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
If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.”
– Thomas Edison
Entrepreneurs need to search purposefully for the sources of innovation that indicate opportunities for success.”
– Peter F. Drucker
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of another.”
– Charles Dickens
Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.”
– Groucho Marx
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
4oz tequila + 1oz TripleSec + 2oz lime juice + 1oz simple syrup (sugar=water), 1 cup crushed ice. Shake + dance around the kitchen.
– Avenida Margarita
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
The gem cannot be polished without friction; nor man perfected without trials.”
– Chinese proverb
A people who mean to be their Governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.”
– James Madison
If you do not tell the truth about yourself
, you cannot tell it about other people.”
– Virginia Woolf
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
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”
– T.S. Eliot
I have spent a good part of my life convincing people that a blank sheet of paper is the greatest opportunity in the world, and not frightening at all.”
– Marty Skler, executive vp, Walt Disney Imagineering
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
Instead of loving your enemies, treat your friends a little better.”
– Edgar W. Howe
Don’t wait for someone else to lead you to your right life; that privilege—and responsibility—is yours alone.”
– Martha Beck
Why am I whispering when I have something to say?”
– Eve Ensler
We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.”
– General Omar Bradley
To find what you seek in the road of life, leave no stone unturned.”
– Edward Bulwer Lytton
The dove descending breaks the air / With flame of inkandescent terror.”
– T.S. Eliott
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
– Mary Oliver
A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.”
– Albert Schweitzer
You’ve got to be willing to crash and burn. If you’re afraid of failing, you won’t get very far.”
– Steve Jobs
The good ideas are all hammered out in agony by individuals, not spewed out by groups.”
– Charles Brower, Advertising Hall of Fame
The awakening to the mystery of life is a revolutionary event; in it an old world is destroyed so that a new and better one may take its place.”
– J.J. Van Der Leeuw, The Conquest of Illusion
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
Whatever you do may seem insignificant, but it is most important that you do it.”
– Gandi
Spend the afternoon. You can’t take it with you.”
– Annie Dillard
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
You only live once. But if you do it right, once is enough.”
– Mae West
Speaking more than one language is no longer just an asset in today’s job market; it is a requirement.”
– Tom Adams, CEO, Rosetta Stone
I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.”
– Thomas Edison
You must learn to be still in the midst of activity
and to be vibrantly alive in repose.”
– Indira Ghandi
The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance. The greatest failure is to not try.”
– Debbi Fields, Mrs. Fields Cookies
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
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
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 to become a man of value.”
– Albert Einstein
Don’t follow, lead. Don’t copy, create. Don’t start, finish. Don’t sit still, move. Don’t fit in, stand out. Don’t sit quietly, speak up. (Not all the time, sure, but more often.)”
– Seth Godin
Do you believe it is important to give back some portion of your wealth to support charitable causes?”
– Steven Schussler
Who cares if my glass is half empty or half full; I still have something to drink.”
– Optimism rules
Entrepreneurs are willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise.”
– Victor Kiam
Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!”
– Andrew Carnegie
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”
– Albert Einstein
Of course there is no formula for success except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings.”
– Arthur Rubinstein
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?”
– Magical
Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.”
– Booker T. Washington
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 will pay more for the ability to deal with people than any other ability under the sun.”
– John D. Rockefeller
