#insp

...success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue...as the unintended side-effect of one's personal dedication to a course greater than oneself. ↗

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

#experience

Few things are sadder than encountering a person who knows exactly what he should do, yet cannot muster enough energy to do it. ↗

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

#experience

What’s the point of playing if winning isn’t the goal? ↗

— J.D. Robb

#death

How can the bird that is born for joy Sit in a cage and sing? ↗

— William Blake

#my-name-is-nina #experience

Dream on my Dear, and renounce temporal obligations. ↗

— Dead Can Dance

#music #philosophy #dreams

Let hope inspire you, but let not idealism blind you. Don't look back, you can never look back. ↗

— Don Henley

#blind #hope #idealism #inspire #look

Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter. ↗

— Brad Henry

#compass #falter #families #great #guide

He grows daily more capable of following any inspiration without technical effort, and also of letting inspiration come to him through meticulous observation. ↗

— Eugen Herrigel

#any #capable #come #daily #effort

Civilization grew in the beginning from the minute that we had communication - particularly communication by sea that enabled people to get inspiration and ideas from each other and to exchange basic raw materials. ↗

— Thor Heyerdahl

#beginning #civilization #communication #each #enabled

I hope that at the end of the seven years, people will say that I have been of some inspirational value to them at home in terms of inclusiveness and abroad, I look forward to representing Ireland. ↗

— Michael D. Higgins

#been #end #forward #home #hope