No longer talk at all about the kind of man a good man ought to be, but be such.”
– Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Of course there is no formula for success except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings.”
– Arthur Rubinstein
That which grows fast withers as rapidly; that which grows slowly endures.”
– J.G. Holland, novelist
My task is really not to change myself but to become familiar with who I am.”
– Maureen Cook
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
We are not meant to resolve all contradictions, but to live with them and rise above them.”
– William Blake
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
The good ideas are all hammered out in agony by individuals, not spewed out by groups.”
– Charles Brower, Advertising Hall of Fame
A man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.”
– Chinese Proverb
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
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
– Thomas Edison
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
Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.”
– Albert Einstein
It is possible to fail in many ways…while to succeed is possible only in one way.”
– Aristotle
Inspiration and genius — one and the same.”
– Victor Hugo
Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.”
– Francesca Reigle
The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something.”
– Nolan Bushnell, founder, Chuck E. Cheese's
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams, for when dreams go, life is a barren field frozen with snow.”
– Langston Hughes
Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes.”
– Benjamin Disraeli
That man is richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.”
– Henry David Thoreau
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, ‘What’s in it for me?’”
– Brian Tracy
Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are.
Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow.”
– Mary Jean Irion
Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.”
– E.B. White
We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give.”
– Winston Churchill
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.”
– William Shakespeare
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly,
what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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
We never know how high we are
till we are called to rise;
And then, if we are true to plan,
Our statures touch the skies.”
– Emily Dickinson
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.”
– Abraham Lincoln
Sometimes the dreams that come true are the dreams you never even knew you had.”
– Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones
Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost.”
– Robert H. Schuller
Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.”
– Leon Joseph Suenens
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”
– Seneca
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
I may not be able to change what takes place, but I can always choose to change my thinking.”
– Michelle Sedas
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.”
– Mark Twain
If you think you are too small to make a difference, try going to sleep with a mosquito in your room.”
– A wisdomism
Many people prefer to play it safe when it comes to business matters. Are you willing to take risks in the pursuit of entrepreneurial success?”
– Steven Schussler
There’s nowhere you can be that isn’t where you’re meant to be…”
– John Lennon
If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.”
– Jesse Jackson
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
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
It is easier to fight for one’s principles than to live up to them.”
– Alfred Adler
Do not say, ‘why were the former days better than these,’ for it is not from wisdom that you ask this.”
– Ecclesiastes, 7:10
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”
– Anais Nin
If you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come.”
– Oprah Winfrey
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which obstacles vanish.”
– John Quincy Adams
They who give have all things. They who withhold have nothing.”
– Hindu Proverb
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”
– William Butler Yeats
We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.”
– Charles R. Swindoll
