#inspiration

Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way; But to act, that each tomorrow Find us farther than today. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#life #inspirational

All the dead bolts, pulled shades and hidden knives in the world couldn't protect you from the truth. ↗

— Wally Lamb

#honesty #inspirational #lies #strength #truth

It's okay to spin around and around in the same place. Just so long as you're singing your heart out. THAT's what life's all about. ↗

— Chica Umino

#circles #honey-and-clover #inspirational #locusts #inspirational

What if nobody showed up at Armageddon? ↗

— C.R. Strahan

#humor #inspiration #philosophy #humor

Beethoven, Wagner, Bach, and Mozart settled down day after day to the job in hand. They didn't waste time waiting for inspiration. ↗

— Ernest Newman

#bach #beethoven #day #down #hand

Honor your challenges, for those spaces that you label as dark are actually there to bring you more light, to strengthen you, to firm your resolve, and to bring out the best in you. ↗

— Sanaya Roman

#inspirational

Greatness is always built on this foundation: the ability to appear, speak and act, as the most common man. ↗

— Shams-ud-din Muhammed Hafiz

#inspirational #three-cups-of-tea #inspirational

The tools are real. The viewer is real, you, the artist, is real and a part of everything you paint. You connect yourself to the viewer by sharing something that is inside of you that connects with something inside of him. All you have as your guide is that you know what moves you. All you have to do it with is a brush, some chemical and canvas, and technique. ↗

— Steven Brust

#inspirational #art

The boy and his heart had become friends, and neither was capable now of betraying the other. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#the-alchemist #inspirational

Life is a balanced system of learning and evolution. Whether pleasure or pain; every situation in your life serves a purpose. It is up to us to recognize what that purpose could be. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#evolution #inspirational #learning #life #motivational