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:-

• Read less and think more. Read about great things and think about great questions and issues.

  ~ Wallace D. Wattles quotes from The Science of Being Great

  Self-Development Quotes on: Think, Questions, Great

• No one should abandon duties because he sees defects in them. Every action, every activity, is surrounded by defects as a fire is surrounded by smoke.

  ~ Krishna quotes from The Bhagavad Gita

  Inspirational Quotes on: Wisdom, Learning

• The real people nation have for centuries had the practice at birth of speaking the same first phrase to all newborns. Each person hears the same exact first human words: “We love you and support you on the journey.” At their final celebration, everyone hugs them and repeats the phrase again.

  ~ Marlo Morgan quotes from Mutant Message from Down Under

  Motivational Quotes on: Love, Ras, Act, New, Journey, Practice, People, Support

• God turns you from one feeling to another and teaches by means of opposites, so that you will have two wings to fly, not one.

  ~ Mevlana Rumi quotes from Rumi Daylight: A Daybook of Spiritual Guidance

  Inspirational Quotes on: Attitude, Flexibility, God, Win

• Who would you be if you didn’t believe this lie?

  ~ Byron Katie quotes from Loving What Is

  Famous Quotes on: Katie, Believe

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