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:-

• If you would be loved, love and be lovable.

  ~ Benjamin Franklin quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Love, Benjamin Franklin

• Have the daring to stop doing the things you really don’t want to do. Can you see them? Look closely. Can you observe the many things you do because you reluctantly feel you should or must? Watch closely. Examine every action and reaction. Do you act naturally or do you act because you feel compelled? If you feel compelled, stop. Compulsion is slavery. Example: Refuse to go along with the crowd.

  ~ Vernon Howard quotes from The Power of Your Supermind

  Inspirational Quotes on: Action, War, Stop, Act, Power, Mind, Doing, Vernon Howard, The Power of Your Supermind, Reaction, Slavery, Compulsion, Serve

• Don't be so humble, you're not that great.

  ~ Golda Meir quotes from To a Visiting diplomat

  Inspirational Quotes on: Great, Gold, Humble

• How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.

  ~ Marcus Aurelius quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Wisdom

• I'll sleep when I'm dead.

  ~ Warren Zevon quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: War, Sleep

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