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:-

• People only see what they are prepared to see.

  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Attitude, Perception, People

• When anything is pointed out, our only idea is to go from wrong to right; in spite of the fact that it has taken us years to get to wrong we try to get right in a moment.

  ~ FM Alexander quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Act, The Moment, Try

• Racism is man's gravest threat to man--the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.

  ~ Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Reason

• Life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece.

  ~ Nadia Boulanger quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Yin, Life, Master, Attention, Try, Win, Anger

• Dreamlining is so named because it applies timelines to what most would consider dreams.

  ~ Timothy Ferriss quotes from The 4-Hour Workweek

  Self-Development Quotes on: Dreams, Dream, Work, Lies

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