The dearest possession a man has is his family. In the divine assurance that family ties may transcend the boundaries of death, and may continue throughout endless ages of eternity, I find supreme consolation and inspiration.
David Oman McKay - American religious leader

Each one of us is the architect of his own fate; and he is unfortunate indeed who will try to build himself without the inspiration of God, without realizing that he grows from within, not from without.
David Oman McKay

Cynics build no bridges; they make no discoveries; no gaps are spanned by them. Cynics may pride themselves in being realistic in their approach, but progress and the onward march of Christian civilization demand an inspiration and motivation that cynicism never affords. If we want progress we must take the forward look.
Paul L. McKay D.D.

I do not prize the word ‘cheap’. It is not a word of hope, nor a word of cheer. It is not a word of inspiration. It is the badge of poverty. The signal of distress. Cheap merchandise means cheap men. Cheap men means a cheap country.
William McKinley 25^th US president

Every man has his own destiny; the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it no matter where it leads him.
Henry Miller

Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known.
Alan Alexander Milne author of Pooh

The observation of nature is part of an artist’s life, it enlarges his form (and) knowledge, keeps him fresh and from working only by formula, and feeds inspiration.
Henry Moore

If the American Revolution had produced nothing but the Declaration of Independence, it would have been worth while…the beauty and cogency of the preamble, reaching back to remotest antiquity and forward so an indefinite future, have lifted the hearts of millions of men and will continue to do…. These words are more revolutionary than anything written by Robespierre, Marx, or Lenin, more explosive than the atom, a continual challenge to ourselves as well as an inspiration to the oppressed of all the world.
Samuel Eliot Morison

Over-preparation is the foe of inspiration.
Napoleon Bonaparte (Napoleon I)