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You either have to write or you shouldn't be writing. That's all. ↗

— Joss Whedon

#inspiration #intuition #writing #inspirational

Unless God has raised you up for this very thing, you will be worn out by the opposition of men and devils. But if God be for you, who can be against you? Are all of them together stronger than God? O be not weary of well doing! ↗

— John Wesley

#inspiration #persistence #inspirational

Don't be afraid of the shadows, that only means there's a light nearby. ↗

— Evanescence

#life #wisdom #inspirational

I believe in the immeasurable power of love; that true love can endure any circumstance and reach across any distance. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#distance #endure #inspirational #long-distance-love #love

If you get stuck, get away from your desk. Take a walk, take a bath, go to sleep, make a pie, draw, listen to ­music, meditate, exercise; whatever you do, don't just stick there scowling at the problem. But don't make telephone calls or go to a party; if you do, other people's words will pour in where your lost words should be. Open a gap for them, create a space. Be patient." [The Guardian, 25 February 2010] ↗

— Hilary Mantel

#distraction #inspiration #openness #problem-solving #procrastination

If I look at the mass I will never act. ↗

— Mother Teresa

#apathy #genocide #helplessness #inspirational #power

Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on. ↗

— Louis L'Amour

#writing #inspirational

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#demands #difficult #fidelity #greater #heroic

A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in the place of another and many others; the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own. The great instrument of moral good is the imagination. ↗

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

#imagination #inspirational #writing #imagination

I don't think you should wait. I think you should speak now. ↗

— Taylor Swift

#inspirational #speak-now #taylor-swift #inspirational