Inspirational Writers Quotes

A writer writes. There are no exceptions to this reality. No excuses. Stop wasting time talking about your stories and get them on paper. ~ Christy Hall

First, you scribble. Then, you write. ~ Timi Waters

I write because I know I am only one to control the world I created in my books. ~ Anamika Mishra

I write because I want to fall in love with love over and over again ~ Anamika Mishra

I've been known to write 10 pages a day for 10 days running before I take a breath. I am not a disciplined writer. I'm one of those people who laughingly call themselves inspirational writers, which basically means someone who has no control over their own creative process. ~ Catherine Ryan Hyde

Remember once you have your dream, write it down! ~ Samuel Colbran

The real duty of a motivational speaker and an inspirational writer must be to inspire lives to live and leave distinctive footprints which shall qualify such lives to eternal eternity in the Kingdom of God notwithstanding how minute or great the footprints might be ~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

I write because it's a beautiful habit ~ Anamika Mishra

The expectation that TV women need to be more likeable than men is bullshit and in need of a change. ~ Mindy Kaling

Good ideas stay with you until you eventually write the story. ~ Brian Keene

Because.
Everything
worth anything
takes time. ~ Christy Hall

In order to write the book you want to write, in the end you have to become the person you need to become to write that book. ~ Junot Diaz

Most inspirational writers were born as driftwood and will say they have been beaten against every shoreline during their life. We understand storms. We understand drowning. We understand being devalued. We understand being stranded alone on a beach. God made us this way so we would know where every lighthouse can be found and tell others how to find them. We were never meant to stand on the beach with you because every rescue we do rescues ourselves. We always go back to the sea because that is where driftwood belongs
forever searching for answers to our endless questions and sharing what we learned ... (2012, Writer's Conference) ~ Shannon L. Alder

I write to release. I write to feel free. I write to de-stigmatise a whole stigmatised culture. I write to challenge pre-populated norms. ~ D.J. Walters

I write because I always want good to win over evil ~ Anamika Mishra

So I think writers are made and not born. But what you choose to write is buried so deeply inside it's like lodestones inside you and sooner or later you come near something that you're supposed to be doing with your life and it's like a magnet. It attracts. ~ Stephen King

Biographies are best when written chronologically. Boring people don't make for good biographies. ~ Deana J. Driver

I don't believe in writers' block. Do doctors have 'doctors block?' Do plumbers have 'plumbers' block?" No. We all have days when we don't feel like working, but why do writers turn that into something so damn special by giving it a faintly romantic name. ~ Larry Kahaner

Give the reader what they want, just not the way they expect it. ~ William Goldman

The task of the artist at any time is uncompromisingly simple - to discover what has not yet been done, and to do it. ~ Craig Raine

I close my eyes and think of what might be possible. And, in my mind, I see fireworks over the Hudson. ~ Christy Hall

An inspirational writer's life is an open book that never shuts. Choose your words carefully. ~ Shannon L. Alder

The most influential people you will ever meet were once held together by the encouragement of others. ~ Shannon L. Alder

My father taught me that you can you read a hundred books on wisdom and write a hundred books on wisdom, but unless you apply what you learned then its only words on a page. Life is not lived with intentions, but action. ~ Shannon L. Alder

They wouldn't have picked you to tell their story if you weren't the one. ~ N.E. Henderson

I write because in my books, I can experience those (mad and crazy) things that I won't be able to do in my real life ~ Anamika Mishra

Definition of a Writer: One who tells stories that demand to be told. ~ Ana Patrick

Many live in the ivory tower called reality; they never venture on the open sea of thought. ~ Francois Gautier

Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Order marches with weighty and measured strides. Disorder is always in a hurry. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

I say what I think and do what I say ~ Pim Fortuyn

MOTHER TIME: We all get the exact same 365 days. The only difference is what we do with them. ~ Hillary DePiano

Balance is not always obtainable in every situation, however, we have the option to surrender our control over the desired outcome and live more easily in the present moment . This will result in greater peace of mind. ~ Nanette Mathews

We get nose jobs all the time in the NHL, and we don't even have to go to the hospital. ~ Brad Park

A man who knows how little he knows is well, a man who knows how much he knows is sick. If, when you see the symptoms, you can tell, Your cure is quick.
A sound man knows that sickness makes him sick and before he catches it his cure is quick. ~ Lao-Tzu

You can hold onto anything to make you carry on. ~ Sarah Winman

And, in the end
The love you take
is equal to the love you make. ~ Paul McCartney

With teamwork we are able to multiply our output and minimize individual input. ~ Ogwo David Emenike

I would rather be right and die than be wrong and kill. ~ Holly Lisle

When you fail to be your own boss,
You are giving somebody else the contract. ~ Richard Marcel I.

Hating our bodies is something that we learn, and it sure as hell is something that we can unlearn. ~ Megan Jayne Crabbe

There was still light in the world, and the choice was hers to be a part of it. ~ C.M. Rayne

A little birdie wandered into the fire and a phoenix came out. ~ Derek Ryans

I didn't have to think up so much as a comma or a semicolon; it was all given, straight from the celestial recording room. Weary, I would beg for a break, an intermission, time enough, let's say, to go to the toilet or take a breath of fresh air on the balcony. Nothing doing! ~ Henry Miller

Don't complain about the people that are drawn to you. Maybe if you change your bait, you'll catch a different fish. ~ Jasmine J. Anderson

Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause. ~ Voltaire

We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles. ~ Thomas A. Edison

Everything changes except the love. ~ Santosh Kalwar

The Bible in the pulpit must never supersede the Bible at home. ~ J.C. Ryle

Luke would have had no idea what we in the modern world even mean when we say the word "history." The notion of history as a critical analysis of observable and verifiable events in the past is a product of the modern age; it would have been an altogether foreign concept to the gospel writers for whom history was not a matter of uncovering facts, but of revealing truths. ~ Reza Aslan

Forgiveness is the most compassionate way toward the peace. ~ Debasish Mridha

The Son of Man saves souls. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Stay simple like a candle, and never forget to enlighten the world. ~ Debasish Mridha

Power lies in the details, and the tenacious pursuit of such hidden levers can pay off enormously. While you don't want to get a reputation as a prissy worrywart, worrying about the details in private is important. You may think you are the world's greatest speaker, but if the auditorium's sound system is singing static - well, forget it. ~ Tom Peters

The only barrier greater than ignorance is apathy. ~ Raymond C Nolan

There is only one way under high heaven to get the best of an argument - and that is to avoid it . ~ Dale Carnegie

We don't survive to live. We live to survive. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

There is magic in your life! Not appreciating it does not make it any less magical. Yes, some of that magic is dangerous, but so are scissors and electricity and politics- and plenty of other completely human inventions! ~ William Ritter

I opened two gifts this morning. They were my eyes. ~ Zig Ziglar

What ever you say or do, are reflections of what is in your heart. ~ Shawn Marsham

If we knew what is already there, there will be no need for research. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

You need not regret lost years if you have learned great things. ~ Jack Cady

Know that there is a magnificent plan for your life. Love yourself, and you give this unique plan permission to unfold. ~ Donna Labermeier

The truth is, Krishna was born much ahead of his time. All great persons are born ahead of their time, and all insignificant people are born after their time. It is only mediocre people who are born in their time. ~ Osho

We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

You know, it's not only writers who have this problem, but writers really, really have this problem; for us, a so-called train of thought, though unspoken, is unstoppable. ~ John Irving