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:-

• Whatever may be said in praise of poverty, the fact remains that it is not possible to live a really complete or successful life unless one is rich.

  ~ Wallace D. Wattles quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Success, Live, Act, Life, Rich, Poverty

• A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

  ~ Paul Valery quotes

• Don’t say, “I am depressed.” If you want to say, “It is depressed,” that’s all right. If you want to say that depression is there, that’s fine; if you want to say gloominess is there, that’s fine. But not: I am gloomy. You’re defining yourself in terms of the feeling. That’s your illusion; that’s your mistake. There is a depression there right now, but let it be, leave it alone. It will pass. Everything passes, everything. Your depressions and your thrills have nothing to do with happiness. Those are swings of the pendulum. If you seek kicks or thrills, get ready for depression. Do you want your drug? Get ready for the hangover. One end of the pendulum swings over to the other.

  ~ Anthony de Mello quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Happiness, Depression, Mistake, Anthony De Mello, Win

• The person who knows how to laugh at himself will never cease to be amused.

  ~ Shirley MacLaine quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Love

• Great performers are, by definition, abnormal; they strive throughout their entire careers to separate themselves from the pack.

  ~ John Eliot, Ph.D. quotes from Overachievement: The New Model for Exceptional Performance

  Motivational Quotes on: John Eliot, Overachievement, Careers, New, Great, Achievement, Career

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