Inspiration Quotes

The spark that starts everything. Words that have launched movements, careers, and quiet revolutions.

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"Each moment is an opportunity for transformation."
Joyce Carol Oates
"Inspiration strikes those who are ready to receive it."
Carson McCullers
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"I try to live my life in a way that would make my younger self proud."
Margaret Atwood
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"We are the bridge between what was and what will be."
Margaret Atwood
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"Real writers are those that make you feel something."
Flannery O'Connor
"To inspire another person is to be inspired yourself."
Robertson Davies
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"Inspiration often comes only after you have done the work; waiting for inspiration is procrastination."
Joyce Carol Oates
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"Inspiration is perspiration in retrospect; it appears magical only after hard work."
Joyce Carol Oates
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"I wanted you to see what real courage is."
Harper Lee
"Inspiration comes to those who seek it"
Robertson Davies
"We are all works in progress"
Robertson Davies
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"I have never been anywhere that I came away from without some impression that was going to be useful to me in my work."
Flannery O'Connor
"Inspiration comes from desperation, not from happiness."
Cormac McCarthy
"To be young is to be sad, to be sad is to be high."
Carson McCullers
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"Inspiration is the moment when preparation meets opportunity."
Joyce Carol Oates
"The only real failure is to have loved and lost your way."
Cormac McCarthy
"Inspiration is found in the ordinary moments we fail to notice."
Carson McCullers
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"Inspiration strikes those who are prepared to receive it."
Eudora Welty
"Inspiration is not something that happens to you; it is something you pursue relentlessly."
Cormac McCarthy
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"The good writer is always dying to hear what people think."
Norman Mailer
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"Every person has the capacity to do great things."
Norman Mailer
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"Inspiration is found in the smallest moments of life."
Joseph Heller
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"Inspiration strikes those who are already working, not those waiting."
Saul Bellow
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"What really knocked me out was..."
J.D. Salinger
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"Inspiration comes to those prepared to recognize it."
Joseph Heller
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"Inspiration is the lightning that strikes when we're ready."
Joseph Heller
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"Inspiration is the realization that something is possible."
Norman Mailer
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"Inspiration is the moment when the impossible reveals itself as possible."
Norman Mailer
"What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured."
Kurt Vonnegut
"I want to be an enthusiast about things I'm interested in rather than a cynic."
Kurt Vonnegut