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:-

• Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.

  ~ Benjamin Franklin quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Courage, Critics

• The soul refuses limits and always affirms an optimism, never a pessimism.

  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes from Compensation

  Motivational Quotes on: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emerson, Soul, Compensation, Optimism

• We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Goals

• If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.

  ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Secret, Suffering, Life, Suffer, History

• Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you've imagined.

  ~ Henry David Thoreau quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Courage, Life, Dream, Confident

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