Top 222 Inspires Quotes

I love modeling because I get to see everything that inspires me. Then I go home and sketch.
Sofia Richie
When Ariana Grande was starting out, everyone was like, ‘You’re just like Mariah Carey!’ She inspires me so much because she just kept going and made her own name, and no one even says that anymore.
Grace VanderWaal
My hope is that people experience the music and, in that, something works in them, that they realise how exceptional they are. Maybe that it inspires them to do something great in their own lives.
Lauren Daigle
God too longs; and because the Absolute Life itself, which dwells in our life, and inspires these very longings, possesses the true world, and is that world.
Josiah Royce
Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.
Niccolo Machiavelli
They say an elephant never forgets. Well, you are not an elephant. Take notes, constantly. Save interesting thoughts, quotations, films, technologies… the medium doesn’t matter, so long as it inspires you.
Aaron Koblin
I just love seeing my audience live, and I also love to

I just love seeing my audience live, and I also love to see my peers perform because it inspires me to be a better performer as well.
Saweetie
I can’t change my bra size. They’re natural! I can work out and I can stay healthy and motivated, but I can’t change some things. I really just live my life. I love my body. It’s what God gave me! I feel confident with myself, and if that inspires other women to feel confident with their bodies, great.
Kate Upton
Early Islam was a time of great creativity. Scholars excelled in sciences and literature. Our religion should not be a shield behind which we hide from the world but a driving force that inspires us to innovate and contribute to our surroundings. This is the true spirit of Islam.
Basmah bint Saud
Creative thinking inspires ideas. Ideas inspire change.
Barbara Januszkiewicz
Sometimes you listen to a piece of music that inspires a collection. You listen to the music, which creates the mood, which creates the clothes.
Jenny Packham
It is always good to perform with an actor who is good and inspires you to do better.
Kartik Aaryan
What inspires a poem for me is usually a moment.
Sherman Alexie
I feel like we’re always going to be the underdog, but we like that. It’s a really cool thing and it inspires us. It pushes us.
Avi Kaplan
Bono. He still is somebody who, and I don’t say I’m starstruck in that sense, I’m always in awe of. It doesn’t matter how many times I’ve been with him, he’s still an exceptional man that continually inspires me in many ways in life.
Michael Rapino
Everything around me inspires and influences me. Mainly love – falling in it, losing it, loving it and hating it.
Christina Perri
I like to start with an idea, but then again, I might be sitting at the keyboard, and just playing a bunch of chords that sound cool together, and something just inspires an idea from that.
Diane Warren
What gives my art the most meaning is when I can connect with others through it. When people say that my music has helped them, or it makes them feel good, or it inspires them, that is what gives my art lasting meaning to me.
Lindsey Stirling
Hopefully, reading and being around great literature inspires me to write songs, but I’m not sure about that.
Mat Kearney
I would say that Cynthia Nixon is somebody I admire, and Toni Collette as well. Those women – their work inspires me, whatever they do.
Alice Ripley
What we do at NASA is inspiring. It’s reaching, it’s visionary, and it inspires people on Earth to try hard things.
John M. Grunsfeld
Other writers definitely influence my writing. What encourages me and inspires me is when I read a good book. It makes me want to be a better writer.
Kimberly Willis Holt
I just wanna start a brand that inspires and is geared towards youth.
Virgil Abloh
I totally accept that it’s a legitimate criticism that when you are involved in the day-to-day scrum of government… that what can get lost is the narrative, the hymn sheet… the song that inspires and lifts people’s sights.
Nick Clegg
India somehow constantly rivets and inspires me, and I feel very relieved to have come from this country which has a very ‘lifeist’ approach to living fully, no matter what one has or doesn’t have.
Mira Nair
Somebody captures an incredible video, shares it online, and inspires millions of other people to go and do the same with their GoPros, and then it happens again and again – and what you’ve got is this incredible snowball of stoked customers capturing and creating rad content with their GoPros.
Nick Woodman
Kanye inspires me through his work ethic and his approach.
Mannie Fresh
I would like to say I can change millions of lives, but realistically, if my journey inspires 10 people to go to university or to achieve something, then I think I’ve done my job.
Dillian Whyte
A noble purpose inspires sacrifice, stimulates innovation and encourages perseverance.
Gary Hamel
That’s my fun time so, to me, doing my homework, studying on what I do, watching the movies, listening to music, all that inspires me so I focus a lot on that and practice.
Christina Milian
Reading while I’m writing ideally inspires my competitive side. When I read great writers, I want to be a better writer.
Amity Gaige
I listen to music all the time. I need music and I love music and I appreciate it. It inspires me.
Lil B
I originally went to school to be a filmmaker. And so it’s a big part of how I think and how I write. And it inspires me a lot.
Lindsey Stirling
It’s good to be happy and tell us how cool your life is and how awesome you are on social media. That’s great because it inspires other people to be happy, too. But a lot of times, people are trying to be happy in the wrong ways – with money or with different things that are not true happiness.
Jaden Smith
Fashion is the science of appearances, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.
Edwin Hubbel Chapin
It’s the strong will of an artist that really inspires me.
Christine and the Queens
Marcus Samuelsson is a chef who inspires me everyday. He has such a deep understanding of flavors and techniques. His food is representative of the diverse world that we live in. What he has done in Harlem with Red Rooster is very special. Marcus is not just a chef, he’s a food activist.
Aaron Sanchez
Being a musician, it's my job to be real and be true to

