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:-

  • “Why not me?” You can’t just say it, you’ve got to own it.

    ~ Donny Deutsch quotes from Often Wrong Never in Doubt

  • From the beginning, what I was connecting with in the gym was a universal energy source. I would just feel it flowing. Even when I was twenty years old, I called the gym my church. When I was there, it wasn’t about being social; it was about doing my practice. I was in it. I was in the zone.

    ~ Shawn Phillips quotes

    Motivational Quotes on: Energy, Flow, Act, Doing, Practice, Win

  • [When asked what the purpose of life is:] "To find a cause that's larger than yourself and then to give your life to it.

    ~ Shimon Peres quotes

    Self-Development Quotes on: Purpose, Life, Give

  • I am not young enough to know everything.

    ~ Oscar Wilde quotes

    Motivational Quotes on: Now

  • If I miss a day of practice, I know it. If I miss two days, my manager knows it. If I miss three days, my audience knows it.

    ~ Andre Previn quotes

    Inspirational Quotes on: Act, Practice

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Quotes by Teachers

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