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:-

• Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

  ~ Will Durant quotes

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• Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second. Give your dreams all you've got and you'll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.

  ~ William James quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Energy, William James, Dreams, Dream, Give, People, Win

• As selfishness and complaint pervert and cloud the mind, so sex with its joy clears and sharpens the vision.

  ~ Helen Keller quotes from My Religion

  Famous Quotes on: Vision, Helen Keller, Sex, Mind, Sharpen, Joy, Religion

• It’s not enough to be in the right place at the right time. You have to be the right person in the right place at the right time.

  ~ T. Harv Eker quotes from Secrets of the Millionaire Mind

  Motivational Quotes on: Secret, Mind, Time, Right

• Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

  ~ Thomas A. Edison quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Inspiration, Genius

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