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:-

• I love men who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection.

  ~ Thomas Paine quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Attitude, Stress

• You can drop an awful lot of excess baggage if you learn to play with life instead of fight it.

  ~ Susan Jeffers quotes from Feel the Fear…And Do It Anyway

  Motivational Quotes on: Fear, Learn, Life, Age, Feel

• The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

  ~ Alan Kay quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Future, Best

• We automatically give to each person we meet, but we choose what we give. Our words, our actions, must consciously set the stage for the life we wish to lead.

  ~ Marlo Morgan quotes from Mutant Message from Down Under

  Motivational Quotes on: Action, Act, Life, Give

• We must strive to reach that simplicity that lies beyond sophistication.

  ~ John Gardner quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Simplicity, Lies, Strive

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