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:-

• "Does a firm persuasion that a thing is so, make it so?" He replied, "All poets believe it does. And in ages of imagination, this firm persuasion removes mountains; but many are not capable of firm persuasion of anything."

  ~ William Blake quotes from The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

  Inspirational Quotes on: William Blake, Believe

• Life is really simple, but men insist on making it complicated.

  ~ Confucius quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Wisdom, Simplicity, Life, Simple

• Our jobs determine to a large extent what our lives are like. Is what you do for a living making you ill? Does it keep you from becoming a more fully realized person? Do you feel ashamed of what you have to do at work? All too often, the answer to such questions is yes. Yet it does not have to be like that. Work can be one of the most joyful, most fulfilling aspects of life. Whether it will be or not depends on the actions we collectively take.

  ~ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi quotes from Good Business

  Inspirational Quotes on: Action, Business, Sin, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Live, Questions, Jobs, Zen, Act, Work, Good, Life, Becoming, Joy, Shame

• Just as he had shown no signs of despair when prospects looked bleak, he now showed no elation in what he wrote or in his outward manner or comments.

  ~ David McCullough quotes from 1776

  Motivational Quotes on: War, Despair

• Don’t Take Anything Personally. Nothings others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.

  ~ Don Miguel Ruiz quotes

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