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:-

• Tell me whom you love and I will tell you who you are.

  ~ Houssaye quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Love, Will

• Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Sin, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Failing, Emerson, Great, Fail, Time

• The great French Marshall Lyautey once asked his gardener to plant a tree. The gardener objected that the tree was slow growing and would not reach maturity for 100 years. The Marshall replied, 'In that case, there is no time to lose; plant it this afternoon!'

  ~ John F. Kennedy quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Action, Win

• [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

• Do the things that you've always dreamed of doing NOW. Don’t postpone them. My dad loved to be in the outdoors, but he was always so busy as a school principal that he didn't give himself that pleasure very often. He was going to do all his fishing and hiking when he retired, but he never lived that long. He dies of cancer at 63. It was pretty wrenching to not only see him suffer so badly but also to realize that he had been cheated out of his dream.

  ~ Fred Matheny quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Love, Live, Dream, Doing, Bad, Suffer, Busy, Give, Now, Heat

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