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:-

• There's a tendency today to absolve individuals of moral responsibility and treat them as victims of social circumstance. You buy that; you pay with your soul. What limits people is lack of character. What limits people is that they don't have the nerve to star in their own fucking movie, let alone direct it.

  ~ Tom Robbins quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Victim

• You haven't failed until you quite trying.

  ~ Unknown quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Unknown, Yin, Fail, Try, Now

• Nature's way is simple and easy, but men prefer what is intricate and artificial.

  ~ Loa Tzu quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Nature, Simple

• "Oh, Little Blue Engine," cried the dolls and toys. "Will you pull us over the mountain? Our engine has broken down and the boys and girls on the other side won't have any toys to play with or good food to eat, unless you help us. Please, please, let us, Little Blue Engine." "I'm not very big," said the Little Blue Engine. "They use me only for switching trains in the yard. I have never been over the mountains." ... Puff, puff, chug, chug, went the Little Blue Engine. "I think I can--I think I can--I think can--I think can--I think I can--I think can--I think can--I think I can--I think can--I think can."

  ~ Ray Bradbury quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Think, Good

• The truth is: If you knew you could handle anything that came your way, what would you have to fear? The answer is: NOTHING!

  ~ Susan Jeffers quotes from Feel The Fear... And Do it Anyway

  Motivational Quotes on: Fear, Powerlesness, Competence, Helplessness, Power, Fearlessness

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