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:-

• Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and whatever abysses nature leads, or you will learn nothing.

  ~ Thomas H. Huxley quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Learn, Act, Follow, Nature, Give, Will

• The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, 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, Happy, Honor

• The gift of mental power comes from God, Divine Being, and if we concentrate our minds on that truth, we become in tune with this great power.

  ~ Nikola Tesla quotes from Autobiography

  Self-Development Quotes on: God, Truth, Autobiography, Power, Great, Mind

• History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.

  ~ B.C. Forbes quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Courage, Heart, Obstacle, Winner, History, Defeat, Win

• If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to meet it.

  ~ Jonathan Winters quotes

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