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:-

• Life is brief--a flash of lightning, a snap of eternity's fingers.

  ~ Dan Millman quotes

• I just do not hang around anybody that I don't want to be with. Period. For me, that's been a blessing, and I can stay positive. I hang around people who are happy, who are growing, who want to learn, who don't mind saying sorry or thank you… and [are] having a fun time.

  ~ John Assaraf quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Learn, Sin, Yin, Thank You, Mind, Body, Happy, People, Win

• All of life’s experiences are teachers in some sense, challenging us to grow and evolve. Although the Persecutor certainly provokes a reaction, the Challenger elicits a response by encouraging the Creator to acquire new knowledge, skill, or insight. Both roles provoke change, but in different ways.

  ~ David Emerald quotes from The Power of TED*

  Motivational Quotes on: Action, Teach, Change, Experience, Creator, David Emerald, Act, New, Power, Life, Challenge, Edge, Rent, Teacher, Roles, Reaction, Evolve, Knowledge, Skill

• Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.

  ~ Kahlil Gibran quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Love

• That's the thing about U2. The band always feels like it's coming, never that it's arrived.

  ~ Bono quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: U2

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