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

– J.G. Holland, novelist

When a dog runs at you, whistle for him.”

– Henry David Thoreau

We are all of us born with a letter inside us, and that only if we are true to ourselves, may we be allowed to read it before we die.”

– Douglas Coupland

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

A person who learns to juggle six balls will be more skilled than the person who never tries to juggle more than three.”

– Marilyn vos Savant

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"

You may ask me for anything you like except time.”

– Napoleon

We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give.”

– Winston Churchill

If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more.
 If you look at what you don’t have in life, you’ll never have enough.”

– Oprah Winfrey

Tolerance and patience should not be read as signs of weakness. They are signs of strength.”

– The Dalai Lama

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

How do you stay resilient? It’s about momentum. Like riding a bicycle. If you stop you fall over. So I keep pedaling.”

– Diane Lane

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

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.”

– Lao Tzu

Entrepreneurs are willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise.”

– Victor Kiam

Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.”

– Francesca Reigle

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”

– Albert Einstein

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

– Debbi Fields, Mrs. Fields Cookies

A people who mean to be their Governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.”

– James Madison

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”

– John Quincy Adams

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

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"

What is the point of having free will if one cannot occasionally spit in the eye of destiny?”

– Jim Butcher, White Night

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

– President Calvin Coolidge

Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.”

– Helen Keller

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it”

– Andrew Carnegie

The journey is the reward.”

– Greg Norman

The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be.”

– Bruce Lee

Some things are destined to be—it just takes us a couple of tries
to get there.”

– J.R. Ward, Lover Mine

Friendship is the only cement that will hold the world together.”

– Woodrow Wilson

A truly forgiving person is someone who experiences all the anger merited by injustice and still acts with fairness and compassion.”

– Martha Beck

Our deepest wishes are whispers of our authentic selves. We must learn to respect them. We must learn to listen.”

– Sarah Ban Breathnach

Passion makes perfect.”

– Eugene Biro

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

Ripeness is all.”

– William Shakespeare

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

– Debbi Fields, Mrs. Fields Cookies

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

An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he’ll quickly learn how to chew it.“


– Roy Ash, co-founder of Litton Industries

A diamond is a lump of coal that stuck with it.”

– Norwegian proverb

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

– Eve Ensler

Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!”

– Andrew Carnegie

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

– Corita Kent

The only dream worth having is to live while you’re alive and die only when you’re dead.”

– Arundhati Roy

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands, but in seeing with new eyes.”

– Marcel Proust

There’s nowhere you can be that isn’t where you’re meant to be…”

– John Lennon

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

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

The great use of life is to spend it on something that will outlast it.”

– William James

‎Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.”

– Booker T. Washington

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

– Robert Frost