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:-

• If you miss love, you miss life.

  ~ Leo Buscaglia quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Love, Leo Buscaglia, Life

• Be like the fountain that overflows, not like the cistern that merely contains.

  ~ Paulo Coelho quotes from Veronika Decides to Die

  Famous Quotes on: Decide, Paulo Coelho, Flow

• "This is the manner of noble souls: they do not want to have anything for nothing; least of all, life. Whoever is of the mob wants to live for nothing; we others, however, to whom life gave itself, we always think about what we might best give in return...One should not wish to enjoy where one does not give joy."

  ~ Friedrich Nietzsche quotes from Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None

  Self-Development Quotes on: Wisdom, Happiness, Joy, Life

• What lies in our power to do, lies in our power not to do.

  ~ Aristotle quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Aristotle, Power, Lies

• Synergy is everywhere in nature. If you plant two plants close together, the roots commingle and improve the quality of the soil so that both plants will grow better than if they were separated. If you put two pieces of wood together, they will hold much more than the total weight held by each separately. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. One plus one equals three or more.

  ~ Stephen R. Covey quotes from The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

  Inspirational Quotes on: Habit, Stephen R. Covey, Better, The Seven Habits of Highly Effctive People, Great, Nature

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