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:-

• The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one.

  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Love, Friend

• Do not seek illumination unless you seek it as a man whose hair is on fire seeks a pond.

  ~ Sri Ramakrishna quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Krishna, Fire

• Love of bustle is not industry.

  ~ Seneca quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Love, Seneca, Try

• If you want to catch beasts you don't see everyday, You have to out-of-the-way, You have to go places no others can get to. You have to get cold, and you have to get wet, too.

  ~ Theodore Geisel quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Courage

• Celebrate any progress. Don’t wait to get perfect.

  ~ Ann McGee Cooper quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Progress, Celebrate, Perfect

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