#insp

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. ↗

— Helen Keller

#achieved #ambition #cannot #character #developed

I think I'm a born storyteller. Inspiration is all around me. I can read a newspaper article and come up with an idea for a book. ↗

— Jackie Collins

#article #book #born #come #i

Life is short. If you doubt me, ask a butterfly. Their average life span is a mere five to fourteen days. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#humor #inspirational #funny

If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim with love of herself; all that runs over will be yours. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#brim #cannot #fill #her #herself

...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

When I was in fourth grade... this wonderful teacher said you didn't have to write a book report, you could just talk about the book, you could do a drawing of the book, you could write a play inspired by the book, and that's what I did. I got to be so famous. I had to go around to every school and perform it. It was just so natural and fun. ↗

— Didi Conn

#around #book #could #did #drawing

The old, subjective, stagnant, indolent and wretched life for woman has gone. She has as many resources as men, as many activities beckon her on. As large possibilities swell and inspire her heart. ↗

— Anna Julia Cooper

#gone #heart #her #indolent #inspire

May our eyes focus rightly on Christ ... before the need to please others, before church, and before the busyness of Christian life. Those things will surely have their place, but they will be most valuable if put in their proper position. ↗

— Traci LaRussa

#christ #christian #encouragement #faith #focus

Today is a gift to change what wasn't changed yesterday so that you can avoid tomorrow's regrets. ↗

— Tilia Davis

#change

I try to help people realize their dreams by using magic to tell stories that educate, move, and inspire. ↗

— David Copperfield

#educate #help #help people #i #inspire