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:-

• Faith—not a faith in one’s self or in one’s own powers but faith in principle; in the Something Great which upholds right, and which may be relied upon to give us the victory in due time. Without this faith it is not possible for any one to rise to real greatness.

  ~ Wallace D. Wattles quotes from The Science of Being Great

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• Life is ever giving of Itself. We must receive, utilize and extend the gift. Success and prosperity are spiritual attributes belonging to all people.

  ~ Ernest Holmes quotes

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• The beginning of pride and hatred lies in worldly desire, and the strength of your desire if from habit. When an evil tendency becomes confirmed by habit, rage is triggered when anyone restrains you.

  ~ Mevlana Rumi quotes from Rumi Daylight: A Daybook of Spiritual Guidance

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• Happily achieve instead of achieving to be happy.

  ~ Tony Robbins quotes

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• All victims have experienced a loss—a thwarted desire or aspiration—even if they’re not aware of it.

  ~ David Emerald quotes from The Power of TED*

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