Aaron Koblin Quotes

I am more prolific when I have something to respond to. I get my juice from people and real stories and things that seem common but are amazing.

Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring. Any absorbing passion has the effect to deliver from the little coils and cares of every day: 'tis the heat which sets our human atoms spinning, overcomes the friction of crossing thresholds, and first addresses in society, and gives us a good start and speed, easy to continue, when once it is begun.

Losing is a learning experience. It teaches you humility. It teaches you to work harder. It's also a powerful motivator.

Find the key emotion; this may be all you need know to find your short story.

Whenever I'm in need of inspiration and mantras, I go straight to simple affirmations. 'I am strong', 'I am brave', 'I can do this' and 'I'm awesome'. Whatever you put after 'I am', you will become. 'I am' are the two most powerful words, so make sure what you say after 'I am' is what you want to experience. It's like a magic trick.

Storytelling with music is a really powerful device.

Love is more powerful, love gives life, love makes hope blossom in the wilderness.

What I think is so great about interviews, is when people cite inspirations.

Only when you dream it you can do it.

My point is that love is the most powerful motivator in the world. It spurs mortals to greatness. Their noblest, bravest acts are done for love.

People love to have lived a great story, but few people like the work it takes to make it happen.

Most great leaders are also great communicators. Great leaders have learned how to persuade so their objectives can be reached. The most powerful device to persuade is story. Stating facts and figures is not memorable. Emotionally connecting your audience to your idea through story will move them.

The most powerful words in English are 'Tell me a story,' words that are intimately related to the complexity of history, the origins of language, the continuity of the species, the taproot of our humanity, our singularity, and art itself. I was born into the century in which novels lost their stories, poems their rhymes, paintings their form, and music its beauty, but that does not mean I had to like that trend or go along with it. I fight against these movements with every book I write.

If our young people could but glimpse it, it would be the most powerful spiritual motivation of their lives!

Share your story with someone. You never know how one sentence of your life story could inspire someone to rewrite their own.

We're finding [texting] 11 times more powerful than email [for communicating with kids].

The Key means a lot to me as a powerful symbol to believe, and this new fragrance is my message to my fans to always believe in their dreams.

Ordinary people love entertainment. Extraordinary people adore education.

The tools of social networking: These are the digital campfires around which the audience gathers to hear our story.

When I hear people watched my film and then got on their own bikes and rode, whether a few miles or across America, to achieve their own goals - that excites me. It's the power of a story.

In life, I'm most inspired by entertaining people and driven by the desire to do it by such a powerful force that I think it influences everything I do.

Vision is the most powerful weapon in the leader's arsenal.

Having a powerful enough WHY will provide you with the necessary HOW

If you ask anyone, what is morality based on? These are the two factors that always come out: One is reciprocity, … a sense of fairness, and the other one is empathy and compassion.

I'm inspired by watching and listening to people. For example, my first novel, The Scale, came to life after I overheard two women discussing their struggle with their weight at the gym.