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:-

• There comes a moment when you have to stop revving up the car and shove it into gear.

  ~ David Mahoney quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Stop, The Moment

• You can be anything you want to be, if you only believe with sufficient conviction and act in accordance with your faith; for whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve.

  ~ Napoleon Hill quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Napoleon Hill, Act, Mind, Dance, Faith, Achieve, Believe

• Before the development of tourism, travel was conceived to be like study, and it's fruits were considered to be the adornment of the mind and the formation of the judgment.

  ~ Paul Fussell quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Judgment, Mind, Fruit, Development

• A long, healthy, and happy life is the result of making contributions, of having meaningful projects that are personally exciting and contribute to and bless the lives of others.

  ~ Stephen R. Covey quotes from The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

  Inspirational Quotes on: Habit, Health, Stephen R. Covey, Live, Persona, The Seven Habits of Highly Effctive People, Personally, Life, Happy, Exciting

• Tzu-kung asked, 'Is there a single word which can be a guide to conduct throughout one's life?' The Master said, 'It is perhaps the word 'shu.' Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.

  ~ Confucius quotes from The Analects

  Motivational Quotes on: Love, The Golden Rule, Life

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