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:-

• A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

  ~ Confucius quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Confucius, Journey

• "Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend -- or a meaningful day."

  ~ Dalai Lama quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Attitude, Appreciation, Friend, Buddhism

• The Life Triumphant is that which places what a man gives to the world in creative expression far ahead of that which he takes from it of the creations of others.

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

  Motivational Quotes on: Secret, Life, Express, Give, Universe, Creative

• The humbleness of a warrior is not the humbleness of the beggar. The warrior lowers his head to no one, but at the same time, he doesn't permit anyone to lower his head to him. The beggar, on the other hand, falls to his knees at the drop of a hat and scrapes the floor to anyone he deems to be higher; but at the same time, he demands that someone lower than him scrape the floor for him.

  ~ Carlos Castaneda quotes from Tales of Power

  Inspirational Quotes on: Attitude, Humility, Warrior, Humble

• When I argue with reality, I lose—but only 100 percent of the time.

  ~ Byron Katie quotes from Loving What Is

  Inspirational Quotes on: Katie, Time

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