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 you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.

  ~ George Washington Carver quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Action, Excellence | Areté, Life

• It’s only our story that keeps us from knowing that we always have everything we need.

  ~ Byron Katie quotes from Loving What Is

  Inspirational Quotes on: Katie, Now, Win

• Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it

  ~ Malcolm X quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Body, Give, Freedom

• All of us have failed to reach our dream of perfection, so I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible.

  ~ William Faulkner quotes from Whoever Makes the Most Mistakes Wins: The Paradox of Innovation

  Famous Quotes on: Failure, Perfection, William Faulkner, Dream, Mistake, Perfect, Fail, Impossible

• So much of what we know of love we learn as home.

  ~ Unknown quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Love, Learn, Unknown, Now

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