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:-

  • The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny - it is the light that guides your way.

    ~ Heraclitus quotes

    Motivational Quotes on: Wisdom, Character, Destiny, Integrity, Principles

  • [Roark to Keating:] If you want my advice, Peter," he said at last, "you've made a mistake already. By asking me. By asking anyone. Never ask people. Not about your work. Don't you know what you want? How can you stand it, not to know?"

    ~ Ayn Rand quotes from The Fountainhead

    Self-Development Quotes on: Ayn Rand, Vice, Mistake, Work, The Fountainhead, Skin, People

  • Awareness is half the battle.

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

    Famous Quotes on: Fear, War, Awareness, Aware, Feel

  • Too many of those with unrealized aspirations have set them aside due to fear of failure. The bigger the dream, the greater the fear. Doing less than our best allays this fear. I could have done better if I’d tried, we assure ourselves. Among the least appreciated reasons for doing superficial, second-rate work of any kind is the comfort of knowing it’s not our best that’s on the line. By not trying too hard, we avoid learning what our true potential is, and having to fulfill it. Doing our best can be deeply threatening. It forces us to consider what we’re actually capable of accomplishing. Once we learn that lesson, we can’t unlearn it. Our true potential becomes both a shining light we can follow and an oppressive burden of expectation that might, or might not, be met.

    ~ Unknown quotes from Whoever Makes the Most Mistakes Wins: The Paradox of Innovation

    Inspirational Quotes on: Fear, Failure, Learn, Learning, Unknown, Dream, Act, Kind, Yin, Follow, Better, Mistake, Work, Best, Great, Reason, Doing, Potential, Light, Appreciate, Fail, Expect, Try, Win

  • Einstein was a man who could ask immensely simple questions. And what his work showed was that when the answers are simple, too, then you can hear God thinking.

    ~ Jacob Bronowski quotes

    Famous Quotes on: Wisdom, Simplicity, God, Simple

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