Inspirational Quotes

“I grew up in a bookless house - my parents didn't read poetry, so if I hadn't had the chance to experience it at school I'd never have experienced it. But I loved English, and I was very lucky in that I had inspirational English teachers, Miss Scriven and Mr. Walker, and they liked us to learn poems by heart, which I found I loved doing.”

-- Carol Ann Duffy

“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