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:-

• A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.

  ~ Eleanor Roosevelt quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Attitude, Perception, Optimist

• A warrior balances solitude and dependence.

  ~ Paulo Coelho quotes from The Warrior of the Light

  Self-Development Quotes on: War, Paulo Coelho, Balance, Warrior, Solitude, Light

• When you think that someone or something other than yourself needs to change, you’re mentally out of your business.

  ~ Byron Katie quotes from Loving What Is

  Famous Quotes on: Business, Change, Think, Sin, Katie

• Wisdom is obtained by reading the mind of God.

  ~ Wallace D. Wattles quotes from The Science of Being Great

  Self-Development Quotes on: God, Wisdom, Great, Mind

• Only those who do nothing at all make no mistakes…but that would be a mistake.

  ~ Unknown quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Unknown, Mistake, Now

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