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:-

  • I can teach anybody how to get what they want out of life. The problem is that I can't find anybody who can tell me what they want.

    ~ Mark Twain quotes

    Inspirational Quotes on: Vision, Life

  • Life is always at a turning point.

    ~ Irwin Edman quotes

    Inspirational Quotes on: Life

  • "No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities always see them, for they're always there."

    ~ Norman Vincent Peale quotes

    Motivational Quotes on: Vision, Possibilities

  • Every Victim requires a Persecutor. But the Persecutor isn’t always necessarily a person. The Persecutor could also be a condition or a circumstance. A persecuting condition might be a disease or a heart attack, or an injury. A persecuting circumstance could be a natural disaster, like a hurricane or an earthquake or a house burning down.

    ~ David Emerald quotes from The Power of TED*

    Inspirational Quotes on: David Emerald, Power, Heart, Burning, Earth, Victim

  • The great epochs of our life come when we gain the courage to rechristen our evil as what is best in us.

    ~ Friedrich Nietzsche quotes from Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future

    Motivational Quotes on: Courage, Growth, Life

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Quotes by Teachers

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