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 greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.

  ~ William James quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Attitude, William James, Live, Great, Mind, Discover

• I do not recognize these as defeats. They are but interesting experiences of life. They are valuable stepping stones to success.

  ~ Walter Russell quotes from The Man Who Tapped the Secrets of the Universe

  Self-Development Quotes on: Success, Experience, Secret, Rest, Life, Universe, Defeat

• Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.

  ~ Bruce Lee quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Courage, Challenges, Life

• "I learned the most important lesson of my life: that the extraordinary is not the birthright of a chosen and privileged few, but of all people, even the humblest. That is my one certainty: we are all the manifestation of the divinity of God."

  ~ Paulo Coelho quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Vision, Purpose, God, Life, Humble, People, Extraordinary

• Power is what they want, not candy—power to execute their design, power to give legs and feet, form and actuality to their thought; which, to a clear-sighted man, appears the end for which the universe exists, and all its resources might be well applied.

  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes from Conduct of Life

  Famous Quotes on: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Act, Emerson, Power, Life, Give, Universe

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