Once you find something you love to do, be the best at doing it.”

– Debbi Fields, Mrs. Fields Cookies

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

– Muhammad Yunus

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

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

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

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

– E.B. White

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

– Peter F. Drucker

A diamond is a lump of coal that stuck with it.”

– Norwegian proverb

When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.”

– Jimi Hendrix

I don’t do very well without fear. There needs to be a part of me saying, ‘That’s going to fail,’ so I can prove myself wrong.”

– Harry Potter's Daniel Radcliffe

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

Letting go of expectations is a ticket to peace. It allows us to ride over every crisis—small or large—like a beach ball on water.”

– Martha Beck

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

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”

– Leonardo da Vinci

That man is richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.”

– Henry David Thoreau

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

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”

– Thomas Edison

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

– Muhammad Yunus

You must have chaos within you, to create a dancing star.”

– Frederic Nietzsche

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"

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

– William Shakespeare

Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, ‘What’s in it for me?’”

– Brian Tracy

The mind is everything. What you think, you become.”

– Buddha

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

– J.G. Holland, novelist

A truly forgiving person is someone who experiences all the anger merited by injustice and still acts with fairness and compassion.”

– Martha Beck

If you would create something,
 you must be something.”

– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Don’t follow your dreams. Chase them.”

– Richard Dumb

Success is about finding a livelihood that brings joy, self-sufficiency, and a sense of contributing.”

– Anita Roddick

Do you have the desire to create something new; the strength of conviction to believe your creation will be successful, and the reservoir of energy necessary to thrust it into the marketplace?”

– Steven Schussler

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

The journey is the reward.”

– Greg Norman

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

– Zig Ziglar

Look at everything as though you were
seeing it either for the first or last time.
Then your time on earth will be filled with glory.”

– Betty Smith

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

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

– Anita Roddick, founder, The Body Shop

Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow know what you truly want to become.”

– Steve Jobs

‎No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of another.”

– Charles Dickens

We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give.”

– Winston Churchill

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

– August Rush

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

– Patrice Wynne, WomanSpirit Sourcebook

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

– Jalaluddin Rumi

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

– Robert Frost

A person who learns to juggle six balls will be more skilled than the person who never tries to juggle more than three.”

– Marilyn vos Savant

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"

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

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

– Albert Einstein

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

Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost.”

– Robert H. Schuller

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

What is the point of having free will if one cannot occasionally spit in the eye of destiny?”

– Jim Butcher, White Night