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:-

  • The day of the “go-getter” has passed. He has been supplanted by the “go-giver.”

    ~ Napoleon Hill quotes

  • Mysticism is: a. An advanced state of inner enlightenment. b. Union with Reality. c. A state of genuinely satisfying success. d. Insight into an entirely new world of living. e. An intuitive grasp of Truth, above and beyond intellectual reasoning. f. A personal experience, in which we are happy and healthy human beings.

    ~ Vernon Howard quotes

    Famous Quotes on: Success, Health, Experience, Truth, War, Ras, Persona, Yin, New, Intellect, Reason, Light, Vernon Howard, Mysticism, Happy, Mystic, Enlightenment

  • The pain that's created by avoiding hard work is actually much worse than any pain created from the actual work itself. Because if you don't begin to work on those ideas that God has blessed you with, they will become stagnant inside of you and eventually begin to eat away at you. You might seem OK on the outside, but inside you will be ill from not getting those ideas out of your heart and into the world. Stalling leads to sickness. But taking steps, even baby steps, always leads to success.

    ~ Russell Simmons quotes from Do You!

    Motivational Quotes on: Success, God, Act, Heart, Create, Work, Pain

  • Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

    ~ Jesus quotes

    Self-Development Quotes on: Love, Interconnectedness, God

  • Overachievement is aimed at people who want to maximize their potential. And to do that, I insist you throw caution to the wind, ignore the pleas of parents, coaches, spouses, and bosses to be "realistic." Realistic people do not accomplish extraordinary things because the odds against success stymie them. The best performers ignore the odds. I will show you that instead of limiting themselves to what's probable, the best will pursue the heart-pounding, exciting, really big, difference-making dreams--so long as catching them might be possible.

    ~ John Eliot, Ph.D. quotes from Overachievement: The New Model for Exceptional Performance

    Famous Quotes on: Success, Dreams, John Eliot, Overachievement, Dream, New, Heart, Best, Achievement, Potential, Rent, Achieve, People, Parents, Coach, Exciting, Win, Caution, Extraordinary

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