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:-

• Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!

  ~ Andrew Carnegie quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Vision, Success, Life, Achieve

• Quite often I have been faced with people who were praised and admired for their talents and their achievements… According to prevailing attitudes, these people--the pride and joy of their parents--should have had a strong and stable sense of self-assurance. But the case is exactly the opposite... [Whenever they suddenly get the feeling they have failed to live up to some ideal image or have not measured up to some standard, then they are plagued by anxiety or deep feelings of guilt and shame. What are the reasons for such disturbances in these competent, accomplished people?

  ~ Alice Miller quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Attitude, Live, Anxiety, Act, Pride, Ideal, Feelings, Reason, Achievement, Rent, Fail, Joy, Talent, Achieve, People, Shame, Strong, Parents

• You haven't yet opened your heart fully, to life, to each moment. The peaceful warrior's way is not about invulnerability, but absolute vulnerability--to the world, to life, and to the Presence you felt. All along I've shown you by example that a warrior's life is not about imagined perfection or victory; it is about love. Love is a warrior's sword; wherever it cuts, it gives life, not death.

  ~ Dan Millman quotes from The Way of the Peaceful Warrior

  Inspirational Quotes on: Love, Death, Life, Warrior, Peace

• When we wake up to the potential power within, our impulse is to grab it all “quick.” The more we grab, the more it seems to elude us. There is no quick. There are quick—and wonderful—seminars, workshops, books, and audios that give you tools, but they are not quick tools. They are to be used and mastered throughout a lifetime.

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

  Self-Development Quotes on: Fear, Audio, Power, Work, Life, Potential, Master, Give, Within, Time, Feel

• A journey of 1,000 miles must begin with one step.

  ~ Chinese Proverb quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Journey

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