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:-

• Poor people will do almost anything to avoid problems. They see a challenge and they run…the secret to success, my friends, is not to try to avoid or get rid of or shrink from your problems; the secret is to grow yourself so that you are bigger than your problems.

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

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• By leadership, I mean taking complete responsibility for an organization's well-being and growth, and changing it for the better. Real leadership is not about prestige, power or status. It is about responsibility.

  ~ Robert Joss quotes

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• Truly loving another means letting go of all expectations. It means full acceptance, even celebration of another's personhood.

  ~ Karen Casey quotes

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• The first step is the hardest.

  ~ Anonymous quotes

• Courtesy will be in my heart to give to all.

  ~ Walter Russell quotes from The Man Who Tapped the Secrets of the Universe

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