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:-

• You are good when you strive to give of yourself. Yet you are not evil when you seek gain for yourself. For when you strive for gain you are but a root that clings to the earth and sucks at her breast. Surely the fruit cannot say to the root, 'Be like me, ripe and full and ever giving of your abundance.' For to the fruit giving is a need as receiving is a need to the root.

  ~ Kahlil Gibran quotes from The Prophet

  Motivational Quotes on: Love, Earth

• Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

  ~ John F. Kennedy quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Change, John F. Kennedy, Future, Past, Life

• Money is like manure. If you spread it around it does a lot of good. But if you pile it up in one place it stinks like hell.

  ~ Junior Murchison quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Good, Money

• A love song is just a caress set to music.

  ~ Sigmund Romberg quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Love, Music

• "All paths are the same: they lead nowhere. However, a path without a heart is never enjoyable. On the other hand, a path with heart is easy—it does not make a warrior work at liking it; it makes for a joyful journey; as long as a man follows it, he is one with it."

  ~ Carlos Castaneda quotes from The Teachings of Don Juan

  Self-Development Quotes on: Vision, Purpose, Joy, Warrior

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