The best hobbies are the ones that take us furthest from our primary occupation.”
– Dr. Evelyn Vogel, Dexter
Inspiration and genius — one and the same.”
– Victor Hugo
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”
– Seneca
The biggest flaw in our existing theory of capitalism lies in its misrepresentation of human nature.”
– Muhammad Yunus
Who cares if my glass is half empty or half full; I still have something to drink.”
– Optimism rules
Most people never pick up the phone and call. Most people never ask, and that’s what separates the people who do things from the people who just dream about them.”
– Steve Jobs
Never never never never give up.”
– Winston Churchill
“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently.”
– Steve Jobs, Apple, Inc.
The gem cannot be polished without friction; nor man perfected without trials.”
– Chinese proverb
No longer talk at all about the kind of man a good man ought to be, but be such.”
– Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
– Mary Oliver
Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow know what you truly want to become.”
– Steve Jobs
The person who makes a success of living is the one who see his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.”
– Cecil B. DeMille
The follow-your-gut mentality of the entrepreneur has the potential to take you anywhere you want to go or run you right out of business.”
– Bill Rancic, "The Apprentice"
In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.
– Robert Frost
I’m not afraid of storms,
for I’m learning to sail my ship.”
– Louisa May Alcott
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
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
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
– Dalai Lama
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which obstacles vanish.”
– John Quincy Adams
You don’t go into a field that requires cracking people’s heads open or operating on something as delicate as the spinal cord unless you are comfortable with taking risks.”
– Dr. Ben Carson
I will pay more for the ability to deal with people than any other ability under the sun.”
– John D. Rockefeller
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly,
what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Passion makes perfect.”
– Eugene Biro
The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something.”
– Nolan Bushnell, founder, Chuck E. Cheese's
The journey is the reward.”
– Greg Norman
If you were independently wealthy and never had to work a day in your life, would you still choose to spend your time attempting to become a successful entrepreneur?”
– Steven Schussler
Don’t follow your dreams. Chase them.”
– Richard Dumb
If you do not tell the truth about yourself
, you cannot tell it about other people.”
– Virginia Woolf
The mind is everything. What you think, you become.”
– Buddha
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
– Thomas Edison
Remove those ‘I want you to like me’ stickers from your forehead
and, instead, place them where they truly will do the most good—on your mirror.”
– Susan Jeffers
There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.”
– Leonard Cohen
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
Things don’t change. You change your way of looking, that’s all.”
– Carlos Castaneda
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams, for when dreams go, life is a barren field frozen with snow.”
– Langston Hughes
A people who mean to be their Governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.”
– James Madison
Nobody talks about entrepreneurship as survival, but that’s exactly what nurtures creative thinking.”
– Anita Roddick, founder, The Body Shop
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.”
– President Calvin Coolidge
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
Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!”
– Andrew Carnegie
Entrepreneurs need to search purposefully for the sources of innovation that indicate opportunities for success.”
– Peter F. Drucker
You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.”
– Winston Churchill
You must learn to be still in the midst of activity
and to be vibrantly alive in repose.”
– Indira Ghandi
Your own words are the bricks and mortar
of the dreams you want to realize.
The words you choose and their use establish the life you experience.”
– Sonia Croquette
The fixity of a habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity.”
– Marcel Proust
To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.”
– Robert Louis Stevenson
The goal of Life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with nature.”
– Joseph Cambell
When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.”
– Audre Lorde
The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance. The greatest failure is to not try.”
– Debbi Fields, Mrs. Fields Cookies
