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:-

• When the only tool you have is a hammer, all problems begin to resemble nails.

  ~ Abraham Maslow quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Attitude, Perception

• Just the thought of being with you tomorrow is enough to get me through today.

  ~ Anon quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Thought

• As each layer of shadow is mined from the darkness, as each fear is faced and each projection reclaimed, the gold shines through.

  ~ Connie Zweig quotes from Romancing the Shadow

  Famous Quotes on: Fear, Shine, Gold

• The system is the solution.

  ~ AT&T quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Solution

• Pay no attention to what a critic says. A statue has never been erected in honor of a critic.

  ~ Jean Sibelius quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Courage, Critics, Honor

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