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 best players in any high-stakes field - business, entertainment, law, surgery, as well as sport - recognize that pressure occurs at the moments when meaningful accomplishment is possible. In fact, that is the reason why performers perform: for the opportunity to tackle challenges head on, to do something significant, to demonstrate what their hard work and talent can produce.

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

  Famous Quotes on: The Moment, Business, Challenges, Sin, John Eliot, Overachievement, Act, New, Work, Best, Reason, Achievement, Challenge, Accomplishment, Talent

• They're only truly great who are truly good.

  ~ George Chapman quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Wisdom, Character

• As another ancient sage once said, “The pathway is smooth. Why do you throw rocks before you?”

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

  Motivational Quotes on: Fear, Path, Age, Feel

• Believe. The promise of God are real. They are as real, as solid, yes infinitely more solid than this table which the materialist so thoroughly believes in. If you would only believe, O ye of little faith.

  ~ George Washington Carver quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: God, George Washington, George Washington Carver, Faith, Believe, Yes

• If we are to find our way across toubled waters, we are better served by the company of those who have built bridges, who have moved beyond despair and inertia.

  ~ Marilyn Ferguson quotes from The Aquarian Conspiracy

  Self-Development Quotes on: Water, Better, Despair, Serve

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