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:-

• It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head.

  ~ Sally Kempton quotes

• Never mistake motion for action.

  ~ Ernest Hemingway quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Action, Ernest Hemingway, Act, Mistake, Motion

• As it is with a play, so it is with life—what matters is not how long the acting lasts, but how good it is.

  ~ Seneca quotes from Letters from a Stoic

  Self-Development Quotes on: Wisdom, Death, Life

• There is absolutely nothing that you desire that you cannot achieve.

  ~ Abraham Hicks quotes from Ask and It Is Given

  Self-Development Quotes on: Desire, Give, Achieve

• What’s the most exceptional thing you’ve done this week? What’s the most exceptional thing you will do next week?

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

  Motivational Quotes on: Leadership, Life, Potential

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