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:-

• No mirror ever became iron again; No bread ever became wheat; No ripened grape ever became sour fruit. Mature yourself and be secure from a change for the worse. Become the light.

  ~ Mevlana Rumi quotes from Rumi Daylight: A Daybook of Spiritual Guidance

  Inspirational Quotes on: Courage, Growth

• Life gets better when we get better.

  ~ Sal Sorbera quotes

• Some individuals have developed such strong internal standards that they no longer need the opinion of others to judge whether they have performed a task well or not. The ability to give objective feedback to oneself is in fact the mark of the expert.

  ~ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi quotes from Good Business

  Inspirational Quotes on: Business, Sin, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Zen, Act, Good, Give, Strong

• A leader is most effective when people barely know he exists. When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, his troops will feel they did it themselves.

  ~ Lao-tzu quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Love, Leadership, Leader, People

• [When asked what the purpose of life is:] "To find a cause that's larger than yourself and then to give your life to it.

  ~ Shimon Peres quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Purpose, Life, Give

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