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 foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall...

  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes from The Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Famous Quotes on: Courage, Growth

• It takes great goals to lead us out of our everyday limits into accomplishing more than we ever thought we could or would.

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

  Self-Development Quotes on: Leadership, Goals, Great, Life, Potential

• Commitment doesn’t mean that it has to last forever, but while you are there, commit yourself 100%. By doing this, the quality of your life improves 100%.

  ~ Susan Jeffers quotes from Feel the Fear…And Do It Anyway

  Famous Quotes on: Fear, Commitment, Life, Doing, Commit, Feel

• There is a secret psychology of money. Most people don't know about it. That's why most people never become financially successful. A lack of money is not the problem; it is merely a symptom of what's going on inside of you.

  ~ T. Harv Eker quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Success, Psychology, Secret, Money, People, Financial, Psychology of Money

• Now intelligence seemed quantifiable. You could measure someone's actual or potential height, and now, it seemed, you could also measure someone's actual or potential intelligence. We had one dimension of mental ability along which we could array everyone... The whole concept has to be challenged; in fact, it has to be replaced.

  ~ Howard Gardner quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: War, Howard Gardner, Intelligence, Act, Potential, Challenge

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