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

– Jack Kerouac

Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.”

– Albert Einstein

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

Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity.”

– Ray Bradbury

The best hobbies are the ones that take us furthest from our primary occupation.”

– Dr. Evelyn Vogel, Dexter

Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love.”

– Jalaluddin Rumi

The dove descending breaks the air / With flame of inkandescent terror.”

– T.S. Eliott

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

– Arthur Rubinstein

He who wants to tear down a house must be prepared to rebuild it.”

– African Proverb

Destiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences.”

– J.K. Rowling

He who knows he has enough is rich.”

– Tao Te Ching

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

We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.”

– General Omar Bradley

A man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.”

– Chinese Proverb

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.”

– Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., U.S. Supreme Court justice

Running that first shop taught me business is not financial science; it’s about trading.”

– Anita Roddick, founder, The Body Shop

In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.

– Robert Frost

You often meet your fate on the road you take to avoid it.”

– Goldie Hawn

Entrepreneurs need to search purposefully for the sources of innovation that indicate opportunities for success.”

– Peter F. Drucker

Why am I whispering when I have something to say?”

– Eve Ensler

The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.”

– Nolan Bushnell, founder, Chuck E. Cheese's

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

– Marcel Proust

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”

– T.S. Eliot

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 fixity of a habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity.”

– Marcel Proust

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

– J.G. Holland, novelist

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

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

Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.”

– E.B. White

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

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”

– Carl Rogers

The music is all around us. All you have to do is listen.”

– August Rush

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”

– Carl Rogers

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

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

– Groucho Marx

Whatever you do may seem insignificant, but it is most important that you do it.”

– Gandi

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.”

– William Shakespeare

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

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

– Anthony Trollope

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

If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.”

– Anna Quindlen

If people like you they’ll listen to you; if they trust you, they’ll do business with you.”

– Zig Ziglar

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

– Andrew Carnegie

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

– James Madison

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

– Winston Churchill

Anything not worth doing well is not worth doing.”

– Warren Buffett

The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something.”

– Nolan Bushnell, founder, Chuck E. Cheese's

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

With ordinary talents and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable.”

– Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton

‎Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.”

– Booker T. Washington