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:-

• Vision is not enough; it must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps; we must step up the stairs.

  ~ Vaclav Havel quotes

  Inspirational Quotes on: Vision, Stairs, Vaclav Havel

• Every man comes into the world with a predisposition to grow along certain lines, and growth is easier for him along those lines than in any other way.

  ~ Wallace D. Wattles quotes from The Science of Being Great

  Famous Quotes on: Growth, Great

• The danger of an adventure is worth a thousand days of ease and comfort.

  ~ Paulo Coelho quotes from Veronika Decides to Die

  Motivational Quotes on: Decide, Paulo Coelho, Adventure

• 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

  Motivational Quotes on: Leadership, Goals, Great, Life, Potential

• A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage.

  ~ Sydney Smith quotes

  Famous Quotes on: Courage, Sydney Smith, Great, World, Age, Talent

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