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:-

• An empty house is better than a bad tenant.

  ~ Irish Proverb quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Better, Bad, Empty

• Tell me whom you love and I will tell you who you are.

  ~ Houssaye quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Love, Will

• Obviously, the real issue has nothing to do with fear itself, but, rather, how we hold the fear. For some, the fear is totally irrelevant. For others, it creates a state of paralysis. The former hold their fear from a position of power (choice, energy, and action), and the latter hold it from a position of pain (helplessness, depression, and paralysis).

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

  Self-Development Quotes on: Action, Fear, Energy, Depression, Act, Power, Create, Pain, Choice, Helplessness, Feel

• Man is only true to himself when he surpasses the limitations inherent in his nature.

  ~ Arthur Koestler quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Nature, Imitation, Rent

• You’re never given more pain than you can handle. You never, ever get more than you can take.

  ~ Byron Katie quotes from Loving What Is

  Self-Development Quotes on: Katie, Pain, Give

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