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:-

• To know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.

  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes

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• Too many of those with unrealized aspirations have set them aside due to fear of failure. The bigger the dream, the greater the fear. Doing less than our best allays this fear. I could have done better if I’d tried, we assure ourselves. Among the least appreciated reasons for doing superficial, second-rate work of any kind is the comfort of knowing it’s not our best that’s on the line. By not trying too hard, we avoid learning what our true potential is, and having to fulfill it. Doing our best can be deeply threatening. It forces us to consider what we’re actually capable of accomplishing. Once we learn that lesson, we can’t unlearn it. Our true potential becomes both a shining light we can follow and an oppressive burden of expectation that might, or might not, be met.

  ~ Unknown quotes from Whoever Makes the Most Mistakes Wins: The Paradox of Innovation

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• Rich people do not back away from problems, do not avoid problems, and do not complain about problems. Rich people are financial warriors.

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

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• Man is only true to himself when he surpasses the limitations inherent in his nature.

  ~ Arthur Koestler quotes

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• Purity of mind and purity of conduct - these two depend upon the purity of a man's companions.

  ~ Tirukural quotes from Hindu Texts

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