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:-

• True achievement in any sphere of action depends upon real ability, and a strong, deep, whole-souled love.

  ~ Christian D. Larson quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Action, Love, Act, Soul, Achievement, Achieve, Strong

• Are you a “victim,” or are you taking responsibility for your life?

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

  Famous Quotes on: Responsibility, Fear, Life, Feel, Victim

• ...if we expended all our energies solely on taking care of our own needs we would stop growing. In that respect what we call "soul" can be viewed as the surplus energy that can be invested into change and transformation. As such, it is the cutting edge of evolution.

  ~ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi quotes from Good Business

  Self-Development Quotes on: Business, Energy, Change, Sin, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Zen, Stop, Good, Soul, Edge, Win

• I am talking about the power within the self. This means power over your perceptions of the world, power over how you react to situations in your life, power to do what is necessary for your own self-growth, power to create joy and satisfaction in your life, power to act, and power to love.

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

  Famous Quotes on: Action, Perception, Fear, Growth, Love, Act, Power, Create, Life, Within, Joy, World, Feel

• When your heart becomes the grave of your secrets, that desire of yours will be gained more quickly. The prophet said that anyone who keeps secret his inmost thought will soon attain the object of his desire. When seeds are buried in the earth, their inward secrets become the flourishing garden.

  ~ Mevlana Rumi quotes from Rumi Daylight: A Daybook of Spiritual Guidance

  Motivational Quotes on: Courage, Fear, Earth

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