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:-

• A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.

  ~ Eleanor Roosevelt quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Attitude, Perception, Optimist

• Happiness is prosperity combined with virtue.

  ~ Aristotle quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Happiness, Aristotle, Virtue, Prosperity

• Always focus on your effort, instead of the results of that effort.

  ~ Russell Simmons quotes from Do You!

  Self-Development Quotes on: Focus, Effort, Results

• Remember that much of the trick of moving from pain to power is taking action. ACTION IS VERY POWERFUL!

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

  Self-Development Quotes on: Action, Fear, Act, Power, Pain, Feel

• Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away.

  ~ Dorothy Parker quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Love

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