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:-

• In your training, do not be in a hurry, for it takes a minimum of ten years to master the basics and advance to the first rung. Never think of yourself as an all-knowing, perfected master; you must continue to train daily with your friends and students and progress together in the Art of Peace.

  ~ Morihei Ueshiba quotes from The Art of Peace

  Famous Quotes on: Action, Self-mastery, Student, Peace, Win, Friend

• I’ve always managed by walking around. Any CEO or leader who spends the majority of his time in his office is not doing his job.

  ~ Donny Deutsch quotes from Often Wrong Never in Doubt

  Famous Quotes on: Doing, Leader

• Don't let your throat tighten with fear. Take sips of breath all day and night, before death closes your mouth.

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

  Motivational Quotes on: Courage, Fear, Death

• Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

  ~ Carl Jung quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Self-awareness, Self Concept

• The rewards are profound. Shadow-work enables us to alter our self-sabotaging behavior so that we can achieve a more self-directed life.

  ~ Connie Zweig quotes from Romancing the Shadow

  Self-Development Quotes on: War, Work, Life, Achieve

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