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:-

• Away with the world's opinion of you—it's always unsettled and divided.

  ~ Seneca quotes from Letters from a Stoic

  Famous Quotes on: Courage, Common Opinion

• If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is "thank you," it will be enough.

  ~ Meister Eckhart quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Love, Prayer, Life

• A man's doubts and fears are his worst enemies.

  ~ William Rigley, Jr. quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Fear, Doubt

• People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them.

  ~ George Bernard Shaw quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: George Bernard Shaw, World, Circumstance, Believe, People

• The beginning of pride and hatred lies in worldly desire, and the strength of your desire if from habit. When an evil tendency becomes confirmed by habit, rage is triggered when anyone restrains you.

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

  Self-Development Quotes on: Wisdom, Desire, Habit

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