The only way to compel men to speak good of us is to do it.”
– Voltaire
If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.”
– Thomas Edison
To follow, without halt, one aim: There’s the secret of success.”
– Anna Pavlova
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?”
– Magical
The person who makes a success of living is the one who see his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.”
– Cecil B. DeMille
The biggest flaw in our existing theory of capitalism lies in its misrepresentation of human nature.”
– Muhammad Yunus
Education is an admirable thing to have, but it is well to remember that nothing worth knowing can be taught.”
– Oscar Wilde
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 your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”
– John Quincy Adams
A diamond is a lump of coal that stuck with it.”
– Norwegian proverb
A lot of people have ideas, but few decide to do something about them now. Not next week. But today.”
– Nolan Bushnell, founder, Atari
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
– Friedrich Nietzsche
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
Why am I whispering when I have something to say?”
– Eve Ensler
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
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
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of another.”
– Charles Dickens
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly,
what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands, but in seeing with new eyes.”
– Marcel Proust
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”
– Albert Einstein
Destiny is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.”
– William Jennings Bryan
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”
– Anais Nin
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
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it”
– Andrew Carnegie
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
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
Instead of loving your enemies, treat your friends a little better.”
– Edgar W. Howe
Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”
– Christopher Robin to Pooh
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
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.”
– Robert Frost
Success is about finding a livelihood that brings joy, self-sufficiency, and a sense of contributing.”
– Anita Roddick
The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something.”
– Nolan Bushnell, founder, Chuck E. Cheese's
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.”
– President Calvin Coolidge
Our deepest wishes are whispers of our authentic selves. We must learn to respect them. We must learn to listen.”
– Sarah Ban Breathnach
You don’t love someone because of their looks or their clothes or their car. You love them because they sing a song only your heart can understand.”
– L.J. Smith
We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.”
– Charles R. Swindoll
A warrior cannot complain or regret anything. His life is an endless challenge, and challenges cannot possibly be good or bad. Challenges are simply challenges.”
– Carlos Castaneda
Do you believe it is important to give back some portion of your wealth to support charitable causes?”
– Steven Schussler
What is the point of having free will if one cannot occasionally spit in the eye of destiny?”
– Jim Butcher, White Night
Part of your destiny is to live in the zone of maximum satisfaction.”
– Martha Beck
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"
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 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
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
– Leonardo da Vinci
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"
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”
– Charles Darwin
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”
– T.S. Eliot
As each woman realizes her power, she transforms the world.”
– Patrice Wynne, WomanSpirit Sourcebook
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
