The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.”
– Andrew Carnegie
I’ve come to confirm that one’s title, even that of president, says little about how well one’s life has been led. No matter how much you’ve done, or how successful you’ve been, there’s always more to do, to learn, and to achieve.”
– Barack Obama
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
– Dalai Lama
I’m not afraid of storms,
for I’m learning to sail my ship.”
– Louisa May Alcott
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.”
– Abraham Lincoln
We never know how high we are
till we are called to rise;
And then, if we are true to plan,
Our statures touch the skies.”
– Emily Dickinson
Don’t follow your dreams. Chase them.”
– Richard Dumb
No longer talk at all about the kind of man a good man ought to be, but be such.”
– Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Of course there is no formula for success except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings.”
– Arthur Rubinstein
Are you willing to help other people succeed even when it’s not a requirement of your job to be of assistance?”
– Steven Schussler
We are not meant to resolve all contradictions, but to live with them and rise above them.”
– William Blake
If you do not tell the truth about yourself
, you cannot tell it about other people.”
– Virginia Woolf
Traveling is one way of lengthening life, at least in appearance.”
– Benjamin Franklin
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
– Thomas Edison
We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.”
– General Omar Bradley
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
– Leonardo da Vinci
Destiny is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.”
– William Jennings Bryan
We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.”
– General Omar Bradley
That man is richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.”
– Henry David Thoreau
Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!”
– Andrew Carnegie
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.”
– William Shakespeare
We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give.”
– Winston Churchill
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
– Nelson Mandela
I will pay more for the ability to deal with people than any other ability under the sun.”
– John D. Rockefeller
Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do.
Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.”
– Ella Fitzgerald
You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing.”
– Maya Angelou
In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.
– Robert Frost
If people like you they’ll listen to you; if they trust you, they’ll do business with you.”
– Zig Ziglar
Ripeness is all.”
– William Shakespeare
My job is my hobby. I come to work to play.”
– Uli Becker, president, Reebok International
The music is all around us. All you have to do is listen.”
– August Rush
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.”
– President Calvin Coolidge
Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid.”
– Basil King
The biggest flaw in our existing theory of capitalism lies in its misrepresentation of human nature.”
– Muhammad Yunus
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
Instead of loving your enemies, treat your friends a little better.”
– Edgar W. Howe
Things don’t change. You change your way of looking, that’s all.”
– Carlos Castaneda
A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.”
– Albert Schweitzer
Entrepreneurs are willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise.”
– Victor Kiam
As each woman realizes her power, she transforms the world.”
– Patrice Wynne, WomanSpirit Sourcebook
Nothing is a mistake. There’s no win and no fail. There’s only make.”
– Corita Kent
History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.”
– John F. Kennedy
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”
– Charles Darwin
We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.”
– Charles R. Swindoll
I may not be able to change what takes place, but I can always choose to change my thinking.”
– Michelle Sedas
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
He who wants to tear down a house must be prepared to rebuild it.”
– African Proverb
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.”
– Mark Twain
It is easier to fight for one’s principles than to live up to them.”
– Alfred Adler
Tolerance and patience should not be read as signs of weakness. They are signs of strength.”
– The Dalai Lama
