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

    Motivational Quotes on: Goals, War, Dreams, Dream, New, Life, Progress, Entrepreneur

  • Saying “I’ll start managing my money as soon as I get caught up” is like an overweight person saying “I’ll start exercising and dieting as soon as I lose twenty pounds.”

    ~ T. Harv Eker quotes from Secrets of the Millionaire Mind

    Inspirational Quotes on: Sin, Secret, Yin, Mind, Money

  • Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I shall have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it, even if I may not have it at the beginning.

    ~ Mahatma Gandhi quotes

    Inspirational Quotes on: Attitude, Belief, Believe

  • She knew she could not have reached this white serenity except as the sum of all the colors, of all the violence she had known.

    ~ Ayn Rand quotes from The Fountainhead

    Motivational Quotes on: Ayn Rand, New, The Fountainhead

  • Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

    ~ William James quotes

    Self-Development Quotes on: William James, Act

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Quotes by Teachers

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