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:-

• AS to methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble.

  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Success, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ras, Emerson, Principles

• When getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds thinking about him and what he is going to say.

  ~ Abraham Lincoln quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Love, Communication

• One of the most valuable lessons in learning to diminish fear is embodied in the phrase SAY YES TO YOUR UNIVERSE.

  ~ Susan Jeffers quotes from Feel the Fear…And Do It Anyway

  Self-Development Quotes on: Fear, Learn, Learning, Ras, Universe, Yes, Feel

• You’re someone who’s different, but who wants to be the same as everyone else. And that, in my view, is a serious illness.

  ~ Paulo Coelho quotes from Veronika Decides to Die

  Inspirational Quotes on: Decide, Paulo Coelho, Rent

• Life is pure adventure and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art.

  ~ Maya Angelou quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Adventure, Life, Angel

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