Inspirational quotes.

Emerson instructed us to “Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all your reading have been to you like the blast of truimpth out of Shakespeare, Seneca, Moses, John and Paul.”

Following Emerson’s guidance, I offer some of my favorite blasts of triumph. You can search by topic or by teacher or you can just hit refresh and keep getting 5 new random quotes below:-

  • Next to love, balance is the most important thing.

    ~ John Wooden quotes

    Motivational Quotes on: Love, John Wooden, Balance

  • Fixedness of purpose is the root of all successful efforts.

    ~ James Allen quotes

    Self-Development Quotes on: Success, Purpose, James Allen, Effort

  • To be free, to be happy and to be fruitful, can only be attained through sacrifice of many common but overestimated things.

    ~ Robert Henri quotes

    Famous Quotes on: Rest, Fruit, Happy

  • You must become what you want to attract. Be the kind of person you would want to surround yourself with.

    ~ Susan Jeffers quotes from Feel the Fear…And Do It Anyway

    Self-Development Quotes on: Fear, Act, Kind, Become, Feel

  • Through some strange and powerful principle of “mental chemistry” which she has never divulged, Nature wraps up in the impulse of strong desire “that something” which recognizes no such word as impossible, and accepts no such reality as failure.

    ~ Napoleon Hill quotes

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Quotes by Topic

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Quotes by Teachers

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