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:-

• The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it: but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it.

  ~ Madame de Stael quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Mistake

• At the bottom of every one of your fears is simply the fear that you can't handle whatever life may bring you.

  ~ Susan Jeffers quotes from Feel The Fear... And Do it Anyway

  Motivational Quotes on: Fear, Powerlesness, Competence, Helplessness

• Self-actualizing people have a deep feeling of identification, sympathy, and affection for human beings in general. They feel kinship and connection, as if all people were members of a single family.

  ~ Abraham Maslow quotes from Motivation & Personality

  Inspirational Quotes on: Love, Interconnectedness, People

• For every difficulty that supposedly stops a person from succeeding there are thousands who have had it a lot worse and have succeeded anyway. So can you.

  ~ Brian Tracy quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Attitude, Responsibility

• The ultimate aim of the quest must be neither release nor ecstasy for oneself, but the wisdom and the power to serve others.

  ~ Joseph Campbell quotes

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