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:-

• Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead; sometimes you're behind. The race is long and in the end, it is only with yourself.

  ~ Mary Schmich quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Attitude

• "Fame or integrity: which is more important? Money or happiness: which is more valuable? Success or failure: which is more destructive? If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never truly be fulfilled. If your happiness depends on money, you will never be happy with yourself. Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you."

  ~ Lao-tzu quotes from Tao Te Ching

  Inspirational Quotes on: Attitude, Appreciation, Success, Happiness, Fame, Integrity, Failure, Money, Fulfillment, Happy

• History, though, shows us that the people who end up changing the world—the great political, scientific, social, technological, artistic, even sports revolutionaries—are always nuts, until they’re right, and then they’re geniuses.

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

  Motivational Quotes on: John Eliot, Overachievement, Genius, New, Great, Achievement, People, History

• You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will become too late.

  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Love, Kindness

• For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.

  ~ Mary Kay Ash quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Action, Failure, Mary Kay Ash, Act, Fail

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