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 be a warrior is not a simple matter of wishing to be one. It is rather an endless struggle that will go on to the very last moment of our lives. Nobody is born a warrior, in exactly the same way that nobody is born an average man. We make ourselves into one or the other.

  ~ Carlos Castaneda quotes from Tales of Power

  Famous Quotes on: Courage, Growth, Warrior, Simple

•  Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day. Wisdom consists in not exceeding that limit.

  ~ Elbert Hubbard quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Wisdom, Foolishness, Humor

• Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

  ~ Jesus quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Attitude, Thoughts

• Our job in this lifetime is not to shape ourselves into some ideal we imagine we ought to be, but to find out who we already are and become it.

  ~ Steven Pressfield quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Ideal, Life, Steven Pressfield

• You don't always get what you ask for, but you never get what you don't ask for… unless it's contagious!

  ~ Franklyn Broude quotes

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