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:-

• No one should abandon duties because he sees defects in them. Every action, every activity, is surrounded by defects as a fire is surrounded by smoke.

  ~ Krishna quotes from The Bhagavad Gita

  Inspirational Quotes on: Wisdom, Learning

• Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.

  ~ Unknown quotes

  Famous Quotes on: God, Unknown, Gift, Now, Talent

• Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.

  ~ George Washington quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Action, Self-mastery, Success, Weak

• The vision that you glorify in your mind, the Ideal that you enthrone in your heart - this you will build your life by, this you will become.

  ~ James Allen quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Vision, Life

• There is never any need to be down on yourself.

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

  Motivational Quotes on: Fear, Feel

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