A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.”

– Albert Schweitzer

As each woman realizes her power, she transforms the world.”

– Patrice Wynne, WomanSpirit Sourcebook

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

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

It is to no purpose to turn away from the real nature of the affair because the honor of its elements excites repugnance.

– Carl von Clausewitz, On War

Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.”

– Robert Louis Stevenson

What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?”

– Magical

That man is richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.”

– Henry David Thoreau

‎The biggest flaw in our existing theory of capitalism lies in its misrepresentation of human nature.”

– Muhammad Yunus

Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early.”

– Anthony Trollope

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

The quality of your life is directly related to the amount of uncertainty you can comfortably live with.”

– Tony Robbins

The gem cannot be polished without friction; nor man perfected without trials.”

– Chinese proverb

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

Confidence is the most important thing you can teach someone… if you can teach them confidence, you don’t have to teach them anything else.”

– Vin Diesel

Of course there is no formula for success except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings.”

– Arthur Rubinstein

Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you’re already in heaven now.”

– Jack Kerouac

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

Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.”

– Groucho Marx

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”

– Mary Oliver

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

Never never never never give up.”

– Winston Churchill

That which grows fast withers as rapidly; that which grows slowly endures.”

– J.G. Holland, novelist

Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.”

– Thomas Dunn

To find what you seek in the road of life, leave no stone unturned.”

– Edward Bulwer Lytton

If you think you are too small to make a difference, try going to sleep with a mosquito in your room.”

– A wisdomism

You only live once. But if you do it right, once is enough.”

– Mae West

I will pay more for the ability to deal with people than any other ability under the sun.”

– John D. Rockefeller

Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do.
 Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.”

– Ella Fitzgerald

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

Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail.”

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

The journey is the reward.”

– Greg Norman

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands, but in seeing with new eyes.”

– Marcel Proust

We are not meant to resolve all contradictions, but to live with them and rise above them.”

– William Blake

A people who mean to be their Governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.”

– James Madison

Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!”

– Andrew Carnegie

You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.”

– Winston Churchill

The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be.”

– Bruce Lee

Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”

– Martin Luther King Jr.

Are you willing to help other people succeed even when it’s not a requirement of your job to be of assistance?”

– Steven Schussler

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

Education is an admirable thing to have, but it is well to remember that nothing worth knowing can be taught.”

– Oscar Wilde

You must learn to be still in the midst of activity 
and to be vibrantly alive in repose.”

– Indira Ghandi

Nothing is a mistake. There’s no win and no fail. There’s only make.”

– Corita Kent

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

My job is my hobby. I come to work to play.”

– Uli Becker, president, Reebok International

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”

– Joseph Campbell

We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.”

– Charles R. Swindoll

Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes.”

– Benjamin Disraeli