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:-

• After climbing a great hill, one finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can only rest for a moment, for with freedom comes responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk has not yet ended.

  ~ Nelson Mandella quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: The Moment, Great, Rest, Freedom

• Do you want a successful career or a close relationship with your family? Both! Do you want a focus on business or have fun and play? Both! Do you want money or meaning in your life? Both! Do you want to earn a fortune or do the work you love? Both! Poor people always choose one, rich people choose both.

  ~ T. Harv Eker quotes from Secrets of the Millionaire Mind

  Motivational Quotes on: Focus, Business, Success, Love, Sin, Secret, Work, Life, Mind, Family, Relationship, Money, People, Poor, Rich, Career, The Work

• He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.

  ~ Buddha quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Love, Buddha, People

• No one should abandon duties because he sees defects in them. Every action, every activity, is surrounded by defects as a fire is surrounded by smoke.

  ~ Krishna quotes from The Bhagavad Gita

  Motivational Quotes on: Wisdom, Learning

• Some love lasts a lifetime. True love last forever.

  ~ Unknown quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Love, Unknown, Life, Time, Now

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