Part of your destiny is to live in the zone of maximum satisfaction.”
– Martha Beck
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 possible to fail in many ways…while to succeed is possible only in one way.”
– Aristotle
It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.”
– J. Kristnhamurti, The First and Last Freedom
A people who mean to be their Governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.”
– James Madison
The fixity of a habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity.”
– Marcel Proust
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
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
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
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 less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be.”
– Bruce Lee
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"
With ordinary talents and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable.”
– Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”
– Carl Rogers
You must have chaos within you, to create a dancing star.”
– Frederic Nietzsche
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
Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, ‘Make Me Feel Important.’ Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.”
– Mary Kay Ash
Do you have the desire to create something new; the strength of conviction to believe your creation will be successful, and the reservoir of energy necessary to thrust it into the marketplace?”
– Steven Schussler
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”
– T.S. Eliot
A person who learns to juggle six balls will be more skilled than the person who never tries to juggle more than three.”
– Marilyn vos Savant
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
– Friedrich Nietzsche
Some things are destined to be—it just takes us a couple of tries
to get there.”
– J.R. Ward, Lover Mine
If you think you are too small to make a difference, try going to sleep with a mosquito in your room.”
– A wisdomism
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
You may ask me for anything you like except time.”
– Napoleon
The best hobbies are the ones that take us furthest from our primary occupation.”
– Dr. Evelyn Vogel, Dexter
You only live once. But if you do it right, once is enough.”
– Mae West
A diamond is a lump of coal that stuck with it.”
– Norwegian proverb
Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid.”
– Basil King
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
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
Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!”
– Andrew Carnegie
The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance. The greatest failure is to not try.”
– Debbi Fields, Mrs. Fields Cookies
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
Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost.”
– Robert H. Schuller
A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind.”
– Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
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
Why am I whispering when I have something to say?”
– Eve Ensler
Change is a math formula. Change happens when the cost of the status quo is greater than the risk of change.”
– Alan Webber, author, "Rules of Thumb"
Spend the afternoon. You can’t take it with you.”
– Annie Dillard
We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.”
– General Omar Bradley
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
Passion makes perfect.”
– Eugene Biro
You often meet your fate on the road you take to avoid it.”
– Goldie Hawn
The world I believed in, back in my most innocent, uninformed, childish mind—is real.”
– Martha Beck
How do you stay resilient? It’s about momentum. Like riding a bicycle. If you stop you fall over. So I keep pedaling.”
– Diane Lane
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
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
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
Of course there is no formula for success except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings.”
– Arthur Rubinstein
