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:-

• The people who have achieved more than you, in any area, are only a half step ahead of you in time. Bless them and praise their gifts, and bless and praise your own. The world would be less rich without their contributions, and it would be less rich without yours. There's more than room for everyone; in fact, there's a need for everyone.

  ~ Marianne Williamson quotes

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• If it’s important to you and you want to do it “eventually,” just do it and correct course along the way.

  ~ Timothy Ferriss quotes from The 4-Hour Workweek

  Motivational Quotes on: Work, The Way

• All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous, unpremeditated act without benefit of experience.

  ~ Henry Miller quotes

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• We have committed the golden rule to memory; let us now commit it to life.

  ~ Edwin Markham quotes

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• The easiest thing in the world is to be you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position.

  ~ Leo Buscaglia quotes

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