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:-

• Money is central to our lives. Yet money is not of central importance. It has nothing whatsoever to do with the lasting values that make life worth living.

  ~ Kent Nerburn quotes

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• To excel means to reach beyond the best you have ever given because doing so matters to you personally, for its own sake. It means to run your own race—as an individual, team, or organization. To excel is to know your greatest strengths and passions, and to emphasize them while honestly admitting and managing your weaknesses.

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

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• I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

  ~ Thomas Jefferson quotes

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• Fear always springs from ignorance.

  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes

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• Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase. Just take the first step.

  ~ Martin Luther King Jr. quotes

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