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:-

• 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

  Self-Development Quotes on: Love, Death, Life, Warrior, Peace

• …the limitations of my endurance were expanded over and over. At times I felt that if I did not sit down I would collapse. Then something would happen to attract my attention…miraculously, the distraction always provided wings, carrying new strength, a second wind.

  ~ Marlo Morgan quotes from Mutant Message from Down Under

  Famous Quotes on: Action, Act, Yin, New, Imitation, Attention, Expand, Strength, Win

• Genuine effort is success.

  ~ Vernon Howard quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Success, War, Effort, Vernon Howard

• Loosen the bonds of avarice from your hands and neck.

  ~ Mevlana Rumi quotes from Rumi Daylight: A Daybook of Spiritual Guidance

  Self-Development Quotes on: Wisdom, Desire

• The ascent of Everest was not the work of one day, nor even of those few unforgettable weeks in which we climbed… It is, in fact, a tale of sustained and tenacious endeavor by many, over a long period of time.

  ~ Sir John Hunt quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Act, Work, Rest

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