That man is richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.”

– Henry David Thoreau

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

– General Omar Bradley

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

It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.”

– J. Kristnhamurti, The First and Last Freedom

Do not say, ‘why were the former days better than these,’ for it is not from wisdom that you ask this.”

– Ecclesiastes, 7:10

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

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

Spend the afternoon. You can’t take it with you.”

– Annie Dillard

The best reason to start an organization is to create a product or service to make the world a better place.”

– Guy Kawasaki

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

Everyone is a mirror image of yourself—your own thinking coming back at you.”

– Byron Katie

If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.”

– Thomas Edison

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

– Edward Bulwer Lytton

I’m not afraid of storms,
for I’m learning to sail my ship.”

– Louisa May Alcott

No longer talk at all about the kind of man a good man ought to be, but be such.”

– Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”

– Friedrich Nietzsche

There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.”

– Leonard Cohen

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

We are all of us born with a letter inside us, and that only if we are true to ourselves, may we be allowed to read it before we die.”

– Douglas Coupland

It is possible to fail in many ways…while to succeed is possible only in one way.”

– Aristotle

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

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

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

– Jimi Hendrix

A man without a smiling face
 should not open a shop.”

– Chinese Proverb

Challenge is a dragon with a gift in its mouth. Tame the dragon and the gift is yours.”

– Noela Evans

Let us seize the day and the opportunity and strive for that greatness of spirit that measures life not by its disappointments but by its possibilities.”

– W.E.B. Du Bois

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

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

I was taught at a very young age that you can do whatever you want to, but you have to make it happen — not just talk about it.”

– Kathleen Jo Ryan

You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing.”

– Maya Angelou

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

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

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

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

– Marcel Proust

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

– Patrice Wynne, WomanSpirit Sourcebook

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

– Debbi Fields, Mrs. Fields Cookies

Never never never never give up.”

– Winston Churchill

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

It is easier to fight for one’s principles than to live up to them.”

– Alfred Adler

If it isn’t good, let it die. If it doesn’t die, make it good.”

– Ajahn Chah

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

– J.K. Rowling

Entrepreneurs are willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise.”

– Victor Kiam

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

– Jack Kerouac

Instead of loving your enemies, treat your friends a little better.”

– Edgar W. Howe

There is little success where there is little laughter.”

– Andrew Carnegie

The only way to compel men to speak good of us is to do it.”

– Voltaire

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

– Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton

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

The journey is the reward.”

– Greg Norman

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"

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

– Albert Einstein

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

– Ralph Waldo Emerson