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

– William Blake

In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.

– Robert Frost

Whosoever knows how to fight well is not angry. Whosoever knows how to conquer enemies does not fight them.”

– Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

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

Once you find something you love to do, be the best at doing it.”

– Debbi Fields, Mrs. Fields Cookies

If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.”

– Anna Quindlen

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

– Ecclesiastes, 7:10

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

– Eleanor Roosevelt

When I dare to be powerful—to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.”

– Audre Lorde

My task is really not to change myself but to become familiar with who I am.”

– Maureen Cook

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

Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity.”

– Ray Bradbury

He who wants to tear down a house must be prepared to rebuild it.”

– African Proverb

Part of your destiny is to live in the zone of maximum satisfaction.”

– Martha Beck

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

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

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

– Victor Kiam

If you were independently wealthy and never had to work a day in your life, would you still choose to spend your time attempting to become a successful entrepreneur?”

– Steven Schussler

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

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

– E.B. White

No longer talk at all about the kind of man a good man ought to be, but be such.”

– Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?”

– Magical

Many people prefer to play it safe when it comes to business matters. Are you willing to take risks in the pursuit of entrepreneurial success?”

– Steven Schussler

Why am I whispering when I have something to say?”

– Eve Ensler

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

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

Entrepreneurs need to search purposefully for the sources of innovation that indicate opportunities for success.”

– Peter F. Drucker

The only way to compel men to speak good of us is to do it.”

– Voltaire

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

The gem cannot be polished without friction; nor man perfected without trials.”

– Chinese proverb

Things don’t change. You change your way of looking, that’s all.”

– Carlos Castaneda

The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance. The greatest failure is to not try.”

– Debbi Fields, Mrs. Fields Cookies

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

The good ideas are all hammered out in agony by individuals, not spewed out by groups.”

– Charles Brower, Advertising Hall of Fame

Look at everything as though you were
seeing it either for the first or last time.
Then your time on earth will be filled with glory.”

– Betty Smith

I may not be able to change what takes place, but I can always choose to change my thinking.”

– Michelle Sedas

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

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

– General Omar Bradley

You must learn to be still in the midst of activity 
and to be vibrantly alive in repose.”

– Indira Ghandi

Confidence is the most important thing you can teach someone… if you can teach them confidence, you don’t have to teach them anything else.”

– Vin Diesel

Instead of loving your enemies, treat your friends a little better.”

– Edgar W. Howe

When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.”

– Jimi Hendrix

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

– William Jennings Bryan

Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, ‘Make Me Feel Important.’ Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.”

– Mary Kay Ash

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

Spend the afternoon. You can’t take it with you.”

– Annie Dillard

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

– Jesse Jackson

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.”

– Robert Frost

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 critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something.”

– Nolan Bushnell, founder, Chuck E. Cheese's