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:-

• So, instead of wanting to throttle your loved ones when they give you a hard time, it is better to look at them as mirrors of what you still need to work on in terms of our personal growth.

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

  Motivational Quotes on: Fear, Growth, Love, Persona, Better, Work, Give, Time, Mirror, Feel

• Anyone who strays too far from the majority view or the conventional wisdom is bound to be labeled “arrogant,” “a maverick,” “a Wildman,” “weird,” or even “crazy.”

  ~ John Eliot, Ph.D. quotes from Overachievement: The New Model for Exceptional Performance

  Motivational Quotes on: Wisdom, John Eliot, Overachievement, New, Achievement

• If a person weren’t failing in some way, shape or form, would he or she need to blame, justify, or complain? The obvious answer is no.

  ~ T. Harv Eker quotes from Secrets of the Millionaire Mind

  Motivational Quotes on: Failing, Secret, Blame, Mind, Fail

• Remember that poise and power are inseparably associated. The calm and balanced mind is the strong and great mind; the hurried and agitated mind is the weak one.

  ~ Wallace D. Wattles quotes from The Science of Being Great

  Motivational Quotes on: Balance, Power, Great, Mind, Strong, Weak

• It is far better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

  ~ Oscar Wilde quotes

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