#inspire

For M & B. Should you ever get to read this, to remind you that when life offers you a challenge: rise to the occasion. ↗

— Hope Barrett

#dedication #forget-heels #hope-barrett #inspire #inspirational

The usual picture of Socrates is of an ugly little plebeian who inspired a handsome young nobleman to write long dialogues on large topics. ↗

— Richard Rorty

#handsome #inspired #large #little #long

You will never know how high you can climb until you reach the top. ↗

— K.L. Toth

#aspire #inspirational #inspire #philosophy #inspirational

Design works if it's authentic, inspired, and has a clear point of view. It can't be a collection of input. ↗

— Ron Johnson

#authentic #clear #collection #input #inspired

More and more, when I single out the person out who inspired me most, I go back to my grandfather. ↗

— James Earl Jones

#go #grandfather #i #inspired #me

I was inspired by a lot of people when I was young. Every band that came through town, to the theater, or the dance hall. I was at every dance, every night club, listened to every band that came through, because in those days we didn't have MTV, we didn't have television. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#because #came #club #dance #days

A year or so ago I went through all the people in my life and asked myself: does this person inspire me, genuinely love me and support me unconditionally? I wanted nothing but positive influences in my life. ↗

— Mena Suvari

#ago #asked #does #genuinely #i

I think one of my father's great legacies is the people that he inspired and the generation that he inspired transformed America through civil rights, women's rights, equal justice, and they've passed that on to their children and grandchildren. ↗

— Caroline Kennedy

#children #civil #civil rights #equal #equal justice

If the tenth of the population that is gay became visible tomorrow, the panic of the majority of people would inspire repressive legislation of a sort that would shock even the pessimists among us. ↗

— Jane Rule

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A dress makes no sense unless it inspires men to take it off of you. ↗

— Francoise Sagan

#inspires #makes #men #off #sense