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:-

  • Try not. Do or do not. There is no try.

    ~ Yoda quotes

    Self-Development Quotes on: Action

  • Joy and happiness are the indicators of balance in a human machine…An inner joyousness, amounting to ecstasy, is the normal condition of the genius mind. Any lack of that joyousness develops body-destroying toxins. That inner ecstasy of the mind is the secret fountain of perpetual youth and strength in any man. He who finds it finds omnipotence and omniscience.

    ~ Walter Russell quotes from The Man Who Tapped the Secrets of the Universe

    Motivational Quotes on: Happiness, Genius, Secret, Balance, Yin, Destroy, Mind, Body, Universe, Joy

  • It's the little things you do that can make a big difference. What are you attempting to accomplish? What little thing can you do today that will make you more effective? You are probably only one step away from greatness.

    ~ Bob Proctor quotes

    Self-Development Quotes on: Action, Impeccability

  • Energy and persistence conquer all things.

    ~ Benjamin Franklin quotes

    Self-Development Quotes on: Energy, Persistence

  • A warrior chooses a path with heart, any path with heart, and follows it; and then he rejoices and laughs. He knows because he sees that his life will be over altogether too soon. He sees that nothing is more important than anything else.

    ~ Carlos Castaneda quotes from A Separate Reality

    Inspirational Quotes on: Vision, Purpose, Life, Warrior

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Quotes by Teachers

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