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:-

• Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.

  ~ Epicurus quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Wisdom, Death

• The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesus. And I put them in a book. If you don't like their rules, whose would you use?

  ~ Dale Carnegie quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Jesus, Socrates

• If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy and inspires your hopes.

  ~ Andrew Carnegie quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Thoughts, Energy, Andrew Carnegie, Command, Happy

• The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

  ~ Walt Disney quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Action

• The basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge, while an ordinary man takes everything as a blessing or a curse.

  ~ Carlos Castaneda quotes from Tales of Power

  Famous Quotes on: Attitude, Perception, Warrior

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