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:-

• Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

  ~ Albert Einstein quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Action, Albert Einstein, Act, Life, Attraction

• Just as he had shown no signs of despair when prospects looked bleak, he now showed no elation in what he wrote or in his outward manner or comments.

  ~ David McCullough quotes from 1776

  Inspirational Quotes on: War, Despair

• Some of us are returning to sanity, because we’re tired of the pain. We’re in a hurry. No time to mess around.

  ~ Byron Katie quotes from Loving What Is

  Famous Quotes on: Katie, Pain, Time, Cause

• If you don't make mistakes, you're not working on hard enough problems. And that's a big mistake.

  ~ Frank Wilczek quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Mistake, Work, Problem

• If you take risks, you may fail. But if you don't take risks, you will surely fail. The greatest risk of all is to do nothing.

  ~ Robert Goizueta quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Courage

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