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:-

• There is no greater valor nor no sterner fight. He who would be what he ought to be must stop being what he is.

  ~ Meister Eckhart quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Meister Eckhart, Stop, Great

• The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

  ~ Eleanor Roosevelt quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Attitude, Belief, Beauty, Future, Believe, Dream

• "Does a firm persuasion that a thing is so, make it so?" He replied, "All poets believe it does. And in ages of imagination, this firm persuasion removes mountains; but many are not capable of firm persuasion of anything."

  ~ William Blake quotes from The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

  Inspirational Quotes on: William Blake, Believe

• It's easy to be negative and unmotivated, but it takes some work to be positive and motivated. While there's no off button for those relentless "tapes," there are things that you can do to turn down the volume and shift your focus from the negative to the positive.

  ~ Donna Cardillo, R.N. quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Focus, Work

• The willow knows what the storm does not: that the power to endure harm outlives the power to inflict it.

  ~ Blood of the Martyr quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Live, Power, Endure, Now, Will, Blood

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