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:-

• Be like the fountain that overflows, not like the cistern that merely contains.

  ~ Paulo Coelho quotes from Veronika Decides to Die

  Motivational Quotes on: Decide, Paulo Coelho, Flow

• My God these fellows have done more work in one night than I could make my army do in three months.

  ~ David McCullough quotes from 1776

  Inspirational Quotes on: God, Work

• When you are not willing to fully receive, you are training the universe not to give to you! It’s simple: if you aren’t willing to receive your share, it will go to someone else who is.

  ~ T. Harv Eker quotes from Secrets of the Millionaire Mind

  Inspirational Quotes on: Secret, Training, Mind, Give, Universe, Receive, Will, Train, Simple

• The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.

  ~ Mark Twain quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Mark Twain, Secret, Age, Break

• There is more to life than increasing its speed.

  ~ Mohandas Gandhi quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Sin, Gandhi, Life

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