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:-

• With people with only modest ability, modesty is mere honesty; but with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.

  ~ Arthur Schopenhauer quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Love, Talent, People, Modesty

• The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.

  ~ Niels Bohr quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Wisdom, Truth

• I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand.

  ~ Baruch Spinoza quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Love, Effort

• Celebrate any progress. Don’t wait to get perfect.

  ~ Ann McGee Cooper quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Progress, Celebrate, Perfect

• What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.

  ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower quotes

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