It's been three years and some months since I've last blogged a series of quotations (
the ones on my Facebook and
favorites from Angelina Jolie). And in many ways, inspiring words have kept me going. Back when favorite quotations was easily accessible on Facebook, I would read each friend's favorite quotations when I we became friends with them on Facebook. I always liked learning what motivates people. So here are some new favorites (pulled mostly from my Twitter because I can't remember things off the top of my head).
"All the changes in the world, for good or for evil, were first brought about by words." -- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
“There is an expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction; the moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you.” -- J. K. Rowling
"You can't be 'good for your age' anymore. You have to be GOOD." -- Emma Coats
"Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part and a bolt of lightning to strike you in the brain, you are not going to make an awful lot of work." -- Chuck Close
"If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself." -- Albert Einstein
"Imagination, not intelligence, made us human." -- Terry Pratchett
"Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark. Make some light." -- Kate DiCamillo
"I was not inspired by old science fiction as much as I was inspired by how the future used to be seen in contrast to how it’s seen today." -- Brad Bird
"The biggest problem with Twitter is that I'd be in a taxi and I'd be on Twitter and it would keep me interested. I realised I wasn't getting bored enough and [that I needed to get bored] to start plotting things and coming up with ideas." -- Neil Gaiman
"Stay Hungry. Stay foolish." -- Steve Jobs
