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:-

• All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

  ~ Walt Disney quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Vision, Dream

• There's no difference between a pessimist who says, "Oh it's hopeless, so don’t bother doing anything." and an optimist who says, "Don't bother doing anything, it's going to turn out fine anyways. Either way, nothing happens.

  ~ Yvon Chouinard quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Doing, Optimist

• What's the good of dragging up sufferings which are over, of being unhappy now just because you were then.

  ~ Seneca quotes from Letters from a Stoic

  Famous Quotes on: Attitude, Perception, Happy

• Stress causes a faster brain wave than does relaxation.

  ~ José Silva and Burt Goldman quotes

• Everything--a horse, a vine--is created for some duty...For what task, then, were you yourself created? A man's true delight is to do the things he was made for.

  ~ Marcus Aurelius quotes from Meditations

  Self-Development Quotes on: Vision, Purpose

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Quotes by Teachers

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