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:-

• In all my life I have never heard a mother call out to her child as she goes off to school, “Take a lot of risks today, darling.” She is more likely to convey to her child, “Be careful, darling.” This “Be careful” carries with it a double message: ”The world is really dangerous out there” … and … “you won’t be able to handle it.”

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

  Self-Development Quotes on: Fear, Risk, Life, World, Age, Feel, Anger

• Aristotle said, ‘Time does not exist except for change.’ The origin of the word change is the Old English cambium, which means “to become.” In other words, time does not exist except for becoming something new. What, exactly, are you choosing to become?

  ~ Robert Cooper quotes from The Other 90%: How to Unlock Your Vast Untapped Potential for Leadership & Life

  Inspirational Quotes on: Leadership, Change, Sin, Aristotle, Act, New, Life, Potential, Becoming

• There is only one rule to become a good talker, learn how to listen.

  ~ Unknown quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Learn, Unknown, Good, Now, Become

• The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.

  ~ Mark Twain quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Mark Twain, Light, Right

• If I miss a day of practice, I know it. If I miss two days, my manager knows it. If I miss three days, my audience knows it.

  ~ Andre Previn quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Act, Practice

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