"If you wait for inspiration you'll be standing on the corner after the parade is a mile down the street"
- Ben Nicholas
About this Quote
This quote by Ben Nicholas is a tip to not wait for inspiration to strike in the past doing something about it. It recommends that if one awaits inspiration, they will miss out on opportunities and be left. The images of standing on the corner after a parade has actually passed emphasizes the idea of being too late. It suggests that motivation is not something that can be relied upon to come at the best time, which one need to actively seek it out and utilize it when it does come. In essence, this quote encourages proactivity and not relying on external elements for inspiration.
This quote is written / told by Ben Nicholas somewhere between December 10, 1987 and today. He was a famous Actor from Australia.
The author also have 2 other quotes.
"Youth is the period in which a man can be hopeless. The end of every episode is the end of the world. But the power of hoping through everything, the knowledge that the soul survives its adventures, that great inspiration comes to the middle-aged"
"When you're younger, your inspiration is there. As you get older, it tends to waver. Once you find it - I found it again - that's where you can draw from. That's where you draw your strength from"
