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:-

• What turns ordinary people into overachievers is the way they use their minds when they are called on to perform.

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

  Famous Quotes on: John Eliot, Overachievement, New, Mind, The Way, Achievement, Achieve, People

• Nothing in this world is a gift. Whatever must be learned must be learned the hard way.

  ~ Carlos Castaneda quotes from The Teachings of Don Juan

  Inspirational Quotes on: Wisdom, Learning

• There's a tendency today to absolve individuals of moral responsibility and treat them as victims of social circumstance. You buy that; you pay with your soul. What limits people is lack of character. What limits people is that they don't have the nerve to star in their own fucking movie, let alone direct it.

  ~ Tom Robbins quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Victim

• The journey of a thousand miles begins with a step.

  ~ Lao-tzu quotes from Tao Te Ching

  Motivational Quotes on: Action

• Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

  ~ Albert Einstein quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Albert Einstein, Persist

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