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:-

• Gifted children do have the inclination to adapt to the group, but at what price? If one woks very hard at fitting in with others, especially when one feels very different from others, self-alienation can result. In their desperation to belong, many "well-adjusted" gifted youth and adults have given up or lost touch with vital parts of themselves.

  ~ Linda Kreger Silverman quotes from Counseling Needs & Programs for the Gifted; p. 644

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• How far would Moses have gone if he had taken a poll in Egypt? What would Jesus Christ have preached if he had taken a poll in the land of Israel? What would have happened to the Reformation if Martin Luther had taken a poll? It isn't polls or public opinion of the moment that counts. It's right and wrong and leadership.

  ~ Harry Truman quotes

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• Resolve that you will now lay aside all else and concentrate upon the attainment of conscious unity with God.

  ~ Wallace D. Wattles quotes from The Science of Being Great

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• THE TRUTH IS THAT YOU REALLY ARE IN CONTROL—IN TOTAL CONTROL.

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

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• The first of all qualities of a general is courage.

  ~ David McCullough quotes from 1776

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