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 most original thing a writer can do is write like himself. It is also the most difficult talk.

  ~ Robertson Davies quotes

• One determined person can make a significant difference; a small group of determined people can change the course of history.

  ~ Sonia Johnson quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Courage, People, History

• Happiness is a by-product of an effort to make someone else happy.

  ~ Gretta Brooker Palmer quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Love, Happiness, Effort, Happy

• Seeing is not believing. Believing is seeing! You see things, not as they are, but as you are.

  ~ Eric Butterworth quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Spiritual, Eric Butterworth, Spiritual Economics, Spirit

• When a warrior learns to stop the internal dialogue, everything becomes possible; the most far-fetched schemes become attainable.

  ~ Carlos Castaneda quotes from Tales of Power

  Self-Development Quotes on: Attitude, Internal Dialogue, Warrior

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