It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.”
– William Shakespeare
Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes.”
– Benjamin Disraeli
The biggest flaw in our existing theory of capitalism lies in its misrepresentation of human nature.”
– Muhammad Yunus
I don’t do very well without fear. There needs to be a part of me saying, ‘That’s going to fail,’ so I can prove myself wrong.”
– Harry Potter's Daniel Radcliffe
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
Sometimes the dreams that come true are the dreams you never even knew you had.”
– Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones
If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is compromise.”
– Robert Fritz
With ordinary talents and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable.”
– Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton
Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.”
– Albert Einstein
We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give.”
– Winston Churchill
Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity.”
– Ray Bradbury
Our deepest wishes are whispers of our authentic selves. We must learn to respect them. We must learn to listen.”
– Sarah Ban Breathnach
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 only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
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
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 biggest flaw in our existing theory of capitalism lies in its misrepresentation of human nature.”
– Muhammad Yunus
If you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come.”
– Oprah Winfrey
Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them!”
– Madam C.J. Walker
Whatever you do may seem insignificant, but it is most important that you do it.”
– Gandi
Do not be afraid of mistakes, providing you do not make the same one twice.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt
We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.”
– General Omar Bradley
A truly forgiving person is someone who experiences all the anger merited by injustice and still acts with fairness and compassion.”
– Martha Beck
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”
– Carl Rogers
The only way to compel men to speak good of us is to do it.”
– Voltaire
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
You only live once. But if you do it right, once is enough.”
– Mae West
Instead of loving your enemies, treat your friends a little better.”
– Edgar W. Howe
A man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.”
– Chinese Proverb
If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.”
– Anna Quindlen
The goal of Life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with nature.”
– Joseph Cambell
Everyone is a mirror image of yourself—your own thinking coming back at you.”
– Byron Katie
My task is really not to change myself but to become familiar with who I am.”
– Maureen Cook
When I dare to be powerful—to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.”
– Audre Lorde
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”
– Albert Einstein
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
To follow, without halt, one aim: There’s the secret of success.”
– Anna Pavlova
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”
– Charles Darwin
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.”
– President Calvin Coolidge
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
You’ve got to be willing to crash and burn. If you’re afraid of failing, you won’t get very far.”
– Steve Jobs
A man without a smiling face
should not open a shop.”
– Chinese Proverb
To find what you seek in the road of life, leave no stone unturned.”
– Edward Bulwer Lytton
Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.”
– Thomas Carlyle
Who cares if my glass is half empty or half full; I still have something to drink.”
– Optimism rules
As each woman realizes her power, she transforms the world.”
– Patrice Wynne, WomanSpirit Sourcebook
Your own words are the bricks and mortar
of the dreams you want to realize.
The words you choose and their use establish the life you experience.”
– Sonia Croquette
Women once had the goal of being Superwoman; I think most of us now simply strive to have a super day.”
– Author, Activist Lee Woodruff
It is possible to fail in many ways…while to succeed is possible only in one way.”
– Aristotle
