#ira

The poet never asks for admiration; he wants to be believed. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#asks #believed #never #poet #wants

...you're on this earth with a divine purpose: to rise to the level of your highest creative possibility, expressing all that you are intellectually, emotionally, psychologically, and physically in order to make the universe a more beautiful place. ↗

— Marianne Williamson

#beauty

The presence of American troops is fueling the insurgency in Iraq, as acknowledged by General Casey and numerous other experts, and is helping terrorist recruiters build their numbers across the globe. ↗

— John Conyers

#across #american #american troops #build #casey

To have no heroes is to have no aspiration, to live on the momentum of the past, to be thrown back upon routine, sensuality, and the narrow self. ↗

— Charles Horton Cooley

#back #heroes #live #momentum #narrow

Birds are a miracle because they prove to us there is a finer, simpler state of being which we may strive to attain. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#because #being #birds #finer #may

I want to have a cultural impact. I want to be an inspiration, to show people what can be done. ↗

— Puff Daddy

#done #i #impact #inspiration #people

My mother was always working for a job, so I guess I was always trained that I should have multiple jobs, multiple aspirations. And I remember she had multiple aspirations, always hearing about her dreams and things she did in the past and things she wanted to do. ↗

— Puff Daddy

#always #aspirations #did #dreams #guess

A beautiful thing is precious, no matter the price. Those who do not know how to see precious things in life will never be happy. ↗

— Magda BEASTLY

#beauty

Some of these sketches were done at the very beginning of the Pirates project, when I was trying to find a direction for myself. That was the early sixties... maybe 61 or 62. ↗

— Marc Davis

#direction #done #early #early sixties #find

My mother is a walking miracle. ↗

— Leonardo DiCaprio

#miracle #mother #walking