Being a musician, it’s my job to be real and be true to whoever I am. Hopefully that will inspire other people. I hope it inspires people to be themselves and be comfortable in your own skin.
Yuna
My mom definitely inspires me. She’s just crazy when it comes to her fashion sense.
Lourdes Leon
A rock star, according to my definition, is someone who inspires people around him with something he is best at. In my case, it’s music, but I wanted audiences to realise there is a rock star waiting to be unleashed within them as well.
Harshvardhan Rane
This is why fashion is such a magical part of our lives, for it inspires our decisions without dictating them; it sets the theme but not the limits of our aesthetic.
Simon Van Booy
Artists thrive off each other, and when you see other people doing cool stuff, it inspires you to do cool stuff.
Courtney Barnett
I will say, as southern women, there is a southern way of life that inspires a lot of music. I can see why that’s a common thread through music, but the best part about country is it’s about real life. It’s not about this glamorous Lamborghini, walking around with gold necklaces, all that stuff.
Maddie Marlow
I think it’s just having grown up around all that, it inspires you to excel in the sport that maybe your parents did. We grew up all around the water, and that sort of set our direction.
Emma McKeon
Dancing inspires my music. Having your girlfriends all together and just being free and happy.
Bella Thorne
Music actually inspires me a lot. I listen to a lot of music, and often I find that if I can associate mentally a song or a piece of music with a particular character or scene, it helps me get back into the head of that character.
Cassandra Clare
If I’m inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.
Ben Harper
My grandfather gave me inspiration to cook, and love food and flavors. My Aunt Raffie, gave me creativity and the inspiration to create new things. My mother inspires me to find simplicity in food.
Giada De Laurentiis
The death penalty and the arguments it inspires don’t only involve ethics, morals, and justice. There are bureaucratic and economic aspects to it as well. All these different aspects commingle in ways that convince me we should take whatever steps we can to abolish the death penalty.
Reid Hoffman
I just follow what inspires me as an artist and a storyteller, and stay true to myself in my work.
Bryan Konietzko
So much of my own life inspires what I write. Whether it’s work, family, friends, motherhood, I am a writer who tends to write what she knows. In ‘Revenge Wears Prada,’ a great deal of my own life finds its way into the book.
Lauren Weisberger
I hope my story inspires everyone out there to keep hustling and chasing their dreams.
Nipsey Hussle
Leadership flows from inner character and integrity of ambition, which inspires others to lend themselves to your organization’s mission.
Frances Hesselbein
Inspiration is the greatest gift because it opens your life to many new possibilities. Each day becomes more meaningful, and your life is enhanced when your actions are guided by what inspires you.
Bernie Siegel
It’s going to be labor-intensive and time-consuming, but you need to take all the books down and put them on the floor. Take them down and spread them in one area. Physically pick each book up, one by one. If the book inspires you, keep it. If not, it goes out. That’s the standard by which you decide.
Marie Kondo
In the battle for Kobane on the Syrian border, everyone talks about the enemy – IS – and the frightening ideas that drive them. No one talks about the Kurdish defenders and what inspires them.
Adam Curtis
I like being surrounded by all the stuff that makes me feel creative and inspires me.
Adam F. Goldberg