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:-

• The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it.

  ~ Lou Holtz quotes

  Famous Quotes on: The Way

• When I was younger… I didn't want to be pigeonholed… Basically, now you want to be pigeonholed. It's your niche.

  ~ Joan Chen quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Now

• Is that what I want? The model family, two plus two in an easy home assembly kit? I don't want a model, I want the full-scale original. I don't want to reproduce, I want to make something entirely new.

  ~ Jeanette Winterson quotes from Written on the Body

  Self-Development Quotes on: New, Body, Family

• I came to see that the world is always as it should be, whether I opposed it or not. And I came to embrace reality with all my heart. I love the world, without any conditions.

  ~ Byron Katie quotes from Loving What Is

  Famous Quotes on: Love, Katie, Heart, World, Should

• You are the effect of your story, that’s all.

  ~ Byron Katie quotes from Loving What Is

  Self-Development Quotes on: Katie, Effect

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