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:-

• My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life.

  ~ Lee Iacocca quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Great, Life, Friend, Friends

• Our opinions become fixed at the point where we stop thinking.

  ~ Renan quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Think, Thinking, Stop, Become, Opinion

• The nightmare always becomes laughter, once it’s understood.

  ~ Byron Katie quotes from Loving What Is

  Famous Quotes on: Laugh, Katie, Become, Nightmare, Laughter

• All of us have failed to reach our dream of perfection, so I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible.

  ~ William Faulkner quotes from Whoever Makes the Most Mistakes Wins: The Paradox of Innovation

  Self-Development Quotes on: Failure, Perfection, William Faulkner, Dream, Mistake, Perfect, Fail, Impossible

• Never, never, never give up.

  ~ Winston Churchill quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Winston Churchill, Give, Win

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