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:-

  • It may be true that the unexamined life is not worth living—but neither is the unlived life worth examining.

    ~ Dan Millman quotes

    Famous Quotes on: Action, Life

  • It is not the big mansion that makes the happy home.

    ~ Irish Proverb quotes

    Motivational Quotes on: Happy

  • Dream lofty dreams and as you dream, so shall you become.

    ~ James Allen quotes

    Famous Quotes on: James Allen, Dreams, Dream, Become

  • “I know I’ll handle it. I have nothing to worry about.”

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

    Self-Development Quotes on: Worry, Fear, Now, Feel

  • The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesus. And I put them in a book. If you don't like their rules, whose would you use?

    ~ Dale Carnegie quotes

    Inspirational Quotes on: Jesus, Socrates

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Quotes by Teachers

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