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:-

• Adults gifted with perceptivity are those who can hear the flowers singing within others not yet aware of their own gifts… [They are able to] understand the meaning of personal symbols and to see beyond the superficiality of a situation to the person beneath... People who are gifted at "seeing" often seem to have a touch of magic about them... Jane Austen, Langston Hughes, Anne Hutchinson, William Shakespeare, and Henry David Thoreau are all examples.

  ~ Dr. Deidre Lovecky quotes from Article "Can You Hear the Flowers Singing?"

  Inspirational Quotes on: Love, War, Sin, William Shakespeare, Henry David Thoreau, Flow, Persona, Understand, Thoreau, Within, People

• The great will not condescend to take anything seriously.

  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes from Heroism

  Motivational Quotes on: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emerson, Great, Hero

• Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.

  ~ Chinese Proverb quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Teach, Teacher

• Your purpose is to act on the resources God gives you. If God gives you a bucket of fish, you have to distribute those fish. If you don't, they're going to rot, attract a bunch of flies, and start stinking up your soul.

  ~ Russell Simmons quotes from Do You!

  Famous Quotes on: God, Purpose, Act, Soul, Lies, Give

• It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to lose it.

  ~ Warren Buffett quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Wisdom, Character

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