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:-

• A rule of thumb for a warrior is that he makes his decisions so carefully that nothing that may happen as a result of them can surprise him, much less drain his power.

  ~ Carlos Castaneda quotes from Tales of Power

  Inspirational Quotes on: Courage, Decide, Warrior, Power

• Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves -- to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterday by our today.

  ~ Stewart B. Johnson quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Business, Growth, Competition

• You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.

  ~ Anne Lamott quotes from Bird By Bird

  Motivational Quotes on: God, Create, People

• He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend lose more; but he who loses courage loses all.

  ~ Miguel de Cervantes quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Courage, Miguel De Cervantes, Friend, Age

• Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends with them?

  ~ Abraham Lincoln quotes

  Motivational Quotes on: Abraham Lincoln, Yin, Destroy, Friend, Friends

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