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:-

  • Any one thing in the creation is sufficient to demonstrate a Providence to a humble and grateful mind.

    ~ Epictetus quotes

    Famous Quotes on: Love, Humble

  • Now I know that when I am angry at my husband, I simply have to ask myself, “What am I not doing in my life that I could be doing that I am blaming him for not doing for me?”

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

    Inspirational Quotes on: Fear, Life, Doing, Now, Feel

  • If you are focused on he “the way it’s supposed to be,” you might miss the opportunity to enjoy the way it is or to have it be wonderful in a totally different way from what you imagined.

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

    Motivational Quotes on: Focus, Fear, The Way, Rent, Joy, Enjoy, Opportunity, Feel

  • Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.

    ~ Oscar Wilde quotes

    Famous Quotes on: Live, Suffer, Within

  • If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.

    ~ Thomas A. Edison quotes

    Famous Quotes on: Doing

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Quotes by Topic

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Quotes by Teachers

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