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:-

• I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.

  ~ George Washington quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Wisdom

• Courage is the human virtue that counts most--courage to act on limited knowledge and insufficient evidence. That's all any of us have.

  ~ Robert Frost quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Courage, Challenges, Knowledge

• The successful man is the average man, focused.

  ~ Unknown quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Focus, Success, Unknown, Average, Now, Age

• Those who have cultivated the habit of persistence seem to enjoy insurance against failure... The hidden Guide lets no one enjoy great achievement without passing the persistence test. Those who can’t take it simply do not make the grade.

  ~ Napoleon Hill quotes

• Do I contradict myself? Very well, then, I contradict myself. I am large, I contain multitudes.

  ~ Walt Whitman quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Walt Whitman, Contradict, Whitman

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