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:-

• The great epochs of our life come when we gain the courage to rechristen our evil as what is best in us.

  ~ Friedrich Nietzsche quotes from Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future

  Self-Development Quotes on: Courage, Growth, Life

• I am always compassionate, but sometimes in a very feminine, gentle way, nurturing and supportive, and sometimes in a very masculine way, ruthless and decisive. But I always have in my arsenal what is necessary to get the job done. I am totally integrated. There’s no need to become integrated; I am Integrated Feminine/Masculine Compassion. Another name for me is Big Heart.

  ~ Zen Master Dennis Genpo Merzel quotes

• Life has meaning only in the struggle. Triumph or defeat is in the hands of the Gods… So let us celebrate the struggle!

  ~ Swahili Warrior Song quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: God, War, Struggle, Warrior, Life, Celebrate, Defeat

• Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.

  ~ Thomas Edison quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Wisdom, Patience

• O friend, never strike sail to a fear!

  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes from Heroism

  Self-Development Quotes on: Fear, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emerson, Hero, Friend

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