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:-

• Patience is the companion of wisdom.

  ~ St Augustine quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Wisdom, Patience

• One of the most valuable lessons in learning to diminish fear is embodied in the phrase SAY YES TO YOUR UNIVERSE.

  ~ Susan Jeffers quotes from Feel the Fear…And Do It Anyway

  Motivational Quotes on: Fear, Learn, Learning, Ras, Universe, Yes, Feel

• The difference between the right word and almost the right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.

  ~ Mark Twain quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Love, Communication

• When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.

  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Genius, Emerson, Create, Work, Nature

• Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.

  ~ Gail Godwin quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: God, Teach, Good, Preparation, Heat, Win

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Quotes by Teachers

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