The biggest flaw in our existing theory of capitalism lies in its misrepresentation of human nature.”

– Muhammad Yunus

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly,
 what is essential is invisible to the eye.”

– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”

– T.S. Eliot

A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.”

– Bob Dylan

Never never never never give up.”

– Winston Churchill

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

We are not meant to resolve all contradictions, but to live with them and rise above them.”

– William Blake

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 not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”

– Charles Darwin

Entrepreneurs willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets.”

– Victor Kiam

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

‎That which grows fast withers as rapidly; that which grows slowly endures.”

– J.G. Holland, novelist

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

I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.”

– Thomas Edison

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

Do not say, ‘why were the former days better than these,’ for it is not from wisdom that you ask this.”

– Ecclesiastes, 7:10

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

We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.”

– General Omar Bradley

Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.”

– Thomas Dunn

You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.”

– Winston Churchill

If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.”

– Jesse Jackson

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"

A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind.”

– Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.”

– Groucho Marx

Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.”

– E.B. White

It is easier to fight for one’s principles than to live up to them.”

– Alfred Adler

Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. 
Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow.”

– Mary Jean Irion

Are you willing to help other people succeed even when it’s not a requirement of your job to be of assistance?”

– Steven Schussler

There is only one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way.”

– Christopher Morley

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 dove descending breaks the air / With flame of inkandescent terror.”

– T.S. Eliott

The best hobbies are the ones that take us furthest from our primary occupation.”

– Dr. Evelyn Vogel, Dexter

That man is richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.”

– Henry David Thoreau

Destiny is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.”

– William Jennings Bryan

Do one thing every day that scares you.”

– Eleanor Roosevelt

Don’t wait for someone else to lead you to your right life; that privilege—and responsibility—is yours alone.”

– Martha Beck

If you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come.”

– Oprah Winfrey

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

Nothing is a mistake. There’s no win and no fail. There’s only make.”

– Corita Kent

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

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.”

– President Calvin Coolidge

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

Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them!”

– Madam C.J. Walker

Do not be afraid of mistakes, providing you do not make the same one twice.”

– Eleanor Roosevelt

Challenge is a dragon with a gift in its mouth. Tame the dragon and the gift is yours.”

– Noela Evans

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.”

– Abraham Lincoln

Persist and persevere, and you will find most things that are attainable, possible.”

– Lord Chesterfield

By your stumbling the world is perfected.”

– Sri Aurobindo