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:-

• You must have absolute faith in your own perceptions of truth. Never act in haste or hurry; be deliberated in everything; wait until you know the true way.

  ~ Wallace D. Wattles quotes from The Science of Being Great

  Inspirational Quotes on: Perception, Truth, Act, Great, Faith

• It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs.

  ~ Confucius quotes from The Analects

  Motivational Quotes on: Attitude, Appreciation, Failure

• And ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.

  ~ Kahlil Gibran quotes from The Prophet

  Famous Quotes on: Love, Intimacy

• The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Purpose, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Live, Emerson, Life, Passion, Compassion, Happy, Honor

• At the bottom of every one of your fears is simply the fear that you can't handle whatever life may bring you.

  ~ Susan Jeffers quotes from Feel The Fear... And Do it Anyway

  Self-Development Quotes on: Fear, Powerlesness, Competence, Helplessness

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