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:-

• I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

  ~ Thomas Jefferson quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Action, Excellence | Areté

• 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

  Motivational Quotes on: Courage, Growth

• Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear.

  ~ Dan Millman quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Action, Self-mastery, Success, Willpower, Doubt, Fear, Power, People

• Life has meaning only in the struggle. Triumph or defeat is in the hands of the Gods… So let us celebrate the struggle!

  ~ Swahili Warrior Song quotes

  Self-Development Quotes on: God, War, Struggle, Warrior, Life, Celebrate, Defeat

• The will to do springs from the knowledge that we can do.

  ~ James Allen quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Vision, Knowledge

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