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 believe that mediocrity is self-inflicted and that genius is self-bestowed.

  ~ Walter Russell quotes from The Man Who Tapped the Secrets of the Universe

  Self-Development Quotes on: Genius, Secret, Best, Universe, Believe

• There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.

  ~ Albert Einstein quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Attitude, Perception, Life

• Bill Russell is one of the great names in basketball, an all-American… and the only athlete to ever win an NCAA Championship, an Olympic Gold Medal, and a professional championship all in the same year—1956…But Bill Russell had this one problem: He threw up before every game.

  ~ John Eliot, Ph.D. quotes from Overachievement: The New Model for Exceptional Performance

  Motivational Quotes on: Bill Russel, John Eliot, Overachievement, New, Game, Great, Achievement, Basketball, Athlete, Gold, Win

• A beautiful lady is an accident of nature. A beautiful old lady is a work of art.

  ~ Louis Nizer quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Work, Nature

• There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

  ~ Oscar Wilde quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Life, Age

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