#insp

My sole inspiration is a telephone call from a director. ↗

— Cole Porter

#director #inspiration #phone call #sole #telephone

Both the velodrome and the Commonwealth swimming pool are open to the public and are frequently used by local schools and the local community. Over the last six years young people have been inspired to take up swimming and cycling more seriously; some of them are now coming through as Olympic champions or hopefuls. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#both #champions #coming #commonwealth #community

Do not look down with disdain on what Christ spent so much to achieve for you. ↗

— Jaachynma N.E. Agu

#agu-jaachynma-n-e #dreams #fulfilling-purpose #higher-life #higher-living

Having a crying baby is inspiration to get the job done quickly. ↗

— Emily Procter

#crying #done #get #having #inspiration

As figuras imaginárias têm mais relevo e verdade que as reais. ↗

— Fernando Pessoa

#inspirational

When deeds speak, words are nothing. ↗

— Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

#deeds #nothing #speak #words

I'm not terribly happy about rock and roll. Certain rock music is uninspiring, numbing; it makes you feel like an idiot. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#certain #feel #happy #i #idiot

It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed...the habits of a vigorous mind are formed contending with difficulties. All history will convince you of this, and that wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues. ↗

— Abigail Adams

#experience

One of the things I try to be very careful of is not taking a movie when I know I have no inspiration left. ↗

— Trevor Rabin

#i #inspiration #know #left #movie

I was always really inspired by watching the older girls competing, just seeing other Olympians do great things, and I just really wanted to be a part of that whole experience. And to be able to represent USA was always a goal of mine. ↗

— Aly Raisman

#always #competing #experience #goal #great