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:-

  • "Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission."

    ~ Zig Ziglar quotes

    Self-Development Quotes on: Vision, People

  • Seldom does and individual exceed his own expectations.

    ~ Unknown quotes

    Self-Development Quotes on: Unknown, Expect, Now

  • You translate everything--whether physical, mental, or spiritual into muscular tension.

    ~ FM Alexander quotes

    Self-Development Quotes on: Tension, Spiritual, Spirit

  • We must dare to think 'unthinkable' thoughts. We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing world. We must learn to welcome and not to fear the voices of dissent. We must dare to think about 'unthinkable things' because when things become unthinkable, thinking stops and action becomes mindless.

    ~ James William Fulbright quotes

    Motivational Quotes on: Wisdom, Think, Fear, Possibilities

  • The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.

    ~ Lucille Ball quotes

    Famous Quotes on: Live, Secret, Yin, Age

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Quotes by Topic

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Quotes by Teachers

Unknown Wallace D. Wattles T. Harv Eker Byron Katie Ralph Waldo Emerson Mevlana Rumi Mark Twain Seneca Susan Jeffers Albert Einstein John Eliot, Ph.D. Paulo Coelho Russell Simmons Walter Russell Friedrich Nietzsche Lao-tzu Henry David Thoreau Joseph Campbell Stephen R. Covey Dale Carnegie Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Steve Pavlina Napoleon Hill Carlos Castaneda Leo Buscaglia Andrew Carnegie Robert Cooper Roger McDonald Eric Butterworth James Allen Viktor Frankl Morihei Ueshiba David Emerald George Bernard Shaw William Shakespeare Pablo Picasso William James A Course in Miracles David McCullough Abraham Lincoln Jesus Linus Pauling Thomas Jefferson Yoda Jim Rohn Elbert Hubbard Socrates John Wooden Andrew Cohen Abraham Maslow Benjamin Franklin Donny Deutsch Jean Jacques Rousseau Robert Fritz Aristotle Rollo May Dan Millman Bruce Jenner Krishna Zen Master Dennis Genpo Merzel Ernest Holmes George Shinn Deepak Chopra Ali Eric Hoffer Peter N. Zarlenga Martin Luther King Jr. St. Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney Auguste Rodin Viktor E. Frankl Mary-Elaine Jacobsen Ronald Reagan Ben Stein The Dalai Lama Ken Auletta Mr. Darcy Warren Buffett Paul R. Scheele Sue Patton Thoele Alan Greenspan Kevin Sorbo William Temple Sal Sorbera Gorden B. Hinkley FM Alexander Mark Victor Hansen Mary Kay Ash Tom Stoppard Dr. Gary Arthur Elizabeth Bowen T.S. Elliot Alvin Toffler The Upanishads Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Ralph Cordiner Robert F. Kennedy Soren Aabye Kierkegaard Mexican Proverb Bob Proctor Peter Ueberroth Oliver Wendell Holmes Anthony de Mello Donald Trump Michael Gelb G.K. Chesterton Les Miserables Ramana Maharshi Werner Erhard Louisa May Alcott Kemmons Wilson Thomas A. Edison Herman Melville Antoine de Saint-Exupery George Orwell Wallace Wattles Marianne Williamson Alberto Salazar Brian Klemmer Saint Augustine Luis Villalobos David Kekich Brock Tully Margaret Atwood Aldous Huxley Malcolm Forbes Harvey Mackay Frank Herbert Michael S. Josephson Thomas Carlyle Thomas J. Watson Thomas Edison Dante Drs. Lewis, Amini and Lannon Tom Robbins John Keating Tennessee Williams Richard Koch Buckminster Fuller Bill Cosby Alexandre Dumas Bruce Lee Calvin Coolidge Norman Vincent Peale Epictetus Maximus Robert Joss Plato Chinese Proverb Maurice Maeterlinck Jan Marshall George F. Nordenholt

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