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:-

• As a solid rock cannot be moved by the wind, the wise are not shaken by praise or blame.

  ~ Buddha quotes

• I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.

  ~ John Keats quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Great, Fail

• Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.

  ~ Hafez quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Courage, Fear

• All great achievements require time.

  ~ Maya Angelou quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Great, Achievement, Angel, Achieve

• Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desired can be won. It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours.

  ~ Ayn Rand quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Hope

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