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 hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.

  ~ George Washington quotes

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• Life is growth. If we stop growing, technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead.

  ~ Morihei Ueshiba quotes from The Art of Peace

  Motivational Quotes on: Goals, Life, Win

• Lack of understanding is always painful.

  ~ Byron Katie quotes from Loving What Is

  Motivational Quotes on: Katie, Pain, Understand

• AS to methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble.

  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes

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• It is heartening to realize that although we may crave comfort and routine, we nourish the soul’s growth primarily through what is hard. As Darwin saw it, it’s not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but those who are most responsive to change.

  ~ Robert Cooper quotes from The Other 90%: How to Unlock Your Vast Untapped Potential for Leadership & Life

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