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 danger of an adventure is worth a thousand days of ease and comfort.

  ~ Paulo Coelho quotes from Veronika Decides to Die

  Self-Development Quotes on: Decide, Paulo Coelho, Adventure

• When a man has fulfilled all four of these requisites—to be wide awake, to have fear, respect, and absolute assurance—there are no mistakes for which he will have to account; under such conditions his actions lose the blundering quality of the acts of a fool. If such a man fails, or suffers a defeat, he will have lost only a battle, and there will be no pitiful regrets over that.

  ~ Carlos Castaneda quotes from The Teachings of Don Juan

  Motivational Quotes on: Courage, Growth, Fear, Defeat

• Enjoy yourself--it's later than you think.

  ~ Guy Lombardo quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Attitude, Appreciation, Joy

• Only he who handles his ideas lightly is master of his ideas, and only he who is master of his ideas is not enslaved by them.

  ~ Lin Yutang quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Light, Master, Idea

• The nightmare always becomes laughter, once it’s understood.

  ~ Byron Katie quotes from Loving What Is

  Motivational Quotes on: Laugh, Katie, Become, Nightmare, Laughter

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