Inspiration comes from within yourself. One has to be positive. When you’re positive, good things happen. — Deep Roy

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Motivation gets you through the day, but inspiration lasts a lifetime.

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You can only work on yourself. Start there. ― Alice O. Howell

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After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him... The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.

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Nothing is work unless you'd rather be doing something else. — George Halas

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When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.

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Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong. — Ella Fitzgerald

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I don't want to give people the wrong advice to follow their dreams no matter what, because it's not fun to be a starving artist. But on the other hand, life is short, and if you are burning with a passion to do something, then do it. Work hard, study hard at it, and don't give up. _ Marjorie Liu

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Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy. — Robert Half

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There's so much to be grateful for, words are poor things. ― Marilynne Robinson

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