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:-

  • There is a difference between wishing for a thing and being ready to receive it. No one is ready for a think until he believes he can acquire it. The state of mind must be belief, not mere hope or wish. Open-mindedness is essential for belief. Closed minds do not inspire faith, courage and belief.”

    ~ Napoleon Hill quotes

  • We all have the ability…we just don't all have the courage to follow our dreams and to follow the signs.

    ~ Paulo Coelho quotes

    Inspirational Quotes on: Courage, Paulo Coelho, Dreams, Dream, Follow

  • Adversity is the diamond dust that heaven polishes it's jewels with.

    ~ Leighton quotes

    Inspirational Quotes on: Polish

  • Even when the laws have been written down, they ought not always remain unchanged.

    ~ Aristotle quotes

    Famous Quotes on: Wisdom

  • Be as the still mountain; Move like the great river.

    ~ Lao-tzu quotes from Tao Te Ching

    Inspirational Quotes on: Tao Te Ching, Great

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Quotes by Teachers

Wallace D. Wattles Ralph Waldo Emerson T. Harv Eker Byron Katie Walter Russell Mevlana Rumi Seneca Susan Jeffers Unknown Friedrich Nietzsche Timothy Ferriss Paulo Coelho Joseph Campbell Dan Millman Carlos Castaneda Zen Master Dennis Genpo Merzel John Eliot, Ph.D. Napoleon Hill Henry David Thoreau Confucius Buddha Vernon Howard Albert Einstein Wayne Dyer Abraham Maslow Anthony de Mello David McCullough Robert Cooper Nikola Tesla Roger McDonald Martin Luther King, Jr. John F. Kennedy Marlo Morgan Abraham Lincoln Esther & Jerry Hicks Donny Deutsch Benjamin Franklin Henry Wadsworth Longfellow William James Robin Sharma Tony Robbins Eleanor Roosevelt Lao-tzu David Emerald Mitch Albom Colin Powell Krishna Ernest Holmes Alexander Graham Bell Marianne Williamson Franklin D. Roosevelt Buckminster Fuller Norman Vincent Peale Robert Frost Leo Buscaglia Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Pablo Picasso Winston Churchill Bob Proctor Epictetus Henry Ward Beecher Stephen R. Covey Aristotle Oscar Wilde Donald Trump Jean Baptiste Antoine Suard Mohandas Gandhi e.e. cummings Sheila Graham Carl Jung Robert Kiyosaki Bertrand Russell George Washington Dr. Samuel Johnson Swami Chinmayananda Dr. Herbert Benson Kahlil Gibran Irish Proverb Steve Pavlina Thomas Paine Don Miguel Ruiz Steven Pressfield David Kekich Edwin Markham Salvador Dali Mae West Aldous Huxley Booker T. Washington William Ellery Channing Eric Hoffer Julia Cameron Nadia Boulanger AT&T Albert Schweitzer J. Paul Getty Samuel Johnson Mike Murdock Alexander Smith Dale Carnegie Bodhidharma Margaret Mead Grandma Moses Andrew Carnegie Oliver Cromwell Gandhi Henry James John Dooner Gay & Katie Hendricks Chinese Proverb Tim Sanders Theodor Sorenson Max Lucado Galileo Galilei Augustine John Wooden Bruce Lee Obi-Wan Kenobi Percy Bysshe Shelley Ken Blanchard Shawn Phillips William E. Hickson Auguste Rodin FM Alexander Kent Nerburn Marilyn Vos Savant Johann Kaspar Lavater Og Mandino Xenocrates Kevin Sorbo Cardinal de Retz Loa Tzu Barack Obama Abraham Hicks Henri-Frederic Amiel Calvin Coolidge Erin Majors Epicurus Mother Theresa Lou Holtz Leonardo da Vinci Socrates Donna Cardillo, R.N. Paul R. Scheele Swahili Warrior Song Søren Kierkegaard Jesus Andrew Cohen Frederick Wilcox Shimon Peres Wilhelm Stekel William Shakespeare

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