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"I've learned... that sometimes coming public with certain things, it inspires other people. And sometimes I want to keep things private... but then I found out that it helps other families."
"Should I ever marry, Watson, I should hope to inspire my wife with some feeling which would prevent her from being walked off by a housekeeper when my corpse was lying within a few yards of her."
"When we really connect to that place of wisdom and strength and understanding, everything becomes easier."
"Martell Cognac approached me to make a film for them that represented the spirit of John Martell and what he stood for as a person and as a visionary - the qualities that they felt were linked to the brand because of John Martell himself. The creation of the cognac had an impact on the world. That's what Martell Cognac would like to promote: people that can inspire other kids and generations. They have a saying: "It's not what you achieve, it's how you achieve it.""
"Its a wonderful feeling to be able to inspire back, to keep that flow going."
"Listening to great music and art inspires me and recharges me."
"It is very hard to enroll people in anything. And there is a very big difference between the words motivate and inspire."
"Need and struggle are what excite and inspire us; our hour of triumph is what brings the void. Not the Jews of the captivity, but those of the days of Solomon 's glory are those from whom the pessimistic utterances in our Bible come."
"It's my hope to inspire kids around the world to want to be tech stars in stem subjects."
"I'm very lucky, I'm happy with life because my experiences led me to do what I had to do. I don't have any regrets whatsoever."
"My kids inspire me to be the person I am today - without them I wouldn't be who I am today."
"The greatest leader is not someone who is the only leader. The greatest leader is one who inspires others to be leaders."
"Humanity inspires me, people inspire me, I've always been a people person, and I love people."
"I think people inspire me the most. If I meet a person who is incredibly complex, and all of a sudden, I start thinking in rhymes, that person could be a muse."
"With each divine impulse the mind rends the thin rinds of the visible and finite, and comes out into eternity, and inspires and expires its air. It converses with truths that have always been spoken in the world, and becomes conscious of a closer sympathy with Zeno and Arrian, than with persons in the house."
"England produces under favorable conditions of ease and culture the finest women in the world. And, as the men are affectionate and true-hearted, the women inspire and refine them."
"Life only avails, not the having lived."
"You need someone who can inspire you to be what you know you can be"
"I love being able to help and encourage my friends and I try to inspire them as they do me."
"Of all religions, Christianity is without a doubt the one that should inspire tolerance most"
