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
There is little success where there is little laughter.”
– Andrew Carnegie
That which grows fast withers as rapidly; that which grows slowly endures.”
– J.G. Holland, novelist
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which obstacles vanish.”
– John Quincy Adams
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"
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
Never cut what you can untie.”
– Joseph Joubert
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
With ordinary talents and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable.”
– Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton
We are not meant to resolve all contradictions, but to live with them and rise above them.”
– William Blake
Don’t wait for someone else to lead you to your right life; that privilege—and responsibility—is yours alone.”
– Martha Beck
By your stumbling the world is perfected.”
– Sri Aurobindo
Remember that it’s okay to ask for help when you’re stumped, because sometimes you really can’t be expected to handle everything alone.”
– Martha Beck
I will pay more for the ability to deal with people than any other ability under the sun.”
– John D. Rockefeller
I’m not afraid of storms,
for I’m learning to sail my ship.”
– Louisa May Alcott
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
Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!”
– Andrew Carnegie
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
Letting go of expectations is a ticket to peace. It allows us to ride over every crisis—small or large—like a beach ball on water.”
– Martha Beck
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.”
– Jimi Hendrix
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
Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.”
– Thomas Carlyle
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
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.”
– William Shakespeare
I always maintained that the greatest obstacle in life isn’t danger, it’s boredom. The battle against it is responsible for most of the events in the world — good or ill.”
– Dr. Evelyn Vogel, Dexter
The gem cannot be polished without friction; nor man perfected without trials.”
– Chinese proverb
Why am I whispering when I have something to say?”
– Eve Ensler
We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.”
– Charles R. Swindoll
Do not say, ‘why were the former days better than these,’ for it is not from wisdom that you ask this.”
– Ecclesiastes, 7:10
The quality of your life is directly related to the amount of uncertainty you can comfortably live with.”
– Tony Robbins
We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.”
– General Omar Bradley
Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!”
– Andrew Carnegie
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.”
– Abraham Lincoln
Our deepest wishes are whispers of our authentic selves. We must learn to respect them. We must learn to listen.”
– Sarah Ban Breathnach
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
– Thomas Edison
I may not be able to change what takes place, but I can always choose to change my thinking.”
– Michelle Sedas
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
– Dalai Lama
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”
– T.S. Eliot
Nobody talks about entrepreneurship as survival, but that’s exactly what nurtures creative thinking.”
– Anita Roddick, founder, The Body Shop
What is the point of having free will if one cannot occasionally spit in the eye of destiny?”
– Jim Butcher, White Night
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”
– Anais Nin
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of another.”
– Charles Dickens
The only dream worth having is to live while you’re alive and die only when you’re dead.”
– Arundhati Roy
Some things are destined to be—it just takes us a couple of tries
to get there.”
– J.R. Ward, Lover Mine
We are perfectionists. We are hungry to work all the time. We are entertained by every aspect of business and we never want to stop working.”
– Suzy Welch
If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.”
– Jesse Jackson
Running that first shop taught me business is not financial science; it’s about trading.”
– Anita Roddick, founder, The Body Shop
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
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly,
what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.”
– Robert Frost
