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 knew it was unrealistic to think I could build an institution overnight. But if I took baby steps, eventually it would happen.

  ~ Russell Simmons quotes from Do You!

  Motivational Quotes on: Think, New

• When I was a young man I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. I didn't want to be a failure, so I did ten times more work.

  ~ George Bernard Shaw quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Wisdom, Failure, Serve

• "From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that we are here for the sake of each other - above all for those upon whose smile and well-being our own happiness depends, and also for the countless unknown souls with whose fate we are connected by a bond of sympathy. Many times a day I realize how much my own outer and inner life is built upon the labors of my fellow men, both living and dead, and how earnestly I must exert myself in order to give in return as much as I have received."

  ~ Albert Einstein quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Love, Life, Happiness

• The personal power that comes from principle-centered living is the power of a self-aware, knowledgeable, proactive individual, unrestricted by the attitudes, behaviors, and actions of others or by many of the circumstances and environmental influences that limit other people.

  ~ Stephen R. Covey quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Action, Attitude, War, Stephen R. Covey, Persona, Act, Proactive, Power, Rest, Edge, Knowledge, People

• When I start my day by reflecting on all the things I have to be grateful for, I'll have a much more rewarding day.

  ~ Russell Simmons quotes from Do You!

  Self-Development Quotes on: War

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