Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.”
– E.B. White
Destiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences.”
– J.K. Rowling
A diamond is a lump of coal that stuck with it.”
– Norwegian proverb
In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.
– Robert Frost
I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.”
– Thomas Edison
Inspiration and genius — one and the same.”
– Victor Hugo
The best hobbies are the ones that take us furthest from our primary occupation.”
– Dr. Evelyn Vogel, Dexter
A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind.”
– Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance. The greatest failure is to not try.”
– Debbi Fields, Mrs. Fields Cookies
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
Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.”
– Thomas Carlyle
You take your life in your own hands, and what happens?
A terrible thing: no one to blame.”
– Erica Jong
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”
– Carl Rogers
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
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
A man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.”
– Chinese Proverb
The good ideas are all hammered out in agony by individuals, not spewed out by groups.”
– Charles Brower, Advertising Hall of Fame
We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.”
– Charles R. Swindoll
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
A lot of people have ideas, but few decide to do something about them now. Not next week. But today.”
– Nolan Bushnell, founder, Atari
A man without a smiling face
should not open a shop.”
– Chinese Proverb
We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.”
– General Omar Bradley
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
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
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
Never never never never give up.”
– Winston Churchill
But all the while I was alone, the past was close behind, I seen a lot of women, but she never escaped my mind, and I just grew, tangled up in blue.”
– Bob Dylan
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
– Leonardo da Vinci
The music is all around us. All you have to do is listen.”
– August Rush
The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.”
– Henry Miller
Of course there is no formula for success except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings.”
– Arthur Rubinstein
That man is richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.”
– Henry David Thoreau
You only live once. But if you do it right, once is enough.”
– Mae West
Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity.”
– Ray Bradbury
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"
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"
Instead of loving your enemies, treat your friends a little better.”
– Edgar W. Howe
At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.”
– Lao Tzu
As each woman realizes her power, she transforms the world.”
– Patrice Wynne, WomanSpirit Sourcebook
The person who makes a success of living is the one who see his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.”
– Cecil B. DeMille
The biggest flaw in our existing theory of capitalism lies in its misrepresentation of human nature.”
– Muhammad Yunus
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands, but in seeing with new eyes.”
– Marcel Proust
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly,
what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Spend the afternoon. You can’t take it with you.”
– Annie Dillard
Whosoever knows how to fight well is not angry. Whosoever knows how to conquer enemies does not fight them.”
– Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
Friendship is the only cement that will hold the world together.”
– Woodrow Wilson
Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you’re already in heaven now.”
– Jack Kerouac
He who wants to tear down a house must be prepared to rebuild it.”
– African Proverb
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.”
– Robert Frost
Anything not worth doing well is not worth doing.”
– Warren Buffett
