A warrior cannot complain or regret anything. His life is an endless challenge, and challenges cannot possibly be good or bad. Challenges are simply challenges.”
– Carlos Castaneda
There is little success where there is little laughter.”
– Andrew Carnegie
Nothing is a mistake. There’s no win and no fail. There’s only make.”
– Corita Kent
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”
– T.S. Eliot
Look at everything as though you were
seeing it either for the first or last time.
Then your time on earth will be filled with glory.”
– Betty Smith
I will pay more for the ability to deal with people than any other ability under the sun.”
– John D. Rockefeller
Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you’re already in heaven now.”
– Jack Kerouac
Traveling is one way of lengthening life, at least in appearance.”
– Benjamin Franklin
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
– Mary Oliver
We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give.”
– Winston Churchill
Never never never never give up.”
– Winston Churchill
You only live once. But if you do it right, once is enough.”
– Mae West
My goal was to tell the life side of the story. We have become a nation of voyeurs that expect sensationalism, and that offends me.”
– Kathleen Jo Ryan
That which grows fast withers as rapidly; that which grows slowly endures.”
– J.G. Holland, novelist
Friendship is the only cement that will hold the world together.”
– Woodrow Wilson
Don’t follow, lead. Don’t copy, create. Don’t start, finish. Don’t sit still, move. Don’t fit in, stand out. Don’t sit quietly, speak up. (Not all the time, sure, but more often.)”
– Seth Godin
The good ideas are all hammered out in agony by individuals, not spewed out by groups.”
– Charles Brower, Advertising Hall of Fame
It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.”
– J. Kristnhamurti, The First and Last Freedom
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?”
– Magical
Nobody talks about entrepreneurship as survival, but that’s exactly what nurtures creative thinking.”
– Anita Roddick, founder, The Body Shop
In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.
– Robert Frost
Entrepreneurs need to search purposefully for the sources of innovation that indicate opportunities for success.”
– Peter F. Drucker
Who cares if my glass is half empty or half full; I still have something to drink.”
– Optimism rules
We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”
– Joseph Campbell
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
– Nelson Mandela
Passion makes perfect.”
– Eugene Biro
I may not be able to change what takes place, but I can always choose to change my thinking.”
– Michelle Sedas
No matter how difficult and painful it may be, nothing sounds as good to the soul as the truth.”
– Martha Beck, from "Leaving the Saints"
The mind is everything. What you think, you become.”
– Buddha
Do one thing every day that scares you.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt
If it really was a no-brainer to make it on your own in business there’d be millions of no-brained, harebrained individuals quitting their day jobs.”
– Bill Rancic, "The Apprentice"
The fixity of a habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity.”
– Marcel Proust
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”
– Carl Rogers
You must learn to be still in the midst of activity
and to be vibrantly alive in repose.”
– Indira Ghandi
The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.”
– Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., U.S. Supreme Court justice
We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.”
– General Omar Bradley
The goal of Life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with nature.”
– Joseph Cambell
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.”
– President Calvin Coolidge
You’ve got to be willing to crash and burn. If you’re afraid of failing, you won’t get very far.”
– Steve Jobs
Whosoever knows how to fight well is not angry. Whosoever knows how to conquer enemies does not fight them.”
– Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
When a dog runs at you, whistle for him.”
– Henry David Thoreau
Success is about finding a livelihood that brings joy, self-sufficiency, and a sense of contributing.”
– Anita Roddick
With ordinary talents and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable.”
– Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton
Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!”
– Andrew Carnegie
Women once had the goal of being Superwoman; I think most of us now simply strive to have a super day.”
– Author, Activist Lee Woodruff
When I was younger I thought success was being a star, driving nice cars, having groupies. But today I think the most important thing is to live your life with integrity.
– Ellen DeGeneres
As each woman realizes her power, she transforms the world.”
– Patrice Wynne, WomanSpirit Sourcebook
A lot of people have ideas, but few decide to do something about them now. Not next week. But today.”
– Nolan Bushnell, founder, Atari
The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something.”
– Nolan Bushnell, founder, Chuck E. Cheese's
I was taught at a very young age that you can do whatever you want to, but you have to make it happen — not just talk about it.”
– Kathleen Jo Ryan
