Inspirational Quotes

“One of the things that I did before I ran for president is I was a professional speaker. Not a motivational speaker - an inspirational speaker. Motivation comes from within. You have to be inspired. That's what I do. I inspire people, I inspire the public, I inspire my staff. I inspired the organizations I took over to want to succeed.”

-- Herman Cain

“It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.”

-- Harry Emerson Fosdick

“I hope that at the end of the seven years, people will say that I have been of some inspirational value to them at home in terms of inclusiveness and abroad, I look forward to representing Ireland.”

-- Michael D. Higgins

“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.”

-- Martin Luther

“And now, this is the sweetest and most glorious day that ever my eyes did see.”

-- Donald Cargill

“A place for everything, everything in its place.”

-- Benjamin Franklin

“I view art as an inspirational tool.”

-- Thomas Kincade

“My tastes and inspirational artists were always rather eclectic and diverse.”

-- Taylor Dayne

“It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.”

-- Tony Robbins

“The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty.”

-- Pablo Neruda