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:-

  • To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men—that is genius.

    ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes

    Self-Development Quotes on: Love, Believe

  • Unconscious of your story, you are in its grasp; but with consciousness, an alchemical process begins: The solidity of the complex dissolves and you can open up to the arrival of a new archetype, the birth of a new cycle of life. In the shadow, then, lies our myth and our fate.

    ~ Connie Zweig quotes from Romancing the Shadow

    Famous Quotes on: Ras, New, Life, Fate, Lies

  • A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

    ~ Maya Angelou quotes

    Self-Development Quotes on: Sin, Angel

  • The knowledge that we consider knowledge proves itself in action. What we now mean by knowledge is information in action, information focused on results.

    ~ Peter F. Drucker quotes

    Inspirational Quotes on: Action, Focus, Act, Results, Edge, Knowledge, Now

  • Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.

    ~ Lao-tzu quotes from Tao Te Ching

    Famous Quotes on: Action, Self-mastery, Power, Win

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Quotes by Topic

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Quotes by Teachers

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