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:-

• There is not enough time to do all the nothing we want to do.

  ~ Bill Watterson quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Time

• Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living.

  ~ Buddha quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Purpose, Truth, War, Buddha, Work, Fail

• How wonderful is it that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world?

  ~ Anne Frank quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Action

• If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy and inspires your hopes.

  ~ Andrew Carnegie quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Thoughts, Energy, Andrew Carnegie, Command, Happy

• That’s the beautiful thing, that’s the secret: to want what you get rather than trying to get what you want, because that seems like a never-ending battle, and a losing battle at that. We seem to always get what we need, though. So when we want what we get, it’s really like wanting what we need.

  ~ Zen Master Dennis Genpo Merzel quotes

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