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:-

• Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

  ~ Dale Carnegie quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Yin, Try, World, People

• To ignore the unexpected (even if it were possible) would be to live without opportunity, spontaneity, and the rich moments of which "life" is made.

  ~ Stephen Covey quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Live, Stephen Covey, Life, Expect, Opportunity, Moment, Rich

• Resolve to do one thing every day that you fear.

  ~ Timothy Ferriss quotes from The 4-Hour Workweek

  Motivational Quotes on: Fear, Work

• Do you know what real poverty is? It is never having a big thought or a generous impulse.

  ~ Jerome P. Fleishman quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Poverty

• Non-comprehenders are often distressed. Not you, though--because with good humor you're blessed. After all, your thoughts went like this, I dare say: It was none but the Lord who made us that way.

  ~ Albert Einstein quotes from The Private Albert Einstein; p. 142

  Inspirational Quotes on: Thoughts, Humor, Albert Einstein, Stress, Good

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