The good ideas are all hammered out in agony by individuals, not spewed out by groups.”
– Charles Brower, Advertising Hall of Fame
Whosoever knows how to fight well is not angry. Whosoever knows how to conquer enemies does not fight them.”
– Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.”
– Nolan Bushnell, founder, Chuck E. Cheese's
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, ‘What’s in it for me?’”
– Brian Tracy
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
Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love.”
– Jalaluddin Rumi
That which grows fast withers as rapidly; that which grows slowly endures.”
– J.G. Holland, novelist
I’m not afraid of storms,
for I’m learning to sail my ship.”
– Louisa May Alcott
You must learn to be still in the midst of activity
and to be vibrantly alive in repose.”
– Indira Ghandi
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"
You’ve got to be willing to crash and burn. If you’re afraid of failing, you won’t get very far.”
– Steve Jobs
There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.”
– Leonard Cohen
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
Who cares if my glass is half empty or half full; I still have something to drink.”
– Optimism rules
A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind.”
– Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”
– Carl Rogers
We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.”
– General Omar Bradley
If it isn’t good, let it die. If it doesn’t die, make it good.”
– Ajahn Chah
Never cut what you can untie.”
– Joseph Joubert
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”
– John Quincy Adams
Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.”
– Thomas Dunn
Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them!”
– Madam C.J. Walker
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.”
– William Shakespeare
We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give.”
– Winston Churchill
The gem cannot be polished without friction; nor man perfected without trials.”
– Chinese proverb
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.”
– President Calvin Coolidge
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
– Thomas Edison
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
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.”
– Jimi Hendrix
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
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”
– Carl Rogers
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
Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early.”
– Anthony Trollope
A diamond is a lump of coal that stuck with it.”
– Norwegian proverb
Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes.”
– Benjamin Disraeli
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
– Leonardo da Vinci
Some things are destined to be—it just takes us a couple of tries
to get there.”
– J.R. Ward, Lover Mine
Are you willing to help other people succeed even when it’s not a requirement of your job to be of assistance?”
– Steven Schussler
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
I’ve come to confirm that one’s title, even that of president, says little about how well one’s life has been led. No matter how much you’ve done, or how successful you’ve been, there’s always more to do, to learn, and to achieve.”
– Barack Obama
If you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come.”
– Oprah Winfrey
Traveling is one way of lengthening life, at least in appearance.”
– Benjamin Franklin
Most people never pick up the phone and call. Most people never ask, and that’s what separates the people who do things from the people who just dream about them.”
– Steve Jobs
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
They who give have all things. They who withhold have nothing.”
– Hindu Proverb
The dove descending breaks the air / With flame of inkandescent terror.”
– T.S. Eliott
Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.”
– Albert Einstein
The best reason to start an organization is to create a product or service to make the world a better place.”
– Guy Kawasaki
The music is all around us. All you have to do is listen.”
– August Rush
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
