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:-

• The self-confidence of the warrior is not the self-confidence of the average man. The average man seeks certainty in the eyes of the onlooker and calls that self-confidence. The warrior seeks impeccability in his own eyes and calls that humbleness. The average man is hooked to his fellow men, while the warrior is hooked only to infinity.

  ~ Carlos Castaneda quotes from Tales of Power

  Self-Development Quotes on: Courage, Common Opinion, Warrior, Humble

• If you don't put a value on money and seek wealth, you most probably won't receive it. You must seek wealth for it to seek you. If no burning desire for wealth arises within you, wealth will not arise around you. Having definiteness of purpose for acquiring wealth is essential for its acquisition.

  ~ Dr. John Demartini quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Purpose, Desire, Burning, Receive, Within, Money

• The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. But the second best time is today.

  ~ Chinese Proverb quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Best

• Iron is full of impurities that weaken it; through forging, it becomes steel and is transformed into a razor-sharp sword. Human beings develop in the same fashion.

  ~ Morihei Ueshiba quotes from The Art of Peace

  Famous Quotes on: Action, Self-mastery, Weak

• The unexamined life is not worth living.

  ~ Plato quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Love, Life

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