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:-

• Money is central to our lives. Yet money is not of central importance. It has nothing whatsoever to do with the lasting values that make life worth living.

  ~ Kent Nerburn quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Live, Life, Money, Values

• A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.

  ~ Unknown quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Unknown, Smile, Now

• Man is happiest when he is creating. In fact, the highest state of which man is capable lies in the creative act.

  ~ Leo Buscaglia quotes from Love

  Famous Quotes on: Love, Leo Buscaglia, Act, Lies, Creative

• Adults are always asking kids what they want to be when they grow up because they are looking for ideas.

  ~ Paula Poundstone quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Skin, Idea, Cause

• All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous, unpremeditated act without benefit of experience.

  ~ Henry Miller quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Courage, Growth

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