Find somebody to be successful for. Raise their hopes. Think of their needs.”
– Barack Obama
The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.”
– Henry Miller
You often meet your fate on the road you take to avoid it.”
– Goldie Hawn
We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.”
– General Omar Bradley
I will pay more for the ability to deal with people than any other ability under the sun.”
– John D. Rockefeller
A truly forgiving person is someone who experiences all the anger merited by injustice and still acts with fairness and compassion.”
– Martha Beck
Do one thing every day that scares you.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt
The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.”
– Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., U.S. Supreme Court justice
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
– Nelson Mandela
A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind.”
– Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
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
Of course there is no formula for success except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings.”
– Arthur Rubinstein
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"
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
To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.”
– Robert Louis Stevenson
Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.”
– Leon Joseph Suenens
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"
Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.”
– E.B. White
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
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.”
– William Shakespeare
Do not be afraid of mistakes, providing you do not make the same one twice.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt
Our deepest wishes are whispers of our authentic selves. We must learn to respect them. We must learn to listen.”
– Sarah Ban Breathnach
Destiny is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.”
– William Jennings Bryan
When a dog runs at you, whistle for him.”
– Henry David Thoreau
The great use of life is to spend it on something that will outlast it.”
– William James
Challenge is a dragon with a gift in its mouth. Tame the dragon and the gift is yours.”
– Noela Evans
Whatever you do may seem insignificant, but it is most important that you do it.”
– Gandi
Are you willing to help other people succeed even when it’s not a requirement of your job to be of assistance?”
– Steven Schussler
You only live once. But if you do it right, once is enough.”
– Mae West
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly,
what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
That which grows fast withers as rapidly; that which grows slowly endures.”
– J.G. Holland, novelist
My job is my hobby. I come to work to play.”
– Uli Becker, president, Reebok International
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.”
– Robert Frost
Success is about finding a livelihood that brings joy, self-sufficiency, and a sense of contributing.”
– Anita Roddick
I may not be able to change what takes place, but I can always choose to change my thinking.”
– Michelle Sedas
The best hobbies are the ones that take us furthest from our primary occupation.”
– Dr. Evelyn Vogel, Dexter
The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be.”
– Bruce Lee
Once you find something you love to do, be the best at doing it.”
– Debbi Fields, Mrs. Fields Cookies
A man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.”
– Chinese Proverb
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
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
Almost anyone can start a community, but it takes real talent and commitment to get people to show up and keep coming back.”
– Andy Sernovitz
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”
– Seneca
Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow know what you truly want to become.”
– Steve Jobs
If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is compromise.”
– Robert Fritz
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.”
– Abraham Lincoln
We are not meant to resolve all contradictions, but to live with them and rise above them.”
– William Blake
You don’t love someone because of their looks or their clothes or their car. You love them because they sing a song only your heart can understand.”
– L.J. Smith
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
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”
– Charles Darwin
