Our deepest wishes are whispers of our authentic selves. We must learn to respect them. We must learn to listen.”
– Sarah Ban Breathnach
Passion makes perfect.”
– Eugene Biro
No longer talk at all about the kind of man a good man ought to be, but be such.”
– Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
No matter how difficult and painful it may be, nothing sounds as good to the soul as the truth.”
– Martha Beck, from "Leaving the Saints"
That which grows fast withers as rapidly; that which grows slowly endures.”
– J.G. Holland, novelist
My goal was to tell the life side of the story. We have become a nation of voyeurs that expect sensationalism, and that offends me.”
– Kathleen Jo Ryan
Never cut what you can untie.”
– Joseph Joubert
Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.”
– E.B. White
The only dream worth having is to live while you’re alive and die only when you’re dead.”
– Arundhati Roy
Whatever you do may seem insignificant, but it is most important that you do it.”
– Gandi
A people who mean to be their Governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.”
– James Madison
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
Entrepreneurs willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets.”
– Victor Kiam
Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early.”
– Anthony Trollope
Entrepreneurs are willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise.”
– Victor Kiam
“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.
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”
– T.S. Eliot
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
– Thomas Edison
We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.”
– Charles R. Swindoll
If it isn’t good, let it die. If it doesn’t die, make it good.”
– Ajahn Chah
If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.”
– Thomas Edison
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
The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
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
Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow know what you truly want to become.”
– Steve Jobs
Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
– Martin Luther King Jr.
You only live once. But if you do it right, once is enough.”
– Mae West
I have spent a good part of my life convincing people that a blank sheet of paper is the greatest opportunity in the world, and not frightening at all.”
– Marty Skler, executive vp, Walt Disney Imagineering
If people like you they’ll listen to you; if they trust you, they’ll do business with you.”
– Zig Ziglar
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
Never never never never give up.”
– Winston Churchill
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
The good ideas are all hammered out in agony by individuals, not spewed out by groups.”
– Charles Brower, Advertising Hall of Fame
As each woman realizes her power, she transforms the world.”
– Patrice Wynne, WomanSpirit Sourcebook
Remember that it’s okay to ask for help when you’re stumped, because sometimes you really can’t be expected to handle everything alone.”
– Martha Beck
Ripeness is all.”
– William Shakespeare
We are not meant to resolve all contradictions, but to live with them and rise above them.”
– William Blake
We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.”
– General Omar Bradley
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
A diamond is a lump of coal that stuck with it.”
– Norwegian proverb
Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!”
– Andrew Carnegie
The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.”
– Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., U.S. Supreme Court justice
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.”
– Jimi Hendrix
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"
Instead of loving your enemies, treat your friends a little better.”
– Edgar W. Howe
Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you’re already in heaven now.”
– Jack Kerouac
A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.”
– Albert Schweitzer
Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them!”
– Madam C.J. Walker
The fixity of a habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity.”
– Marcel Proust
It is to no purpose to turn away from the real nature of the affair because the honor of its elements excites repugnance.
– Carl von Clausewitz, On War
