Quote Image - Desktop Image

Quote Image- Mobile Image

Get the Daily Inspiration in your inbox

By subscribing to Inspiring Quotes you are agreeing to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

Daily Inspiration Podcast

April 30, 2021

00:00

00:00

Friday, April 30, 2021

Creativity means to push open the heavy, groaning doorway of life itself.

Daisaku Ikeda

Daisaku Ikeda, a Japanese Buddhist philosopher and peace advocate, has often spoken and written about the perseverance of the human spirit. This encouraging metaphor comes from a speech he gave to students at Soka University in 1974 on the transformative power of creativity. He cautioned students not to be discouraged or indolent when faced with difficulties, because “the creative essence of life is never crushed or vanquished by such things.” Instead, he encouraged them to keep working, producing, and creating. He urged, “Never for an instant forget the effort to renew your life, to build yourself anew.”

Play more header background

Daily Question

Fill in the blank: "Think big thoughts, but relish small ___." - H. Jackson Brown Jr.

More Inspiration

"Enough" is a feast.

Buddhist proverb

I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.

Eric Roth

Don't allow your rituals to become ruts.

Todd Henry

Everything that truly makes us happy is quite simple: love, sex, and food!

Meryl Streep

I'm doing many different things to prepare for the inevitable failure of one of them.

Jesse Eisenberg

I will either find a way, or make one.

Hannibal

To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.

William Somerset Maugham

All you have to do is take a close look at yourself and you will understand everyone else.

Isaac Asimov

The excursion is the same when you go looking for your sorrow as when you go looking for your joy.

Eudora Welty

When you come out of the storm you won’t be the same person who walked in.

Haruki Murakami

Featured Articles

12 Quotes Every Stubborn Person Needs To Read

March 27, 2024

17 Quotes About Finding Strength in Humility

April 4, 2024

13 Motivating Quotes for When You’re Feeling Overwhelmed

June 26, 2024

Reassuring Quotes To Beat the Winter Blues

January 9, 2024

16 Enduring Quotes About Everlasting Love

June 12, 2024

Our Top 23 Quotes of 2023

December 15, 2023

7 Things You Didn’t Know About Truman Capote

May 29, 2024

12 Quotes for When You’re Feeling Overstimulated

December 18, 2023

15 Life-Changing Quotes From Marcus Aurelius’ ‘Meditations’

March 27, 2024

Quotes To Help You Tap Into Your Inner Strength

March 20, 2024

13 Franklin Delano Roosevelt Quotes You’ve Never Heard Before

June 20, 2024