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:-

• ...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

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

• It is quite possible to work without results, but never will there be results without work.

  ~ Unknown quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Unknown, Work, Results, Now, Will

• Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

  ~ Mark Twain quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Attitude

• The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.

  ~ Carlos Castaneda quotes from Journey to Ixtlan

  Famous Quotes on: Attitude, Perception, Strong

• You want to be a hero? Learn to create certainty in the face of fear.

  ~ Tony Robbins quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Fear, Learn, Tony Robbins, Create, Hero

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