That which grows fast withers as rapidly; that which grows slowly endures.”
– J.G. Holland, novelist
If you would create something,
you must be something.”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”
– Albert Einstein
Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.”
– Thomas Dunn
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
No longer talk at all about the kind of man a good man ought to be, but be such.”
– Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.”
– Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., U.S. Supreme Court justice
The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.”
– Andrew Carnegie
Who cares if my glass is half empty or half full; I still have something to drink.”
– Optimism rules
If you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come.”
– Oprah Winfrey
If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.”
– Jesse Jackson
We are not meant to resolve all contradictions, but to live with them and rise above them.”
– William Blake
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
Education is an admirable thing to have, but it is well to remember that nothing worth knowing can be taught.”
– Oscar Wilde
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.”
– Mark Twain
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”
– Anais Nin
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
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”
– Carl Rogers
To follow, without halt, one aim: There’s the secret of success.”
– Anna Pavlova
Part of your destiny is to live in the zone of maximum satisfaction.”
– Martha Beck
We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give.”
– Winston Churchill
That which grows fast withers as rapidly; that which grows slowly endures.”
– J.G. Holland, novelist
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 only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"
It is easier to fight for one’s principles than to live up to them.”
– Alfred Adler
My goal was to tell the life side of the story. We have become a nation of voyeurs that expect sensationalism, and that offends me.”
– Kathleen Jo Ryan
Sometimes the dreams that come true are the dreams you never even knew you had.”
– Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones
He who knows he has enough is rich.”
– Tao Te Ching
Remove those ‘I want you to like me’ stickers from your forehead
and, instead, place them where they truly will do the most good—on your mirror.”
– Susan Jeffers
Inspiration and genius — one and the same.”
– Victor Hugo
If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.”
– Joseph Addison
Things don’t change. You change your way of looking, that’s all.”
– Carlos Castaneda
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
A truly forgiving person is someone who experiences all the anger merited by injustice and still acts with fairness and compassion.”
– Martha Beck
You often meet your fate on the road you take to avoid it.”
– Goldie Hawn
A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.”
– Albert Schweitzer
Passion makes perfect.”
– Eugene Biro
Entrepreneurs willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets.”
– Victor Kiam
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”
– Carl Rogers
Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!”
– Andrew Carnegie
My job is my hobby. I come to work to play.”
– Uli Becker, president, Reebok International
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.”
– Jimi Hendrix
The only way to compel men to speak good of us is to do it.”
– Voltaire
A warrior cannot complain or regret anything. His life is an endless challenge, and challenges cannot possibly be good or bad. Challenges are simply challenges.”
– Carlos Castaneda
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
Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you’re already in heaven now.”
– Jack Kerouac
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of another.”
– Charles Dickens
Nothing is a mistake. There’s no win and no fail. There’s only make.”
– Corita Kent
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams, for when dreams go, life is a barren field frozen with snow.”
– Langston Hughes
