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 is no place to seek the mind; it is like the footprints of birds in the sky.

  ~ Zenrin quotes from The Gospel according to Zen

  Motivational Quotes on: Zen, Mind

• Never, never, never give up.

  ~ Winston Churchill quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Winston Churchill, Give, Win

• Those who take bold chances don’t think failure is the opposite of success. They believe complacency is.

  ~ Unknown quotes from Whoever Makes the Most Mistakes Wins: The Paradox of Innovation

  Inspirational Quotes on: Success, Failure, Think, Unknown, Mistake, Fail, Believe, Bold

• I get up every morning determined both to change the world and to have one hell of a good time. Sometimes, this makes planning the day difficult.

  ~ E.B. White quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Change, Good

• Alright, the secret of happiness is simple: find out what you truly love to do and then direct all of your energy towards doing it.

  ~ Robin Sharma quotes

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