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:-

• Thought is the fountain of action, life and manifestation; make the fountain pure, and all will be pure.

  ~ James Allen quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Attitude, Life

• There should be no distasteful tasks in one’s life. If you just hate to do a thing, that hatred for it develops body-destructive toxins, and you become fatigued very soon.

  ~ Walter Russell quotes from The Man Who Tapped the Secrets of the Universe

  Self-Development Quotes on: Secret, Life, Body, Universe

• Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.

  ~ Teddy Roosevelt quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Action, Honor

• The ultimate aim of the quest must be neither release nor ecstasy for oneself, but the wisdom and the power to serve others.

  ~ Joseph Campbell quotes

• Emphasize strengths, don’t fix weaknesses.

  ~ Timothy Ferriss quotes from The 4-Hour Workweek

  Famous Quotes on: Emphasize, Work, Weakness, Weak

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