An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he’ll quickly learn how to chew it.“


– Roy Ash, co-founder of Litton Industries

Tolerance and patience should not be read as signs of weakness. They are signs of strength.”

– The Dalai Lama

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

– Eve Ensler

To follow, without halt, one aim: There’s the secret of success.”

– Anna Pavlova

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

– Annie Dillard

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

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

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

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

– Marcel Proust

The world I believed in, back in my most innocent, uninformed, childish mind—is real.”

– Martha Beck

Do not be afraid of mistakes, providing you do not make the same one twice.”

– Eleanor Roosevelt

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.”

– Abraham Lincoln

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

A lot of people have ideas, but few decide to do something about them now. Not next week. But today.”

– Nolan Bushnell, founder, Atari

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

– Byron Katie

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

– Andrew Carnegie

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

– Muhammad Yunus

Do you believe it is important to give back some portion of your wealth to support charitable causes?”

– Steven Schussler

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

– Arthur Rubinstein

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

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

– Mae West

When a dog runs at you, whistle for him.”

– Henry David Thoreau

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

– Jalaluddin Rumi

Never never never never give up.”

– Winston Churchill

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.”

– Thomas Carlyle

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

– Nelson Mandela

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

– August Rush

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

– Robert Frost

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

– Gandi

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

– Dr. Evelyn Vogel, Dexter

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

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

– Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton

Passion makes perfect.”

– Eugene Biro

Destiny is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.”

– William Jennings Bryan

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

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

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

– Debbi Fields, Mrs. Fields Cookies

There is little success where there is little laughter.”

– Andrew Carnegie

The good ideas are all hammered out in agony by individuals, not spewed out by groups.”

– Charles Brower, Advertising Hall of Fame

If you want to be busy, keep trying to be perfect. If you want to be happy, focus on making a difference.”

– Lisa Earle McLeod

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

– Goldie Hawn

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

– Steve Jobs

Things don’t change. You change your way of looking, that’s all.”

– Carlos Castaneda

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

– Mary Oliver

A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind.”

– Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

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

– Chinese Proverb

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

– Indira Ghandi

There is only one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way.”

– Christopher Morley

History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.”

– John F. Kennedy

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

– Charles Dickens