#inspiration

Courage is knowing that you're beaten and forging ahead anyway. ↗

— Zach Wahls

#gay-and-lesbian #inspirational #courage

Rap music's been around for too long now to be inspirational. The words are, but the music isn't. ↗

— Alexander McQueen

#been #inspirational #long #music #now

Extremists often derive their inspiration from literal interpretations of texts that should rightly be read not as Associated Press reports from the ancient world, but as theological and literary enterprises requiring independent intellectual assessment. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#assessment #associated #derive #enterprises #extremists

A beautiful bright blue sky; up above so high; how happy i am; to feel fully satisfied. ↗

— Santosh Kalwar

#inspirational #science #beauty

His [Luke]letter went something like this: "Dear Mr President, Thank you for introducing me to the Hall of Famers and for showing me the Oval Office. I think if I work really hard I will have a chance for both." The next time I saw the president I told him about my son's ambitious plans. His response was beautiful: "Never get between a boy and his dreams ↗

— Tim Russert

#inspirational #tim-russert #beauty

And if you should be there and you see this beautiful cactus blossom painted silver by the moon and laughing up at the stars, this, Peekay, is heaven. ↗

— Bryce Courtenay

#nature #beauty

Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#earth #event #every #his #life

A #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere. ↗

— Joyce Meyer

#anywhere #dream #pencil #take #you

Times have changed since George Herbert... but the principle and spirit in which he ministered as a priest remains an inspiration and model for all priests. ↗

— Arthur Middleton

#george #herbert #inspiration #model #priest

I have never been in any country where they did not do something better than we do it, think some thoughts better than we think, catch some inspiration from heights above our own. ↗

— Maria Mitchell

#any #been #better #catch #country