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:-

• The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.

  ~ Herbert Spencer quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Action, Act, Great, Education, Edge, Knowledge

• The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true.

  ~ James Branch Cabell quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Fear, Live, Best, World, Aim, Optimist

• Whoever Makes the Most Mistakes Wins

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

  Famous Quotes on: Mistake, Win

• It’s amazing how someone’s IQ seems to double as soon as you give them responsibility and indicate that you trust them.

  ~ Timothy Ferriss quotes from The 4-Hour Workweek

  Motivational Quotes on: Responsibility, Iq, Work, Trust, Rust, Give

• The ultimate aim of the quest must be neither release nor ecstasy for oneself, but the wisdom and the power to serve others.

  ~ Joseph Campbell quotes

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