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:-

• To exercise some sort of control over others is the secret motive of every selfish person.

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

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• Part of your mission in life then must be to share your gifts with as many people as possible. That means being willing to play big.

  ~ T. Harv Eker quotes from Secrets of the Millionaire Mind

  Self-Development Quotes on: Secret, Mission, Life, Mind, Gift, Will, People

• You haven't yet opened your heart fully, to life, to each moment. The peaceful warrior's way is not about invulnerability, but absolute vulnerability--to the world, to life, and to the Presence you felt. All along I've shown you by example that a warrior's life is not about imagined perfection or victory; it is about love. Love is a warrior's sword; wherever it cuts, it gives life, not death.

  ~ Dan Millman quotes from The Way of the Peaceful Warrior

  Famous Quotes on: Love, Death, Life, Warrior, Peace

• Stress is not caused by problems. It is your attitude toward the problem that causes stress. Knowing the cause of stress makes it easier to deal with, for now the appropriate question can be asked. The question is not how can I rid myself of stress, but how can I change my attitude toward work, events, disappointments, fears, and people?

  ~ José Silva and Burt Goldman quotes

• Power is what they want, not candy—power to execute their design, power to give legs and feet, form and actuality to their thought; which, to a clear-sighted man, appears the end for which the universe exists, and all its resources might be well applied.

  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes from Conduct of Life

  Self-Development Quotes on: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Act, Emerson, Power, Life, Give, Universe

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