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
It is possible to fail in many ways…while to succeed is possible only in one way.”
– Aristotle
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
My job is my hobby. I come to work to play.”
– Uli Becker, president, Reebok International
At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.”
– Lao Tzu
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
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
There is only one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way.”
– Christopher Morley
A lot of people have ideas, but few decide to do something about them now. Not next week. But today.”
– Nolan Bushnell, founder, Atari
Treat the attainment of happiness in the same way an entrepreneur would approach building a business — with a vision, plan, goals, and a systematic approach.”
– Ted Leonsis
Of course there is no formula for success except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings.”
– Arthur Rubinstein
There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.”
– Leonard Cohen
Some things are destined to be—it just takes us a couple of tries
to get there.”
– J.R. Ward, Lover Mine
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
– Leonardo da Vinci
Change is a math formula. Change happens when the cost of the status quo is greater than the risk of change.”
– Alan Webber, author, "Rules of Thumb"
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”
– Carl Rogers
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”
– Carl Rogers
The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something.”
– Nolan Bushnell, founder, Chuck E. Cheese's
We are perfectionists. We are hungry to work all the time. We are entertained by every aspect of business and we never want to stop working.”
– Suzy Welch
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
Inspiration and genius — one and the same.”
– Victor Hugo
Destiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences.”
– J.K. Rowling
Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity.”
– Ray Bradbury
You may ask me for anything you like except time.”
– Napoleon
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.”
– Abraham Lincoln
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
– Nelson Mandela
Death is to lose the earth you know, for greater knowing; to lose the life you have, for greater life; to leave the friends you loved, for greater loving; to find a land more kind than home, more large than earth.”
– Thomas Wolfe
If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.”
– Thomas Edison
I have spent a good part of my life convincing people that a blank sheet of paper is the greatest opportunity in the world, and not frightening at all.”
– Marty Skler, executive vp, Walt Disney Imagineering
Find somebody to be successful for. Raise their hopes. Think of their needs.”
– Barack Obama
We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give.”
– Winston Churchill
Entrepreneurs need to search purposefully for the sources of innovation that indicate opportunities for success.”
– Peter F. Drucker
If it really was a no-brainer to make it on your own in business there’d be millions of no-brained, harebrained individuals quitting their day jobs.”
– Bill Rancic, "The Apprentice"
The best reason to start an organization is to create a product or service to make the world a better place.”
– Guy Kawasaki
I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.”
– Thomas Edison
We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.”
– Charles R. Swindoll
The follow-your-gut mentality of the entrepreneur has the potential to take you anywhere you want to go or run you right out of business.”
– Bill Rancic, "The Apprentice"
To find what you seek in the road of life, leave no stone unturned.”
– Edward Bulwer Lytton
How do you stay resilient? It’s about momentum. Like riding a bicycle. If you stop you fall over. So I keep pedaling.”
– Diane Lane
The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.”
– Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., U.S. Supreme Court justice
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
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of another.”
– Charles Dickens
Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!”
– Andrew Carnegie
Ripeness is all.”
– William Shakespeare
Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.”
– Groucho Marx
Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid.”
– Basil King
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
Success is about finding a livelihood that brings joy, self-sufficiency, and a sense of contributing.”
– Anita Roddick
Things don’t change. You change your way of looking, that’s all.”
– Carlos Castaneda
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
