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:-

• I've heard of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. But I've never heard of Someday.

  ~ Reverend Ike quotes

• One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.

  ~ Friedrich Nietzsche quotes from Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None

  Inspirational Quotes on: Courage, Growth

• You get from the world what you give to the world.

  ~ Oprah quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Give

• Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.

  ~ Benjamin Franklin quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Courage, Critics

• The key ingredient to any kind of happiness or success is to never give less than your best.

  ~ Russell Simmons quotes from Do You!

  Motivational Quotes on: Success, Happiness, Kind, Best, Give

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Quotes by Teachers

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