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 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 judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.”
– Robert Louis Stevenson
The mind is everything. What you think, you become.”
– Buddha
“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.
If people like you they’ll listen to you; if they trust you, they’ll do business with you.”
– Zig Ziglar
Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.”
– Albert Einstein
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
If you would create something,
you must be something.”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Education is an admirable thing to have, but it is well to remember that nothing worth knowing can be taught.”
– Oscar Wilde
Success is about finding a livelihood that brings joy, self-sufficiency, and a sense of contributing.”
– Anita Roddick
Ripeness is all.”
– William Shakespeare
We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.”
– General Omar Bradley
Spend the afternoon. You can’t take it with you.”
– Annie Dillard
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
The only dream worth having is to live while you’re alive and die only when you’re dead.”
– Arundhati Roy
Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you’re already in heaven now.”
– Jack Kerouac
By your stumbling the world is perfected.”
– Sri Aurobindo
It is possible to fail in many ways…while to succeed is possible only in one way.”
– Aristotle
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”
– Carl Rogers
Look at everything as though you were
seeing it either for the first or last time.
Then your time on earth will be filled with glory.”
– Betty Smith
Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!”
– Andrew Carnegie
The biggest flaw in our existing theory of capitalism lies in its misrepresentation of human nature.”
– Muhammad Yunus
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
As each woman realizes her power, she transforms the world.”
– Patrice Wynne, WomanSpirit Sourcebook
If it really was a no-brainer to make it on your own in business there’d be millions of no-brained, harebrained individuals quitting their day jobs.”
– Bill Rancic, "The Apprentice"
A people who mean to be their Governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.”
– James Madison
Things don’t change. You change your way of looking, that’s all.”
– Carlos Castaneda
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
– Mary Oliver
Never never never never give up.”
– Winston Churchill
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.”
– President Calvin Coolidge
The gem cannot be polished without friction; nor man perfected without trials.”
– Chinese proverb
To follow, without halt, one aim: There’s the secret of success.”
– Anna Pavlova
There is only one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way.”
– Christopher Morley
Persist and persevere, and you will find most things that are attainable, possible.”
– Lord Chesterfield
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
– Leonardo da Vinci
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 fixity of a habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity.”
– Marcel Proust
The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something.”
– Nolan Bushnell, founder, Chuck E. Cheese's
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
Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes.”
– Benjamin Disraeli
The best hobbies are the ones that take us furthest from our primary occupation.”
– Dr. Evelyn Vogel, Dexter
I always maintained that the greatest obstacle in life isn’t danger, it’s boredom. The battle against it is responsible for most of the events in the world — good or ill.”
– Dr. Evelyn Vogel, Dexter
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”
– Seneca
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
Instead of loving your enemies, treat your friends a little better.”
– Edgar W. Howe
The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.”
– Nolan Bushnell, founder, Chuck E. Cheese's
There is little success where there is little laughter.”
– Andrew Carnegie
