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 economic race should not be arranged so everyone arrives at the finish line at the same time but so that everyone starts at the starting line at the same time.

  ~ Milton Friedman quotes

• Since a relationship involves two members investing in it, its value increases twice as fast as one's investment.

  ~ Kevin Kelly quotes

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• Mr. Russell is a great believer in versatility in all creative work. In any physical work he believes one can work many hours at a time, but in mental, creative work he believes one can do his best only for two hours at a time on any one subject, but he can work another two hours on another subject with equal freshness. He therefore sometimes works two hours a day on each of five different creations, “and in that way can live five lives at a time.

  ~ Walter Russell quotes from The Man Who Tapped the Secrets of the Universe

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• The shortest and best way to make your fortune is to let people see clearly that it is in their interest to promote yours.

  ~ Jean de La Bruyere quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Best, Rest, People

• Success requires persistence, the ability to not give up in the face of failure. I believe that optimistic explanatory style is the key to persistence.

  ~ Martin Seligman quotes from Learned Optimism

  Inspirational Quotes on: Success, Failure, Learn, Martin Seligman, Learned Optimism, Fail, Persist, Persistence, Give, Believe, Optimist

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