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:-

• A habit is only a habit until you can observe it. And then it's a choice.

  ~ Unknown quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Unknown, Habit, Choice, Serve

• All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it's possible), but calculating risk and acting decisively. Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer.

  ~ Niccolo Machiavelli quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Action, Risk, Acting, Act, Mistake, Suffer, Strength, Latin, Bold, Anger

• Five Truths about Fear Truth 1. The fear will never go away as long as I continue to grow. Truth 2. The only way to get rid of the fear of doing something is to go out and do it. Truth 3. The only way to feel better about myself is to go out… and do it. Truth 4. Not only am I going to experience fear whenever I’m on unfamiliar territory, but so is everyone else. Truth 5. Pushing through fear is less frightening than living with the underlying fear that comes from a feeling of helplessness.

  ~ Susan Jeffers quotes from Feel The Fear... And Do it Anyway

  Self-Development Quotes on: Fear, Growth, Helplessness, Courage

• Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.

  ~ Lao-tzu quotes from Tao Te Ching

  Self-Development Quotes on: Action, Self-mastery, Power, Win

• You weren't an accident. You weren't mass produced. You aren't an assembly-line product. You were deliberately planned, specifically gifted, and lovingly positioned on the Earth by the Master Craftsman.

  ~ Max Lucado quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Master, Earth

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