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:-

• Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.

  ~ Robert F. Kennedy quotes

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• No man thoroughly understands a truth until he has contended against it.

  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes from Compensation

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• The purpose of our lives is to add value to the people of this generation and those that follow.

  ~ Buckminster Fuller quotes

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• The most valuable skill that you could ever develop is the skill of directing your thoughts toward what you want--to be adept at quickly evaluating all situations and then quickly coming to the conclusion of what you most want--and then giving your undivided attention to that.

  ~ Esther & Jerry Hicks quotes

• When we are concerned with something bigger than ourselves, our fears are greatly diminished.

  ~ Susan Jeffers quotes from Feel the Fear…And Do It Anyway

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