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:-

• What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matter compared to what lies within us.

  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes

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• If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I have guesses enough of my own.

  ~ Johann Wolfgang von-Goethe quotes

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• From tonight onwards, take complete control of your life. Decide, once and for all, to be the master of your fate. Run your own race. Discover your calling and you will start to experience the ecstasy of an inspired life.  

  ~ Robin Sharma quotes from The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

• The ancestor of every action is a thought.

  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Action, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Act, Emerson, Thought

• Everything passes, everything.

  ~ Anthony de Mello quotes

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