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:-

• Shall I show you the sinews of a philosopher? "What sinews are those?" -- A will undisappointed; evils avoided; powers daily exercised; careful resolutions; unerring decisions.

  ~ Epictetus quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Wisdom, Philosopher, Power

• By leadership, I mean taking complete responsibility for an organization's well-being and growth, and changing it for the better. Real leadership is not about prestige, power or status. It is about responsibility.

  ~ Robert Joss quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Responsibility, Leadership, Growth, Better, Power, Rest, Leader

• "I learned the most important lesson of my life: that the extraordinary is not the birthright of a chosen and privileged few, but of all people, even the humblest. That is my one certainty: we are all the manifestation of the divinity of God."

  ~ Paulo Coelho quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Vision, Purpose, God, Life, Humble, People, Extraordinary

• Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.

  ~ George Santayana quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Effort, Aim

• Only he who handles his ideas lightly is master of his ideas, and only he who is master of his ideas is not enslaved by them.

  ~ Lin Yutang quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Light, Master, Idea

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