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To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.”

– Robert Louis Stevenson

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

Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.”

– E.B. White

Persist and persevere, and you will find most things that are attainable, possible.”

– Lord Chesterfield

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”

– T.S. Eliot

Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid.”

– Basil King

They who give have all things. They who withhold have nothing.”

– Hindu Proverb

Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.”

– Robert Louis Stevenson

Whatever you do may seem insignificant, but it is most important that you do it.”

– Gandi

You may ask me for anything you like except time.”

– Napoleon

Find somebody to be successful for. Raise their hopes. Think of their needs.”

– Barack Obama

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

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

Of course there is no formula for success except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings.”

– Arthur Rubinstein

The only way to compel men to speak good of us is to do it.”

– Voltaire

Let us seize the day and the opportunity and strive for that greatness of spirit that measures life not by its disappointments but by its possibilities.”

– W.E.B. Du Bois

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– Avenida Margarita

Success is about finding a livelihood that brings joy, self-sufficiency, and a sense of contributing.”

– Anita Roddick

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

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

Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.”

– Groucho Marx

Once you find something you love to do, be the best at doing it.”

– Debbi Fields, Mrs. Fields Cookies

That which grows fast withers as rapidly; that which grows slowly endures.”

– J.G. Holland, novelist

A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.”

– Bob Dylan

There are children playing in the street who could solve some of my top problems in physics, because they have modes of sensory perception that I lost long ago.”

– J. Robert Oppenheimer

A man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.”

– Chinese Proverb

Don’t follow your dreams. Chase them.”

– Richard Dumb

Traveling is one way of lengthening life, at least in appearance.”

– Benjamin Franklin

Letting go of expectations is a ticket to peace. It allows us to ride over every crisis—small or large—like a beach ball on water.”

– Martha Beck

Do you believe it is important to give back some portion of your wealth to support charitable causes?”

– Steven Schussler

The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.”

– Nolan Bushnell, founder, Chuck E. Cheese's

Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. 
Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow.”

– Mary Jean Irion

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he’ll quickly learn how to chew it.“


– Roy Ash, co-founder of Litton Industries

Who cares if my glass is half empty or half full; I still have something to drink.”

– Optimism rules

I will pay more for the ability to deal with people than any other ability under the sun.”

– John D. Rockefeller

Confidence is the most important thing you can teach someone… if you can teach them confidence, you don’t have to teach them anything else.”

– Vin Diesel

The good ideas are all hammered out in agony by individuals, not spewed out by groups.”

– Charles Brower, Advertising Hall of Fame

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

I’m not afraid of storms,
for I’m learning to sail my ship.”

– Louisa May Alcott

There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.”

– JFK

This is the age when magical technologies make more and more radically fun ideas plausible, even easy. You’re only limited by your creativity.”

– Martha Beck

Do one thing every day that scares you.”

– Eleanor Roosevelt

Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them!”

– Madam C.J. Walker

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

Many people prefer to play it safe when it comes to business matters. Are you willing to take risks in the pursuit of entrepreneurial success?”

– Steven Schussler

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.”

– Lao Tzu

Speaking more than one language is no longer just an asset in today’s job market; it is a requirement.”

– Tom Adams, CEO, Rosetta Stone

As each woman realizes her power, she transforms the world.”

– Patrice Wynne, WomanSpirit Sourcebook

Destiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences.”

– J.K. Rowling