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 not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs.

  ~ Confucius quotes from The Analects

  Self-Development Quotes on: Attitude, Appreciation, Failure

• The rain-weeping and the sun burning twine together to make us grow. Keep your intelligence white-hot and your grief glistening, so your life will stay fresh. Cry easily like a little child.

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

  Inspirational Quotes on: Courage, Growth, Life, Win

• That's the thing about U2. The band always feels like it's coming, never that it's arrived.

  ~ Bono quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: U2

• Let anyone among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone.

  ~ Jesus quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Love, Forgiveness

• Minds are like parachutes, they function only when open.

  ~ Unknown quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Unknown, Mind, Now

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