#nspirational

If a man comes to the door of poetry untouched by the madness of the Muses, believing that technique alone will make him a good poet, he and his sane compositions never reach perfection, but are utterly eclipsed by the performances of the inspired madman. ↗

— Socrates

#mental-illness #writing #writing-life #inspirational

As I go clowning my sentimental way into eternity, wrestling with all my problems of estrangement and communion, sincerity and simulation, ambition and acquiescence, I shuttle between worrying whether I matter at all and whether anything else matters but me. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#inspirational

I'm not afraid of dying. I'm afraid I'll never get a chance to live! ↗

— A.A. Bell

#diamond-eyes #fantasy #humour #inspirational #science-fiction

Speak when you are angry, and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret. ↗

— Laurence J. Peter

#inspirational #inspirational

Success always leaves footprints. ↗

— Booker T. Washington

#inspirational

I am not a victim. No matter what I have been through, I'm still here. I have a history of victory. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#inspirational #motivational #success #victim-mentality #victory

I shrug, trapped. I don’t want to lose him. In spite of all his demands, his need to control, his scary vices. I have never felt as alive as I do now. It’s a thrill to be sitting here beside him. He’s so unpredictable, sexy, smart, and funny. But his moods… oh – and he wants to hurt me. He says he’ll think about my reservations, but it still scares me. I close my eyes. What can I say? Deep down I would just like more, more affection, more playful Christian, more… love. ↗

— E.L. James

#funny

For women, shoes are the most important. Good shoes take you good places. ↗

— Seo Min Hyun

#humor #inspirational #shoes #humor

We can become inspired to shape a higher, more ideal future, and when we do, miracles happen. ↗

— James Redfield

#inspiration #optimism #inspirational

No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature. Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this; the only right is what is after my constitution; the only wrong is what is against it. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#philosophy #inspirational