#inspiration

Hell has three gates: lust, anger, and greed ↗

— Bhagavad Gita

#greed #hell #inspirational-religious #lust #anger

Most of life is routine - dull and grubby, but routine is the momentum that keeps a man going. If you wait for inspiration you'll be standing on the corner after the parade is a mile down the street. ↗

— Ben Nicholas

#corner #down #dull #going #grubby

In general, I don't know when inspiration will pop up. ↗

— Larry Niven

#i #inspiration #know #pop #up

Risk is essential. There is not growth of inspiration in staying within what is safe and comfortable. Once you find out what you do best, why not try something else? ↗

— Alex Noble

#comfortable #else #essential #find #growth

Don’t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine. ↗

— Ludwig van Beethoven

#philosophy #wisdom #art

Technique is what you fall back on when you run out of inspiration. ↗

— Rudolf Nureyev

#fall #inspiration #out #run #technique

NASA is an engine of innovation and inspiration as well as the world's premier space exploration agency, and we are well served by politicians working to keep it that way, instead of turning it into a mere jobs program, or worse, cutting its budget. ↗

— Bill Nye

#budget #cutting #engine #exploration #innovation

I think Oprah who is the height of aspiration and inspiration recognizes something in me that is germane. ↗

— Rosie O'Donnell

#height #i #i think #inspiration #me

I think that the reason for my success is that I am really not aspirational. I am inspirational in that the people at home feel like they can really relate to me. ↗

— Rosie O'Donnell

#feel #home #i #i am #i think

The challenge is to resist circumstances. Any idiot can be happy in a happy place, but moral courage is required to be happy in a hellhole. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

#life #philosophy #courage