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:-

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

  ~ Jean Sibelius quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Courage, Critics, Honor

• Victims may be defensive, submissive, over-accommodating to others, passive-aggressive in conflict, dependent on others for self-worth, overly sensitive, even manipulative. They’re often angry, resentful, and envious, feeling unworthy or ashamed about their circumstances. Have you ever felt or acted this way?

  ~ David Emerald quotes from The Power of TED*

  Self-Development Quotes on: David Emerald, Act, Power, Shame, Victim

• They all laughed at Christopher Columbus when he said the world was round; They all laughed when Edison recorded sound.

  ~ Ira Gershwin quotes from The All Laughed

  Self-Development Quotes on: Laugh, Stop

• To believe your own thoughts, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men--that is genius.

  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Thoughts, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Genius, Emerson, Heart, Believe

• We don’t attach to people or to things; we attach to uninvestigated concepts that we believe to be true in the moment.

  ~ Byron Katie quotes from Loving What Is

  Self-Development Quotes on: The Moment, Katie, Moment, Believe, People

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