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:-

• Most inputs are useless and time is wasted in proportion to the amount that is available.

  ~ Timothy Ferriss quotes from The 4-Hour Workweek

  Self-Development Quotes on: Work, Waste

• Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

  ~ Leo Buscaglia quotes from Love

  Motivational Quotes on: Love, Interconnectedness, Life, Power

• The chief enemy of creativity is common sense.

  ~ Pablo Picasso quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Vision

• Every man needs to thank his faults.

  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes from Compensation

  Self-Development Quotes on: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emerson, Compensation

• Creativity and love come from the same source.

  ~ Laurens Van der Post quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Creativity, Love

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