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:-

• To this noble end the delegates had pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.

  ~ David McCullough quotes from 1776

  Self-Development Quotes on: Live, Edge, Honor

• Nature's way is simple and easy, but men prefer what is intricate and artificial.

  ~ Loa Tzu quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Nature, Simple

• We are all worms, but I do believe I am a glowworm.

  ~ Winston Churchill quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Courage, Individuality, Believe

• Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.

  ~ William James quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Attitude, William James, Live, Mind

• Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

  ~ George Bernard Shaw quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Responsibility, George Bernard Shaw

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