The world I believed in, back in my most innocent, uninformed, childish mind—is real.”
– Martha Beck
Change is a math formula. Change happens when the cost of the status quo is greater than the risk of change.”
– Alan Webber, author, "Rules of Thumb"
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.”
– Mark Twain
He who wants to tear down a house must be prepared to rebuild it.”
– African Proverb
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”
– John Quincy Adams
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
Ripeness is all.”
– William Shakespeare
A diamond is a lump of coal that stuck with it.”
– Norwegian proverb
I may not be able to change what takes place, but I can always choose to change my thinking.”
– Michelle Sedas
I will pay more for the ability to deal with people than any other ability under the sun.”
– John D. Rockefeller
Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.”
– Groucho Marx
The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something.”
– Nolan Bushnell, founder, Chuck E. Cheese's
If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.”
– Thomas Edison
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 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
Our deepest wishes are whispers of our authentic selves. We must learn to respect them. We must learn to listen.”
– Sarah Ban Breathnach
Your own words are the bricks and mortar
of the dreams you want to realize.
The words you choose and their use establish the life you experience.”
– Sonia Croquette
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
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
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
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.”
– Robert Frost
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
– Leonardo da Vinci
The music is all around us. All you have to do is listen.”
– August Rush
Never cut what you can untie.”
– Joseph Joubert
Don’t wait for someone else to lead you to your right life; that privilege—and responsibility—is yours alone.”
– Martha Beck
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”
– Anais Nin
Are you willing to help other people succeed even when it’s not a requirement of your job to be of assistance?”
– Steven Schussler
You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.”
– Winston Churchill
Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.”
– Helen Keller
That which grows fast withers as rapidly; that which grows slowly endures.”
– J.G. Holland, novelist
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of another.”
– Charles Dickens
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of another.”
– Charles Dickens
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"
Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.”
– Thomas Carlyle
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
– Dalai Lama
Why am I whispering when I have something to say?”
– Eve Ensler
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
You’ve got to be willing to crash and burn. If you’re afraid of failing, you won’t get very far.”
– Steve Jobs
It is possible to fail in many ways…while to succeed is possible only in one way.”
– Aristotle
The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance. The greatest failure is to not try.”
– Debbi Fields, Mrs. Fields Cookies
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
The follow-your-gut mentality of the entrepreneur has the potential to take you anywhere you want to go or run you right out of business.”
– Bill Rancic, "The Apprentice"
It is easier to fight for one’s principles than to live up to them.”
– Alfred Adler
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
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
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”
– Albert Einstein
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
Nobody talks about entrepreneurship as survival, but that’s exactly what nurtures creative thinking.”
– Anita Roddick, founder, The Body Shop
Traveling is one way of lengthening life, at least in appearance.”
– Benjamin Franklin
Once you find something you love to do, be the best at doing it.”
– Debbi Fields, Mrs. Fields Cookies
