#insp

I think I find new idols every day - someone that says something really inspiring, is successful, has character. ↗

— Miranda Lambert

#day #every #every day #find #i

How is it that from beauty I have derived a type of unloveliness? - from the covenant of peace, a simile of sorrow? But as, in ethics, evil is a consequence of good, so, in fact, out of joy is sorrow born. ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe's "Berenice"

#inspirational-quotes #interesting-quotes #sorrow #beauty

Writing is a job, a talent, but it’s also the place to go in your head. It is the imaginary friend you drink your tea with in the afternoon. …how beautiful it would be to live so far away from my mistakes. ↗

— Ann Patchett

#beauty

How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains! ↗

— John Muir

#gives #glorious #greeting #how #mountains

One of the really important things about the Olympics is, to enjoy yourself, you have to accept that it's different and feed off the enthusiasm of everyone and the inspiration and hopefully that will elevate your performance. ↗

— Bode Miller

#accept #different #elevate #enjoy #enthusiasm

I think one of my biggest influences is Bette Davis. I've seen almost every one of her films, and she's been very inspiring to me. ↗

— Elizabeth Moss

#been #bette #bette davis #biggest #davis

You can capture this body of mine, take away my freedom and enslave me. You may even have the power to capture my soul and sentence me to the realm of eternal darkness. But my dreams you cannot touch. They are my will - the very essence of who I am. In them I laugh. In them I cry. In them I love. And in them…….I live. My dreams are untouchable and unceasing. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#dreams #eena #fantasies #freedom #hopes

The enormous success of 2009's 'The Blind Side,' in which Sandra Bullock makes a black teenager one of the family, demonstrates that America isn't post-racial. It is thoroughly mired in race - the myths that surround it, the guilt it inspires, the discomfort it causes, the struggle to transcend it. ↗

— Wesley Morris

#black #blind #bullock #causes #demonstrates

Do not ridicule my effort. Everybody likes a comedian’s company. That’s why they give them tips after watching the show, not their hard earned money for a mutual fund investment. Give him tips, not your heart. I guess you understand the difference. ↗

— Ravindra Shukla

#inspirational #love #philosophy #youth #beauty

The eighth gift is Imagination. May it nourish your visions and dreams. ↗

— Charlene Costanzo

#character-building #dreams #imagination #inspiration #self-worth