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:-

• Life is too short for theatrics, for face time, for jumping through hoops, for excuses, for blaming, for trying too hard to please others, or for chasing society’s illusion of distant riches or fame.

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

  Inspirational Quotes on: Leadership, Sin, Yin, Life, Potential, Jump, Try, Fame, Rich

• It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

  ~ Theodore Roosevelt quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Fail

• Every positive change--every jump to a higher level of energy and awareness--involves a rite of passage. Each time to ascend to a higher rung on the ladder of personal evolution, we must go through a period of discomfort, of initiation. I have never found an exception.

  ~ Dan Millman quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Courage, Growth

• Failure is not an option on this one.

  ~ Donny Deutsch quotes from Often Wrong Never in Doubt

  Motivational Quotes on: Failure, Fail

• I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings. My wisdom flows from the Highest Source. I salute that Source in you. Let us work together for unity and love.

  ~ Mahatma Gandhi quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: Love, Interconnectedness, Beauty, Friendship, Peace, Friend

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