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:-

• It is better to be looked over that overlooked.

  ~ Mae West quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Better

• Loosen the bonds of avarice from your hands and neck.

  ~ Mevlana Rumi quotes from Rumi Daylight: A Daybook of Spiritual Guidance

  Inspirational Quotes on: Wisdom, Desire

• Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.

  ~ Chinese Proverb quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Teach, Teacher

• Sir John Templeton: "My ethical principle in the first place was: 'Where could I use my talents that God gave me to help the most people?'"

  ~ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi quotes from Good Business

  Motivational Quotes on: Business, God, Sin, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Zen, Good, Talent, People

• The intelligent want self-control; children want candy.

  ~ Mevlana Rumi quotes from Rumi Daylight: A Daybook of Spiritual Guidance

  Inspirational Quotes on: Action, Self-mastery

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Quotes by Topic

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Quotes by Teachers

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