#inspiring

Whether one believes or not, religion is as real a force in the life of the world as economics or politics, and it demands fair-minded attention. Even if you think the entire religious enterprise is at best misguided and at worst counterproductive, it remains vital, inspiring great good and, sometimes, great evil. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#believes #best #counterproductive #demands #economics

But once I acclimated and really used fame for what it was offering me as a tool to serve my life purpose of inspiring and contributing, then it started to get fun again. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#contributing #fame #fun #get #i

What influenced me was Tori Amos, who was unapologetic about expressing anger through music, and Sinead O'Connor. Those two in particular were really moving for me, and very inspiring, before I wrote 'Jagged Little Pill.' ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#anger #before #connor #expressing #i

Some ways of using our thinking are really inspiring. There are people who use their thinking to race cars. People use their thinking to build rockets to the moon. It's all just a use of your thinking. ↗

— Michael Nesmith

#cars #inspiring #just #moon #our

It's very important to have the right clothing to exercise in. If you throw on an old T-shirt or sweats, it's not inspiring for your workout. ↗

— Cheryl Tiegs

#clothing #exercise #important #inspiring #old

I'm not terribly happy about rock and roll. Certain rock music is uninspiring, numbing; it makes you feel like an idiot. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#certain #feel #happy #i #idiot

I know the pressures of being the daughter of a great actress. But it's inspiring. You learn so much that other people don't get to learn until later on. My father being a director, I learnt a real work ethic. ↗

— Natasha Richardson

#being #daughter #director #ethic #father

The nature of having ideas and creativity is incredibly inspiring. ↗

— Jonathan Ive

#having #ideas #incredibly #inspiring #nature

Sofia is so active, and she made The Virgin Suicides, which I thought was great - all these things are inspiring to me, not in terms of creating a particular dress, but just in terms of knowing that there is this type of woman out there. ↗

— Marc Jacobs

#creating #dress #great #i #inspiring

If the material is inspiring and motivates you, then it doesn't really matter what it is. ↗

— Don Johnson

#material #matter #motivates #really #then