You don’t go into a field that requires cracking people’s heads open or operating on something as delicate as the spinal cord unless you are comfortable with taking risks.”

– Dr. Ben Carson

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

– Brian Tracy

I don’t do very well without fear. There needs to be a part of me saying, ‘That’s going to fail,’ so I can prove myself wrong.”

– Harry Potter's Daniel Radcliffe

I’m not afraid of storms,
for I’m learning to sail my ship.”

– Louisa May Alcott

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

– J.R. Ward, Lover Mine

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

– Eleanor Roosevelt

A lot of people have ideas, but few decide to do something about them now. Not next week. But today.”

– Nolan Bushnell, founder, Atari

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

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

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”

– Albert Einstein

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

– Robert Frost

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

– Zig Ziglar

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

– Charles Brower, Advertising Hall of Fame

A man without a smiling face
 should not open a shop.”

– Chinese Proverb

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

– Robert Frost

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

Never cut what you can untie.”

– Joseph Joubert

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

– William Blake

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

Don’t wait for someone else to lead you to your right life; that privilege—and responsibility—is yours alone.”

– Martha Beck

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

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

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

– Basil King

A man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.”

– Chinese Proverb

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

If you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come.”

– Oprah Winfrey

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

– Thomas Carlyle

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

– Charles Dickens

I will pay more for the ability to deal with people than any other ability under the sun.”

– John D. Rockefeller

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

– Booker T. Washington

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

– Lao Tzu

If it isn’t good, let it die. If it doesn’t die, make it good.”

– Ajahn Chah

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

– Nelson Mandela

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

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

– President Calvin Coolidge

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

– General Omar Bradley

Do you believe it is important to give back some portion of your wealth to support charitable causes?”

– Steven Schussler

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

– Victor Kiam

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

– Noela Evans

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

– Maureen Cook

As each woman realizes her power, she transforms the world.”

– Patrice Wynne, WomanSpirit Sourcebook

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"

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”

– Anais Nin

With ordinary talents and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable.”

– Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton

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

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

We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.”

– Charles R. Swindoll

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