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:-

• It's time to start living the life you've imagined.

  ~ Henry James quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Life

• Every great advancement in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination.

  ~ John Dewey quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Courage, Audacity

• This discipline and rough treatment are a furnace to extract the silver from the dross. This testing purifies the gold by boiling the scum away.

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

  Famous Quotes on: Courage, Growth

• Victory belongs to the most persevering.

  ~ Napoleon Bonaparte quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Action, Perseverance

• You have to make it happen.

  ~ Joe Greene quotes

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