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:-

• When mortals are alive, they worry about death. When they're full, they worry about hunger. Theirs is the Great Uncertainty. But sages don't consider the past. And they don't worry about the future. Nor do they cling to the present. And from moment to moment they follow the Way.

  ~ Bodhidharma quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Action, The Moment, Death, Future

• A day of sorrow is longer than a month of joy.

  ~ Chinese Proverb quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Joy

• Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.

  ~ Calvin Coolidge quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Calvin Coolidge, Persist, Persistence, Determination

• I'm not a failure if I don't make it… I'm a success because I tried.

  ~ Unknown quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Success, Failure, Unknown, Fail, Now, Cause

• A simple grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer.

  ~ G.E. Lessing quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Prayer, War, Sin, Perfect, Simple

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