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:-

• Traveling is the ruin of all happiness! There's no looking at a building here after seeing Italy.

  ~ Fanny Burney quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Happiness

• It's the little things you do that can make a big difference. What are you attempting to accomplish? What little thing can you do today that will make you more effective? You are probably only one step away from greatness.

  ~ Bob Proctor quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Action, Impeccability

• There is only one journey: going inside yourself.

  ~ Rainer Maria Rilke quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Journey

• Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

  ~ Robert Frost quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Love, Desire, Robert Frost

• The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it: but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it.

  ~ Madame de Stael quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Mistake

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Quotes by Teachers

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