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:-

• Children enter school as question marks and leave as periods.

  ~ Neil Postman quotes

• A miracle happened: another day of life.

  ~ Paulo Coelho quotes from Veronika Decides to Die

  Inspirational Quotes on: Decide, Paulo Coelho, Life

• ...perhaps the most distinguishing trait of visionary leaders is that they believe in a goal that benefits not only themselves, but others as well. It is such vision that attracts the psychic energy of other people, and makes them willing to work beyond the call of duty for the organization.

  ~ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi quotes from Good Business

  Motivational Quotes on: Business, Energy, Vision, Sin, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Zen, Act, Work, Good, Believe, Leader, People

• A warrior thinks of death when things become unclear. The idea of death is the only thing that tempers our spirit.

  ~ Carlos Castaneda quotes from A Separate Reality

  Inspirational Quotes on: Wisdom, Death, Warrior

• When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.

  ~ La Rochefoucauld quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Love, Believe, Doubt

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