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 me it seems that those sciences are vain and full of error which are not born of experience, mother of all certainty, first hand experience which in its origins, or means, or end has passed through one of the five senses.

    ~ Leonardo da Vinci quotes

    Motivational Quotes on: Wisdom

  • Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.

    ~ Hafez quotes

    Motivational Quotes on: Courage, Fear

  • Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.

    ~ Albert Einstein quotes

    Self-Development Quotes on: Wisdom, Simplicity, Simple

  • I said to myself: “You mean all those people out there that I’ve been envying because they’re not afraid to move ahead with their lives have really been afraid? Why didn’t somebody tell me!?” I guess I never asked.

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

    Famous Quotes on: Fear, Live, Yin, Body, Envy, Cause, Feel, People

  • Opportunities multiply as they are seized.

    ~ Sun Tzu quotes

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Quotes by Topic

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Quotes by Teachers

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