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:-

• I love being married. It's so great to find the one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.

  ~ Rita Rudner quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Love, Great, Rest, Life

• Life always gives us exactly the teacher we need at every moment. This includes every mosquito, every misfortune, every red light, every traffic jam, every obnoxious supervisor (or employee), every illness, every loss, every moment of joy or depression, every addiction, every piece of garbage, every breath. Every moment is the guru.

  ~ Joko Beck quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Teach, Depression, Act, The Moment, Life, Light, Teacher, Give, Joy

• Every man should be master of anything he does and should do it in a masterly manner, with love, no matter what it is, whether hard physical work, menial or boring work, or inspirational work.

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

  Self-Development Quotes on: Inspiration, Love, Secret, Work, Master, Universe, Inspirational

• He who would learn to fly one day must learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.

  ~ Friedrich Nietzsche quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Learn, Friedrich Nietzsche, Yin, Nietzsche, Dance

• Happy people learn that happiness, like sweat, is a by-product of activity. You can only achieve happiness if you are too busy living your life to notice whether you are happy or not.

  ~ Frank Pittman III quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Happiness, Learn, Sweat, Act, Life, Busy, Achieve, Happy, People

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