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 know some people say "Keep your eyes on the prize," but I disagree. When your eyes are stuck on the prize, you're going to keep stumbling and crashing into things. If you really want to get ahead, you've got to keep your eyes focused on the path.

  ~ Russell Simmons quotes from Do You!

  Famous Quotes on: Focus, Ras, Path, People

• A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books.

  ~ Chinese Proverb quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Sin, Wise

• Men of sense esteem wealth to be the assimilation of nature to themselves, the converting of the sap and juices of the planet to the incarnation and nutriment of their design.

  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes from Conduct of Life

  Inspirational Quotes on: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emerson, Life, Nature

• Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.

  ~ Benjamin Disraeli quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Action, Happiness, Benjamin Disraeli, Act

• Be as the still mountain; Move like the great river.

  ~ Lao-tzu quotes from Tao Te Ching

  Famous Quotes on: Tao Te Ching, Great

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