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:-

• What is the first business of one who practices philosophy? To get rid of self-conceit. For it is impossible for anyone to begin to learn that which he thinks he already knows.

  ~ Epictetus quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Wisdom, Philosopher, Business

• A day of sorrow is longer than a month of joy.

  ~ Chinese Proverb quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Joy

• The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them.

  ~ Albert Einstein quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Think, Albert Einstein, Thinking, Create

• 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

  Famous Quotes on: Secret, Act, Mind, Joy, Enjoy

• Don’t suffer fools or you’ll become one.

  ~ Timothy Ferriss quotes from The 4-Hour Workweek

  Motivational Quotes on: Work, Suffer

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