Edited and compiled by Frank S. Mead, 12,000 Inspirational Quotations is a comprehensive collection of memorable and enlightening observations on faith and values in society today. Often humorous, sometimes controversial, always inspiring, these meaningful quotations are certain to add depth and substance to speech, writing, and daily reflection.

• 12,000 thought-provoking and uplifting quotations from history’s most celebrated and respected authors, poets, philosophers, spiritual leaders, visionaries, and statesmen
• More than 2,500 literary, historical, and spiritual sources from Proverbs to Napoleon, Martin Luther to Helen Keller, Shakespeare to Mark Twain
• 200 subject categories including conscience, grace, good and evil, immortality, heart, joy, family, friendship, spirit, and zeal
• Author and topic indexes
• Foreword by Phyllis Laura Hobe, editor, author and frequent contributor to Guideposts magazine

• Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s a Heaven for?
  — Robert Browning on ASPIRATION
• What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
  — Aristotle on FRIENDSHIP
• Success is to be measured not by wealth, power, or fame, but by the ratio between what a man is and what he might be.
  — H. G. Wells on SUCCESS

The late Frank S. Mead was an ordained Methodist minister and a man of letters. He served as editor-in-chief of The Christian Herald magazine, as well as of the book publishing firm Fleming H. Revell Company. The author of several books and a popular speaker, Mead was known for his ability to “bring an inspirational thought down to earth.”