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

– Voltaire

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”

– Carl Rogers

Anything not worth doing well is not worth doing.”

– Warren Buffett

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of another.”

– Charles Dickens

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

Passion makes perfect.”

– Eugene Biro

If you would create something,
 you must be something.”

– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

– Noela Evans

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

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

– Victor Kiam

“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently.”

– Steve Jobs, Apple, Inc.

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.”

– Thomas Carlyle

It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.”

– J. Kristnhamurti, The First and Last Freedom

Everyone is a mirror image of yourself—your own thinking coming back at you.”

– Byron Katie

Do one thing every day that scares you.”

– Eleanor Roosevelt

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

– Arundhati Roy

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

– J.G. Holland, novelist

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.”

– Henry Miller

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

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

If you think you are too small to make a difference, try going to sleep with a mosquito in your room.”

– A wisdomism

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

– T.S. Eliott

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

– Abraham Lincoln

To find what you seek in the road of life, leave no stone unturned.”

– Edward Bulwer Lytton

Success is about finding a livelihood that brings joy, self-sufficiency, and a sense of contributing.”

– Anita Roddick

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

– Debbi Fields, Mrs. Fields Cookies

Running that first shop taught me business is not financial science; it’s about trading.”

– Anita Roddick, founder, The Body Shop

Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid.”

– Basil King

If people like you they’ll listen to you; if they trust you, they’ll do business with you.”

– Zig Ziglar

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

– Jesse Jackson

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

– Steven Schussler

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

– Nelson Mandela

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

– Jimi Hendrix

Whatever you do may seem insignificant, but it is most important that you do it.”

– Gandi

Death is to lose the earth you know, for greater knowing; to lose the life you have, for greater life; to leave the friends you loved, for greater loving; to find a land more kind than home, more large than earth.”

– Thomas Wolfe

To follow, without halt, one aim: There’s the secret of success.”

– Anna Pavlova

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

– Napoleon

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is compromise.”

– Robert Fritz

Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, ‘What’s in it for me?’”

– Brian Tracy

Women once had the goal of being Superwoman; I think most of us now simply strive to have a super day.”

– Author, Activist Lee Woodruff

Inspiration and genius — one and the same.”

– Victor Hugo

We never know how high we are
 till we are called to rise;
 And then, if we are true to plan,
 Our statures touch the skies.”

– Emily Dickinson

The best reason to start an organization is to create a product or service to make the world a better place.”

– Guy Kawasaki

But all the while I was alone, the past was close behind, I seen a lot of women, but she never escaped my mind, and I just grew, tangled up in blue.”

– Bob Dylan

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

Find somebody to be successful for. Raise their hopes. Think of their needs.”

– Barack Obama

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

Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail.”

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”

– Albert Einstein