The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance. The greatest failure is to not try.”
– Debbi Fields, Mrs. Fields Cookies
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
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
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"
Are you willing to help other people succeed even when it’s not a requirement of your job to be of assistance?”
– Steven Schussler
There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.”
– Leonard Cohen
To find what you seek in the road of life, leave no stone unturned.”
– Edward Bulwer Lytton
The best reason to start an organization is to create a product or service to make the world a better place.”
– Guy Kawasaki
Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you’re already in heaven now.”
– Jack Kerouac
At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.”
– Lao Tzu
Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.”
– Groucho Marx
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
You often meet your fate on the road you take to avoid it.”
– Goldie Hawn
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
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
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”
– T.S. Eliot
The good ideas are all hammered out in agony by individuals, not spewed out by groups.”
– Charles Brower, Advertising Hall of Fame
The biggest flaw in our existing theory of capitalism lies in its misrepresentation of human nature.”
– Muhammad Yunus
Why am I whispering when I have something to say?”
– Eve Ensler
Entrepreneurs willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets.”
– Victor Kiam
The fixity of a habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity.”
– Marcel Proust
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
– Dalai Lama
Never cut what you can untie.”
– Joseph Joubert
I may not be able to change what takes place, but I can always choose to change my thinking.”
– Michelle Sedas
As your desire is, so is your will. As your will is, so is your deed. As your deed is, so is your destiny.”
– Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
When a dog runs at you, whistle for him.”
– Henry David Thoreau
A people who mean to be their Governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.”
– James Madison
Education is an admirable thing to have, but it is well to remember that nothing worth knowing can be taught.”
– Oscar Wilde
Whatever you do may seem insignificant, but it is most important that you do it.”
– Gandi
That which grows fast withers as rapidly; that which grows slowly endures.”
– J.G. Holland, novelist
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
As each woman realizes her power, she transforms the world.”
– Patrice Wynne, WomanSpirit Sourcebook
My task is really not to change myself but to become familiar with who I am.”
– Maureen Cook
That which grows fast withers as rapidly; that which grows slowly endures.”
– J.G. Holland, novelist
Entrepreneurs are willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise.”
– Victor Kiam
It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.”
– J. Kristnhamurti, The First and Last Freedom
When I was younger I thought success was being a star, driving nice cars, having groupies. But today I think the most important thing is to live your life with integrity.
– Ellen DeGeneres
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
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
If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.”
– Joseph Addison
By your stumbling the world is perfected.”
– Sri Aurobindo
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
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”
– Albert Einstein
No longer talk at all about the kind of man a good man ought to be, but be such.”
– Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
We are not meant to resolve all contradictions, but to live with them and rise above them.”
– William Blake
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
We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give.”
– Winston Churchill
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
When you are asked if you can do a job, tell ‘em, ‘Certainly I can!’ Then get busy and find out how to do it.”
– Theodore Roosevelt
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
