When a dog runs at you, whistle for him.”
– Henry David Thoreau
A lot of people have ideas, but few decide to do something about them now. Not next week. But today.”
– Nolan Bushnell, founder, Atari
I will pay more for the ability to deal with people than any other ability under the sun.”
– John D. Rockefeller
We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give.”
– Winston Churchill
That which grows fast withers as rapidly; that which grows slowly endures.”
– J.G. Holland, novelist
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
It is easier to fight for one’s principles than to live up to them.”
– Alfred Adler
Destiny is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.”
– William Jennings Bryan
Death is to lose the earth you know, for greater knowing; to lose the life you have, for greater life; to leave the friends you loved, for greater loving; to find a land more kind than home, more large than earth.”
– Thomas Wolfe
Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.”
– Albert Einstein
We are all of us born with a letter inside us, and that only if we are true to ourselves, may we be allowed to read it before we die.”
– Douglas Coupland
Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.”
– Eckhart Tolle
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”
– T.S. Eliot
Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.”
– Booker T. Washington
The quality of your life is directly related to the amount of uncertainty you can comfortably live with.”
– Tony Robbins
Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you’re already in heaven now.”
– Jack Kerouac
Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.”
– Thomas Dunn
Never never never never give up.”
– Winston Churchill
Almost anyone can start a community, but it takes real talent and commitment to get people to show up and keep coming back.”
– Andy Sernovitz
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
– Mary Oliver
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
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands, but in seeing with new eyes.”
– Marcel Proust
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”
– John Quincy Adams
Part of your destiny is to live in the zone of maximum satisfaction.”
– Martha Beck
Who cares if my glass is half empty or half full; I still have something to drink.”
– Optimism rules
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”
– T.S. Eliot
He who wants to tear down a house must be prepared to rebuild it.”
– African Proverb
Whatever you do may seem insignificant, but it is most important that you do it.”
– Gandi
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.”
– Abraham Lincoln
As each woman realizes her power, she transforms the world.”
– Patrice Wynne, WomanSpirit Sourcebook
Education is an admirable thing to have, but it is well to remember that nothing worth knowing can be taught.”
– Oscar Wilde
As each woman realizes her power, she transforms the world.”
– Patrice Wynne, WomanSpirit Sourcebook
Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.”
– Leo Jozef Suenens
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
Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.”
– Thomas Carlyle
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
– Thomas Edison
That man is richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.”
– Henry David Thoreau
We are perfectionists. We are hungry to work all the time. We are entertained by every aspect of business and we never want to stop working.”
– Suzy Welch
If you want to be busy, keep trying to be perfect. If you want to be happy, focus on making a difference.”
– Lisa Earle McLeod
The mind is everything. What you think, you become.”
– Buddha
Whosoever knows how to fight well is not angry. Whosoever knows how to conquer enemies does not fight them.”
– Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something.”
– Nolan Bushnell, founder, Chuck E. Cheese's
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”
– Albert Einstein
You must learn to be still in the midst of activity
and to be vibrantly alive in repose.”
– Indira Ghandi
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
Some things are destined to be—it just takes us a couple of tries
to get there.”
– J.R. Ward, Lover Mine
There is only one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way.”
– Christopher Morley
“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.
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.”
– William Shakespeare
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
