No longer talk at all about the kind of man a good man ought to be, but be such.”
– Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Once you find something you love to do, be the best at doing it.”
– Debbi Fields, Mrs. Fields Cookies
If you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come.”
– Oprah Winfrey
He who wants to tear down a house must be prepared to rebuild it.”
– African Proverb
Friendship is the only cement that will hold the world together.”
– Woodrow Wilson
Are you willing to help other people succeed even when it’s not a requirement of your job to be of assistance?”
– Steven Schussler
Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.”
– E.B. White
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”
– Charles Darwin
Things don’t change. You change your way of looking, that’s all.”
– Carlos Castaneda
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
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
Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity.”
– Ray Bradbury
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
The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be.”
– Bruce Lee
Everyone is a mirror image of yourself—your own thinking coming back at you.”
– Byron Katie
If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.”
– Jesse Jackson
If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more.
If you look at what you don’t have in life, you’ll never have enough.”
– Oprah Winfrey
Of course there is no formula for success except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings.”
– Arthur Rubinstein
The only dream worth having is to live while you’re alive and die only when you’re dead.”
– Arundhati Roy
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 best reason to start an organization is to create a product or service to make the world a better place.”
– Guy Kawasaki
Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.”
– Robert Louis Stevenson
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
If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.”
– Thomas Edison
Destiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences.”
– J.K. Rowling
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”
– Seneca
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be.
Now put foundations under them.”
– Henry David Thoreau
“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.
Success is about finding a livelihood that brings joy, self-sufficiency, and a sense of contributing.”
– Anita Roddick
Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid.”
– Basil King
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
The biggest flaw in our existing theory of capitalism lies in its misrepresentation of human nature.”
– Muhammad Yunus
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
Find somebody to be successful for. Raise their hopes. Think of their needs.”
– Barack Obama
The music is all around us. All you have to do is listen.”
– August Rush
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
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.”
– Albert Einstein
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
Never never never never give up.”
– Winston Churchill
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
– Thomas Edison
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
I’m not afraid of storms,
for I’m learning to sail my ship.”
– Louisa May Alcott
There is only one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way.”
– Christopher Morley
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.”
– President Calvin Coolidge
Why am I whispering when I have something to say?”
– Eve Ensler
Sometimes the dreams that come true are the dreams you never even knew you had.”
– Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones
Whatever you do may seem insignificant, but it is most important that you do it.”
– Gandi
I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.”
– Thomas Edison
Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.”
– Francesca Reigle
When you are asked if you can do a job, tell ‘em, ‘Certainly I can!’ Then get busy and find out how to do it.”
– Theodore Roosevelt
