#is

Thus the great wind, the afflatus, gave breath and turbulence to all life; and inspiration clung to the minds and hearts of men. ↗

— Richard Beckham II

#life #the-tale-of-mu #inspirational

In seasons of hiddenness our sense of value is disrupted, stripped of what "others" affirmed us to be. In this season God intends to give us an unshakable identity in Him, that no amount of adoration nor rejection can alter. ↗

— Alicia Britt Chole

#god #hiddenness #identity #inspirational #jesus

After his failed political career, Lincoln often pondered the question of the purpose of the meaning of life. In 1850 [ten years before he was elected President], Lincoln told Herdon [his law partner] "How hard, oh how hard it is to die and leave one's country no better than if one had never lived. ↗

— Ronald C. White Jr.

#history #inspirational #inspirational

It don't take long to stay all night here! ↗

— Charles Dahnmon Whitt

#inspirational

The 'will to peace' is the best answer that we can imagine to the 'will to war', which unfortunately seems as strong in this century as it was in the middle of the last. ↗

— David Petersen

#peace #war #imagination

(The presence of evil) in his life provokes him into either overcoming it or yielding to it. If the first, it has led him to work for his own improvement; if the second it has led him to acknowledge his own weakness. Sooner or later, the unpleasant consequences of such weakness will lead him to grapple with it, and develop his power of will...Immediately and directly, it may either strengthen him or weaken him. Ultimately, it can only strengthen him. ↗

— Paul Brunton

#evil #inspirational #strength #inspirational

The scepticism which men affect towards their higher inspirations is often not an honest doubt, but a guilty negligence, and is a sign of narrow mind and defective wisdom. ↗

— James Martineau

#negligence #philosophy #religion #wisdom #inspirational

A man who has come to the full realization of his responsibility to men won't stick to one man. It will be foolhardy if he does that. ↗

— Ogwo David Emenike

#inspirational #mission #motivational #purpose #responsibility

Think of the jazz improv artist responding to the musical banter among her fellow players onstage. Aside from whatever training they've done in advance, as soon as the curtain opens, they move into unknown territory together, creating something new each time by remaining in a state of undivided presence. ↗

— Donna Quesada

#wisdom #zen #inspirational

Writing poetry is a state of free float ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#inspirational #literature #poetry #writing #inspirational