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:-

• It's easy to be negative and unmotivated, but it takes some work to be positive and motivated. While there's no off button for those relentless "tapes," there are things that you can do to turn down the volume and shift your focus from the negative to the positive.

  ~ Donna Cardillo, R.N. quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Focus, Work

• All infractions of love and equity in our social relations are speedily punished--by fear…be honest with a man and you have no fear. Try to deceive and the relationship deteriorates.

  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes from Compensation

  Motivational Quotes on: Action, Fear, Love, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Act, Emerson, Compensation, Relationship, Try

• It is not the big mansion that makes the happy home.

  ~ Irish Proverb quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Happy

• Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much are the three pillars of learning.

  ~ Benjamin Disraeli quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Wisdom, Learning, Dying

• The cart before the horse is neither beautiful nor useful.

  ~ Henry David Thoreau quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Wisdom, Patience

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