As scientists, we step on the shoulders of science, building on the work that has come before us – aiming to inspire a new generation of young scientists to continue once we are gone. – Stephen Hawking
When the Beatles first came out, you had to go to a certain amount of trouble to have long hair. You just couldn’t have it immediately. Anything you can just go out and get – like platform shoes – is not going to inspire people as much as something they have to go through a little bit of hell to have. – Todd Rundgren
You want to play for a guy who’s going to be there for you. He’s going to lead you. He’s going to inspire you. Someone that the guys in the locker room can really rally around. – Sam Bradford
I get people who come up to me and are like, ‘You make me wanna live my dream.’ I was them, so I’m like, ‘Me, out of all people? No way.’ Eddie Guerrero did that for me, so to have little girls and guys tell me I inspire them, I didn’t know that came with the job, but it’s so cool. – Sasha Banks
To succeed, you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you. – Tony Dorsett
I think people inspire me the most. If I meet a person who is incredibly complex, and all of a sudden, I start thinking in rhymes, that person could be a muse. – Taylor Swift
If the Islamic State is losing, if they are defeated in Iraq and Syria, or in Libya, which is maybe their most dangerous and most well-developed cell today, then they won’t inspire nearly so many attacks. – Tom Cotton
I’ve never chased money. It’s always been about what I can do to motivate and inspire people. – Tyler Perry
I think throughout the day; there are always lines or certain words, and I’ll just keep notes in my phone. It might just be one or two words, and then that could inspire a whole song, lyrically. – Tyler Joseph
I try to find, celebrate and teach leaders how to build platforms that will inspire others. – Simon Sinek
Instead of me keeping my art a personal thing, we can use it to save lives, change lives and inspire. – Swizz Beatz
For lots of us, disabled people are not our teachers or our doctors or our manicurists. We’re not real people. We are there to inspire. – Stella Young
I think humans have always felt watched back by whatever is out there flickering in the distance. What excites me is what the imagination creates, not simply in explanation of what is there but also to explain or justify the feeling of awe and attachment that the heavens inspire. – Tracy K. Smith
I’ve been under the spell of the North ever since my childhood in Alaska. More and more, I’ve been returning to Alaska, and sometimes my adventures inspire a story. – Will Hobbs
My worst date would be with someone nervous who has nothing to say. I like people who inspire me. – Tamara Mellon
It’s always been my hope that I would write a story that would inspire and would connect with people in a way that would touch hearts. – Sue Monk Kidd
I realized that people had an unreal image of me, that somehow I was a god on Mount Olympus. I decided that if I were going to make use of my role as a Supreme Court Justice, it would be to inspire people to realize that, first, I was just like them and second, if I could do it, so could they. – Sonia Sotomayor
When I was in the eighth grade, I wrote this huge long paper about how I had no idea what I was gonna do with my life, but that I wanted to make a difference and touch even if it was like one person’s life… inspire them. – Shantel VanSanten
Our best teachers do more than impart facts and figures – they inspire and encourage students and instill a true desire to learn. That’s a fine art in itself. – Sonny Perdue
If there’s any indirect way I can motivate or inspire Olympic athletes… that is one of the greatest honors. Even Natalie Coughlin saying that I inspired her. I’m so humbled by that. I think that’s amazing. – Summer Sanders
It usually starts with the director and any other creatives who may be involved at the start. It’s a collaboration. I bring what I have naturally and, hopefully, what they cast me for, and then we start playing and tweaking until we have what they feel’s right. It helps to have some artwork to inspire me, but I don’t always get that luxury. – Yuri Lowenthal
In ‘Growing Stronger,’ I expose my most painful moments and open my heart, thoughts and person, so that my experiences can inspire alleviation, consolation and decisiveness. – Thalia
People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals – that is, goals that do not inspire them. – Tony Robbins