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 ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

  ~ Martin Luther King Jr. quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Martin Luther King, Challenge, Time, Moment

• Little by little a person becomes evil, as a water pot is filled by drops of water...Little by little a person becomes good, as a water pot is filled by drops of water.

  ~ Buddha quotes from The Dhammapada

  Inspirational Quotes on: Attitude, Thoughts

• Nothing is impossible for those who act after wise counsel and careful thought.

  ~ Turuvalluvar quotes from The Kural No. 142

  Motivational Quotes on: Act, Impossible, Thought, Wise

• When we let someone be who they are without trying to change them, that is giving away love. When we trust that someone can handle his or her own life, and act accordingly, that is giving away love.

  ~ Susan Jeffers quotes from Feel the Fear…And Do It Anyway

  Motivational Quotes on: Fear, Love, Change, Act, Yin, Trust, Life, Rust, Giving, Try, Feel

• Every day, therefore, should be regulated as if it were the one that brings up the rear, the one that rounds out and completes our lives.

  ~ Seneca quotes from Letters from a Stoic

  Famous Quotes on: Wisdom, Death

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