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:-

• Then the time came when the risk it took to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

  ~ Anais Nin quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Courage

• It’s easy to act as if you are a weathervane, always changing your beliefs and words, trying to please everyone around you. But we were born to be lighthouses, not weathervanes.

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

  Self-Development Quotes on: Belief, Leadership, Act, Yin, Life, Potential, Light, Try

• Whatever we feel we most need is what we most need to give.

  ~ Unknown quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Unknown, Give

• When you inhabit any of these three roles, you’re reacting to fear of victimhood, loss of control, or loss of purpose. You’re always looking outside yourself, to the people and circumstances of life, for a sense of safety, security, and sanity.

  ~ David Emerald quotes from The Power of TED*

  Famous Quotes on: Fear, Purpose, Acting, David Emerald, Habit, Act, Power, Life, Control, Roles, Security, People, Victim

• We shun the rugged battle of fate where strength is born.

  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes from Self-Reliance

  Inspirational Quotes on: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emerson, Self-reliance, Fate, Strength

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