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:-

• You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.

  ~ Jim Rohn quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Vision, Intent

• Happiness is prosperity combined with virtue.

  ~ Aristotle quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Happiness, Aristotle, Virtue, Prosperity

• AS to methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble.

  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Success, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ras, Emerson, Principles

• Doing more of what doesn't work won't make it work any better.

  ~ Charles J. Givens quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Better, Work, Doing, Give

• A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

  ~ Mark Twain quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Love

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