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:-

• The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work.

  ~ Vince Lombardi quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Success, Dictionary, Work

• The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

  ~ Martin Luther King Jr. quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Martin Luther King, Challenge, Time, Moment

• I've missed more than nine thousand shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times I've been trusted to take the winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

  ~ Michael Jordan quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Michael Jordan, Game, Trust, Life, Rust, Fail, Win, Career

• In my experience, there's only one thing that will always steer you toward success: That's to have a vision and to stick with it… Once I have a vision for a new venture, I'm going to ride that vision until the wheels come off.

  ~ Russell Simmons quotes from Do You!

  Famous Quotes on: Success, Vision, Experience, War, New

• Then, accepting the help of God and of God's signs, he allows his personal legend to guide him toward the tasks that life has reserved for him.

  ~ Paulo Coelho quotes from The Warrior of the Light

  Motivational Quotes on: God, War, Paulo Coelho, Persona, Warrior, Life, Light, Serve

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