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:-

• I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others… I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.

  ~ Thomas A. Edison quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Think, Vice, Perfect, Give, Service

• A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.

  ~ Larry Bird quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Goals, God, Talent, Skill, Winner, Win

• Whatever I hold in my mind tends to manifest itself in my life. What we believe and assume creates most of our reality and our experience.

  ~ David Emerald quotes from The Power of TED*

  Self-Development Quotes on: Experience, David Emerald, Power, Create, Life, Mind, Believe

• O friend, never strike sail to a fear!

  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes from Heroism

  Famous Quotes on: Fear, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emerson, Hero, Friend

• If you perform the sacrifice of doing your duty, you do not have to do anything else. Devoted to duty, man attains perfection.

  ~ Bhagavad-Gita quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Perfection, Devo, Doing, Perfect

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