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:-

• To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.

  ~ Winston Churchill quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Courage, Growth

• Persecutors fear loss of control. Rescuers fear loss of purpose. Rescuers need Victims—someone to protect or fix—to bolster their self-esteem.

  ~ David Emerald quotes from The Power of TED*

  Inspirational Quotes on: Fear, Purpose, David Emerald, Power, Control, Victim

• Our greatest battles are that with our own minds.

  ~ Jameson Frank quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Great, Mind

• Life is really simple, but men insist on making it complicated.

  ~ Confucius quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Wisdom, Simplicity, Life, Simple

• Great performers in all fields seem immune to what outsiders think about them. Their sense of themselves never depends on the feedback—positive or negative—they get from the environment.

  ~ John Eliot, Ph.D. quotes from Overachievement: The New Model for Exceptional Performance

  Inspirational Quotes on: Think, John Eliot, Overachievement, New, Great, Achievement

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