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:-

• The ascent of Everest was not the work of one day, nor even of those few unforgettable weeks in which we climbed… It is, in fact, a tale of sustained and tenacious endeavor by many, over a long period of time.

  ~ Sir John Hunt quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Act, Work, Rest

• "The philosopher: he alone knows how to live for himself. He is the one, in fact, who knows the fundamental thing: how to live."

  ~ Seneca quotes from Letters from a Stoic

  Inspirational Quotes on: Wisdom, Philosopher

• In a humble state, you learn better. I can't find anything else very exciting about humility, but at least there's that.

  ~ John Dooner quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Humility, Learn, Better, Humble, Exciting

• I used to think that one day I'd be able to resolve the different drives I have in different directions, the tensions between the different people I am. Now I realize that is who I am. I do feel I'm getting closer to the song in my head. I wasn't looking for grace. But luckily grace was looking for me.

  ~ Bono quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Luck, Think, Tension, Rent, People

• I am rather like a mosquito in a nudist camp; I know what I want to do, but I don’t know where to begin.

  ~ Stephen Bayne quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Now

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