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:-

• Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one-yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game, one foot from a winning touchdown.

  ~ H. Ross Perot quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Success, Game, Give, Achieve, People, Win

• When you inhabit any of these three roles, you’re reacting to fear of victimhood, loss of control, or loss of purpose. You’re always looking outside yourself, to the people and circumstances of life, for a sense of safety, security, and sanity.

  ~ David Emerald quotes from The Power of TED*

  Motivational Quotes on: Fear, Purpose, Acting, David Emerald, Habit, Act, Power, Life, Control, Roles, Security, People, Victim

• Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, "This is the real me," and when you have found that attitude, follow it.

  ~ William James quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Attitude, William James, Live, Follow

• If you would be loved, love and be lovable.

  ~ Benjamin Franklin quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Love, Benjamin Franklin

• A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.

  ~ Seneca quotes from Letters from a Stoic

  Inspirational Quotes on: Attitude, Perception, Happy

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