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:-

• My heart smiled when you kissed my lips. What a sweet surprise.

  ~ Jan Arden quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Smile, Heart

• We automatically give to each person we meet, but we choose what we give. Our words, our actions, must consciously set the stage for the life we wish to lead.

  ~ Marlo Morgan quotes from Mutant Message from Down Under

  Motivational Quotes on: Action, Act, Life, Give

• Seeing things as they were, not as he would wish they were, was known to be one of Washington’s salient strengths.

  ~ David McCullough quotes from 1776

  Famous Quotes on: Strength

• No one has ever been able to control his thinking, although people may tell the story of how they have. I don’t let go of my thoughts—I meet them with understanding. Then they let go of me.

  ~ Byron Katie quotes from Loving What Is

  Self-Development Quotes on: Thoughts, Think, Thinking, Katie, Control, Understand, Thought, People

• Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.

  ~ Ambrose Redmoon quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Courage, Fear, Judgment, Age

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