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 shall be telling this with a sigh, somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I I took the one less traveled by. And that has made all the difference."

    ~ Robert Frost quotes

    Inspirational Quotes on: Courage

  • When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters--one represents danger, and the other represents opportunity.

    ~ John F. Kennedy quotes

    Famous Quotes on: Attitude

  • You weren't an accident. You weren't mass produced. You aren't an assembly-line product. You were deliberately planned, specifically gifted, and lovingly positioned on the Earth by the Master Craftsman.

    ~ Max Lucado quotes

    Inspirational Quotes on: Master, Earth

  • It’s imperative to realize that it is not necessary to try to get rid of fear in order to succeed. Rich and successful people have fear, rich and successful people have doubts, rich and successful people have worries. They just don’t let these feelings stop them. Unsuccessful people have fears, doubts, and worries, then let those feelings stop them.

    ~ T. Harv Eker quotes from Secrets of the Millionaire Mind

    Motivational Quotes on: Fear, Success, Secret, Stop, Feelings, Mind, Try, Doubts, Feel, Doubt, People, Rich

  • I think every person should be able to enjoy life. Try to decide what you most enjoy doing, and then look around to see if there is a job for which you could prepare yourself that would enable you to continue having this sort of joy.

    ~ Linus Pauling quotes

    Famous Quotes on: Decide, Think, Life, Doing, Try, Joy, Enjoy, Should

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Quotes by Teachers

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