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's no difference between a pessimist who says, "Oh it's hopeless, so don’t bother doing anything." and an optimist who says, "Don't bother doing anything, it's going to turn out fine anyways. Either way, nothing happens.

  ~ Yvon Chouinard quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Doing, Optimist

• Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

  ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Goethe, Win

• Always do right--this will gratify some and astonish the rest.

  ~ Mark Twain quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Action, Excellence | Areté

• Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life… Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated. Thus, everyone’s task is as unique as is his specific opportunity to implement it.

  ~ Viktor Frankl quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Viktor Frankl, Mission, Life

• Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

  ~ John F. Kennedy quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Courage, Fear

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