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 story of the entrepreneur… is the story of forward progress, of pursuing one's dreams and goals no matter how outlandish they seem to others. The entrepreneur, like the pioneer, pushes boundaries in search of what's new, what's next. Sometimes, he brings the whole society with him, rushing forward together into a next phase of our communal human life.

    ~ Sam Wyly quotes

    Self-Development Quotes on: Goals, War, Dreams, Dream, New, Life, Progress, Entrepreneur

  • To fly as fast as thought, to be anywhere there is, you must begin by knowing that you have already arrived.

    ~ Richard Bach quotes

    Self-Development Quotes on: Richard Bach, Win

  • ""You were not born to be a second-hander." Howard Roark to Gail Wynand in "The Fountainhead""

    ~ Ayn Rand quotes

    Famous Quotes on: Action

  • Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.

    ~ Abraham Lincoln quotes

    Famous Quotes on: Action, Abraham Lincoln

  • No amount of reading or memorizing will make you successful in life. It is the understanding and application of wise thought which counts.

    ~ Bob Proctor quotes

    Self-Development Quotes on: Success, Bob Proctor, Life, Understand, Wise

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Quotes by Topic

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Quotes by Teachers

T. Harv Eker Ralph Waldo Emerson Byron Katie Unknown Susan Jeffers Walter Russell Joseph Campbell Seneca Timothy Ferriss Albert Einstein Russell Simmons Winston Churchill Paulo Coelho Wallace D. Wattles Carlos Castaneda James Allen Mark Twain Henry David Thoreau Ernest Holmes Mevlana Rumi Robin Sharma John Eliot, Ph.D. Napoleon Hill Buddha Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Friedrich Nietzsche Vernon Howard Oliver Wendell Holmes Oscar Wilde Tony Robbins William James Dan Millman Chinese Proverb George Bernard Shaw William Shakespeare Buckminster Fuller Roger McDonald Carl Jung Donny Deutsch Frank Herbert Marlo Morgan Anthony de Mello Thomas Edison Dale Carnegie Napoleon Bonaparte Eric Hoffer Mary Baker Eddy Confucius Robert Allen Rollo May Esther & Jerry Hicks Jean Sibelius Marcus Aurelius Norman Vincent Peale David McCullough Krishna Albert Camus Harry Truman T.S. Elliot Douglas MacArthur Doug Weed Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, M.D. Bob Proctor Zen Master Dennis Genpo Merzel Aaron Copland Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche Andrew Cohen Robertson Davies Thoreau Sun Tzu Frederick Wilcox Blood of the Martyr W. Somerset Maugham Booker T. Washington Sir Winston Churchill Jim Rohn Stephen Jay Gould Max Wertheimer Emmanuel Leo Buscaglia Swedish proverb Leonardo da Vinci Og Mandino The Dalai Lama Plato Oprah Bruce Lee George Washington Carver Victor Hugo W.H. Murray Ramana Maharshi Mohandas Gandhi Bhagavad-Gita Louis Nizer Ken Wilber Doug Larson Jim Bishop Tom Clancy Edward J. Koch Steve Jobs Rosabeth Moss Cantor Anton Checkhov Sylvester Stallone James Cameron Robert Cooper Cowper Ken Blanchard William Arthur Ward Marilyn Vos Savant Morihei Ueshiba Abraham Lincoln Mike Maples Benjamin Disraeli La Rochefoucauld Thomas Szasz Edward Gibbon Dalai Lama Chofetz Chaim Arthur Schopenhauer Somerset Maugham Martin Luther King, Jr. Sir Henry Wooton Richard Bach Jelaluddin Rumi Maya Angelou Oswald Chambers Papa Wallenda Gandhi James Baldwin Marilyn Ferguson Michio Kaku Andrew Jackson John Adams John W. Gardner Oliver Cromwell Percy Ross Robert Frost Picasso Aldous Huxley Patrick Delany Barbara Kingsolver Eleanor Roosevelt Viktor Frankl A Course in Miracles Mae West Ayn Rand Jimmy Durante Linda Kreger Silverman Marlene Dietrich Pablo Picasso Sri Ramana Maharishi

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