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:-

• Only the idea of death makes a warrior sufficiently detached so that he is capable of abandoning himself to anything. He knows his death is stalking him and won't give him time to cling to anything so he tries, without craving, all of everything.

  ~ Carlos Castaneda quotes from A Separate Reality

  Motivational Quotes on: Wisdom, Death, Warrior

• Victims may be defensive, submissive, over-accommodating to others, passive-aggressive in conflict, dependent on others for self-worth, overly sensitive, even manipulative. They’re often angry, resentful, and envious, feeling unworthy or ashamed about their circumstances. Have you ever felt or acted this way?

  ~ David Emerald quotes from The Power of TED*

  Famous Quotes on: David Emerald, Act, Power, Shame, Victim

• Poor people choose now. Rich people choose balance.

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

  Self-Development Quotes on: Secret, Balance, Mind, Now, People, Poor, Rich

• You have to persevere and fortify your pertinacity until the will to good becomes a disposition to good.

  ~ Seneca quotes from Letters from a Stoic

  Motivational Quotes on: Action, Habit

• The first step is the hardest.

  ~ Anonymous quotes

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