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 love not rushing the process. Mind doesn’t shift until it does, and when it does shift, it’s right on time, not one second too late or too soon. People are like seeds waiting to sprout. We can’t be pushed ahead of our own understanding.

    ~ Byron Katie quotes from Loving What Is

    Famous Quotes on: Love, Katie, Mind, Understand, Time, Right, People, Shift

  • As a solid rock cannot be moved by the wind, the wise are not shaken by praise or blame.

    ~ Buddha quotes

  • I make mistakes like the next man. In fact, being--forgive me--rather cleverer than most men, my mistakes tend to be correspondingly huger.

    ~ Dumbledore quotes from Harry Potter

    Famous Quotes on: Act, Mistake, Give

  • All you have to do to change your world is change the way you think about it.

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

    Inspirational Quotes on: Fear, Change, Think, The Way, World, Feel

  • Don't help me or serve me, but let me see it once, because I need it. Don't work for my happiness, my brothers—show me yours—show me that it is possible—show me your achievement—and the knowledge will give me the courage for mine. Mallory (the young artist) to Roark in "The Fountainhead"

    ~ Ayn Rand quotes

    Inspirational Quotes on: Vision, Purpose, Happiness, Knowledge, Achieve, Serve

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Quotes by Topic

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Quotes by Teachers

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