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:-

• A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

  ~ Sir Winston Churchill quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Winston Churchill, Opportunity, Optimist, Win

• If you perform the sacrifice of doing your duty, you do not have to do anything else. Devoted to duty, man attains perfection.

  ~ Bhagavad-Gita quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Perfection, Devo, Doing, Perfect

• I ask you, what is the use of having your “cake” if you can’t eat it? What exactly are you supposed to do with it? Put it on your mantel and look at it? Cake is meant to be eaten and enjoyed.

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

  Self-Development Quotes on: Secret, Act, Mind, Joy, Enjoy

• Apathy can only be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things: First, an ideal which takes the imagination by storm, and second, a definite intelligible plan for carrying that ideal into practice.

  ~ Arnold Toynbee quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Vision, Enthusiasm, Act, Yin, Path, Ideal, Practice

• A smile is a light in the window of the soul indicating that the heart is at home.

  ~ Unknown quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Unknown, Smile, Heart, Soul, Light, Now, Win

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