Persist and persevere, and you will find most things that are attainable, possible.”
– Lord Chesterfield
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
– Thomas Edison
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which obstacles vanish.”
– John Quincy Adams
Nobody talks about entrepreneurship as survival, but that’s exactly what nurtures creative thinking.”
– Anita Roddick, founder, The Body Shop
You’ve got to be willing to crash and burn. If you’re afraid of failing, you won’t get very far.”
– Steve Jobs
Never cut what you can untie.”
– Joseph Joubert
The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something.”
– Nolan Bushnell, founder, Chuck E. Cheese's
Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.”
– Thomas Carlyle
The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance. The greatest failure is to not try.”
– Debbi Fields, Mrs. Fields Cookies
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
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”
– Albert Einstein
When a dog runs at you, whistle for him.”
– Henry David Thoreau
The best hobbies are the ones that take us furthest from our primary occupation.”
– Dr. Evelyn Vogel, Dexter
Don’t wait for someone else to lead you to your right life; that privilege—and responsibility—is yours alone.”
– Martha Beck
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
The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
Find somebody to be successful for. Raise their hopes. Think of their needs.”
– Barack Obama
The only way to compel men to speak good of us is to do it.”
– Voltaire
The music is all around us. All you have to do is listen.”
– August Rush
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
– Dalai Lama
Are you willing to help other people succeed even when it’s not a requirement of your job to be of assistance?”
– Steven Schussler
Ripeness is all.”
– William Shakespeare
4oz tequila + 1oz TripleSec + 2oz lime juice + 1oz simple syrup (sugar=water), 1 cup crushed ice. Shake + dance around the kitchen.
– Avenida Margarita
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
Instead of loving your enemies, treat your friends a little better.”
– Edgar W. Howe
To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.”
– Robert Louis Stevenson
You often meet your fate on the road you take to avoid it.”
– Goldie Hawn
Once you find something you love to do, be the best at doing it.”
– Debbi Fields, Mrs. Fields Cookies
There are children playing in the street who could solve some of my top problems in physics, because they have modes of sensory perception that I lost long ago.”
– J. Robert Oppenheimer
I can’t go back to yesterday—because I was a different person then.”
– Lewis Carroll
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
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
Things don’t change. You change your way of looking, that’s all.”
– Carlos Castaneda
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
– Leonardo da Vinci
Part of your destiny is to live in the zone of maximum satisfaction.”
– Martha Beck
A man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.”
– Chinese Proverb
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
Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.”
– Leo Jozef Suenens
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
Passion makes perfect.”
– Eugene Biro
The quality of your life is directly related to the amount of uncertainty you can comfortably live with.”
– Tony Robbins
I’m not afraid of storms,
for I’m learning to sail my ship.”
– Louisa May Alcott
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”
– John Quincy Adams
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
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
No longer talk at all about the kind of man a good man ought to be, but be such.”
– Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
I will pay more for the ability to deal with people than any other ability under the sun.”
– John D. Rockefeller
But all the while I was alone, the past was close behind, I seen a lot of women, but she never escaped my mind, and I just grew, tangled up in blue.”
– Bob Dylan
Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost.”
– Robert H. Schuller
The good ideas are all hammered out in agony by individuals, not spewed out by groups.”
– Charles Brower, Advertising Hall of Fame
