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:-

• We must strive to reach that simplicity that lies beyond sophistication.

  ~ John Gardner quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Simplicity, Lies, Strive

• When we let someone be who they are without trying to change them, that is giving away love. When we trust that someone can handle his or her own life, and act accordingly, that is giving away love.

  ~ Susan Jeffers quotes from Feel the Fear…And Do It Anyway

  Motivational Quotes on: Fear, Love, Change, Act, Yin, Trust, Life, Rust, Giving, Try, Feel

• The sign of a great man is that the closer you get, the greater he seems.

  ~ Chofetz Chaim quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Greatness, General

• One of the most valuable lessons in learning to diminish fear is embodied in the phrase SAY YES TO YOUR UNIVERSE.

  ~ Susan Jeffers quotes from Feel the Fear…And Do It Anyway

  Motivational Quotes on: Fear, Learn, Learning, Ras, Universe, Yes, Feel

• Do, or do not. There is no 'try'.

  ~ Yoda quotes from The Empire Strikes Back

  Inspirational Quotes on: Yoda, Try

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