a little nudge.

'Guava Island' is the end result of four incredible weeks spent in Cuba with some of the most inspiring creative talents I've ever met.

The Beckhams are really inspiring and have very elegantly risen to being the most powerful brand in the country. I'm sure a lot of couples look at that and say, 'Wow.'

I've worked with some of the most inspiring and genuinely nice people.

Michelle Pfeiffer in Tim Burton's 'Batman' was one of the most inspiring - I saw that and I was like, 'I want to be her, I want to do that.'

Samarkand, with its magnificent mosques, tombs and dazzling ensembles of ceramic tiles, is still one of the world's most awe-inspiring cities.

It's funny, but I always feel really safe on the streets of London. It's the most inspiring place to be in the world.

The most colossal display of wise, inspiring, and humorous metaphors ever exhibited in one place.

I also love fall, when it starts to rain, or even just before the rain - that is the most inspiring thing.

The most beautiful, the most spirited and the most inspiring creature ever to print foot on the grasses of America.

It's one of the most beautiful, inspiring places I've ever been to.

It is such a treat to see two of my most favourite creative people in one frame - Rajamouli sir and Amitabh sir. They are so inspiring.

It is in the midst of the city that one writes the most inspiring pages about the country.

It might be the most inspiring film in the world, but if I do not like it I will not do it. I have to believe in the film to take it up.