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:-

• My God these fellows have done more work in one night than I could make my army do in three months.

  ~ David McCullough quotes from 1776

  Motivational Quotes on: God, Work

• You have to measure what you want more of.

  ~ Charles Coonradt quotes

• A human being is part of a whole, called by us the Universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest--a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.

  ~ Albert Einstein quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Love, Beauty

• Some consider setbacks a badge of honor, unmistakable proof they’re bold risk takers. Far from hiding their blunders, they brag about them.

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

  Inspirational Quotes on: Risk, Unknown, Mistake, Bad, Takers, Honor, Bold

• I believe that traditional wisdom is incomplete. A composer can have all the talent of Mozart and a passionate desire to succeed, but if he believes he cannot compose music, he will come to nothing. He will not try hard enough. He will give up too soon when the elusive right melody takes too long to materialize.

  ~ Martin Seligman quotes from Learned Optimism

  Self-Development Quotes on: Wisdom, Desire, Learn, Mozart, Martin Seligman, Learned Optimism, Passion, Music, Give, Try, Talent, Believe

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