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:-

• If we are to find our way across toubled waters, we are better served by the company of those who have built bridges, who have moved beyond despair and inertia.

  ~ Marilyn Ferguson quotes from The Aquarian Conspiracy

  Inspirational Quotes on: Water, Better, Despair, Serve

• Indecision is often worse than wrong action.

  ~ Henry Ford quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Courage, Decide

• The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.

  ~ Mark Twain quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Mark Twain, Secret, Age, Break

• The middle path is the way to wisdom.

  ~ Mevlana Rumi quotes from Rumi Daylight: A Daybook of Spiritual Guidance

  Motivational Quotes on: Action, Temperance

• You've got to ask! Asking is, in my opinion, the world's most powerful--and neglected--secret to success and happiness.

  ~ Percy Ross quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Success, Happiness, Secret, Power, Skin

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