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:-

• It was subtle of God to learn Greek when he wished to become an author -- and not to learn it better.

  ~ Friedrich Nietzsche quotes

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• While we are postponing, life speeds by.

  ~ Seneca quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Seneca, Life

• He who asks a question may be a fool for five minutes, but he who never asks a question remains a fool forever.

  ~ Tom J. Connelly quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Question

• Both renunciation of action and the performance of action lead to Nirvana (Liberation); but these performance of action is superior to renunciation of action. The action of today becomes the destiny of tomorrow.

  ~ Swami Chinmayanada quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Action, Act, Destiny, Superior, Become

• The key to success is not purely who’s the smartest, who’s the best, but also who can say with conviction, “I deserve it.” The entire concept is wrapped up in one phrase: “Why not me?”

  ~ Donny Deutsch quotes from Often Wrong Never in Doubt

  Motivational Quotes on: Success, Ras, Best, Serve, Smart

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