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:-

• Henry Fonda was still throwing up before each stage performance, even when he was seventy-five. In other words, fear doesn't go away. The warrior and the artist live by the same code of necessity, which dictates that the battle must be fought anew every day.

  ~ Steven Pressfield quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Fear, War, Live, New, Warrior, Steven Pressfield, Win

• Good luck is another name for tenacity of purpose.

  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes from Conduct of Life

  Inspirational Quotes on: Luck, Purpose, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emerson, Good, Life

• "Cling tooth and nail to the following rule: Not to give in to adversity, never to trust prosperity, and always to take full note of fortune's habit of behaving just as she pleases, treating her as if she were actually going to do everything it is in her power to do. Whatever you have been expecting for some time comes as less of a shock."

  ~ Seneca quotes from Letters from a Stoic

  Inspirational Quotes on: Attitude, Non-attachment, Power, Habit, Win

• A man must consider what a rich realm he abdicates when he becomes a conformist.

  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Courage, Rich

• The best players in any high-stakes field - business, entertainment, law, surgery, as well as sport - recognize that pressure occurs at the moments when meaningful accomplishment is possible. In fact, that is the reason why performers perform: for the opportunity to tackle challenges head on, to do something significant, to demonstrate what their hard work and talent can produce.

  ~ John Eliot, Ph.D. quotes from Overachievement: The New Model for Exceptional Performance

  Inspirational Quotes on: The Moment, Business, Challenges, Sin, John Eliot, Overachievement, Act, New, Work, Best, Reason, Achievement, Challenge, Accomplishment, Talent

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