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:-

• 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

  Self-Development Quotes on: Katie, Pain, Time, Cause

• The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. And the body is born young and grows old. That is life's tragedy.

  ~ Oscar Wilde quotes from A Woman of No Importance, 1894

  Famous Quotes on: Life, Body, Soul, Age, Tragedy

• Be not swept off your feet by the vividness of the impression, but say, "Impression, wait for me a little. Let me see what you are and what you represent. Let me try you."

  ~ Epictetus quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Wisdom, Patience

• Don't be so humble, you're not that great.

  ~ Golda Meir quotes from To a Visiting diplomat

  Motivational Quotes on: Great, Gold, Humble

• Inspiration comes only to those who seek it with humility toward their own achievements and reverence toward the achievements of God.

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

  Famous Quotes on: Humility, Inspiration, God, War, Secret, Achievement, Universe, Achieve

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