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:-

• Trying is only emphasizing the thing we know.

  ~ FM Alexander quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Yin, Try

• The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees, in every object, only the traits that favor that theory.

  ~ Thomas Jefferson quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Attitude

• Push yourself to do more and to experience more. Harness your energy to start expanding your dreams. Yes, expand your dreams. Don’t accept a life of mediocrity when you hold such infinite potential within the fortress of your mind. Dare to tap into your greatness. It’s your birthright.

  ~ Robin Sharma quotes

• One day I noticed that I wasn’t breathing—I was being breathed.

  ~ Byron Katie quotes from Loving What Is

  Famous Quotes on: Breathe, Katie, Breath, Breathing

• We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.

  ~ Frank Tibolt quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Action, Inspiration, Act

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