It is to no purpose to turn away from the real nature of the affair because the honor of its elements excites repugnance.
– Carl von Clausewitz, On War
He who wants to tear down a house must be prepared to rebuild it.”
– African Proverb
If you do not tell the truth about yourself
, you cannot tell it about other people.”
– Virginia Woolf
Inspiration and genius — one and the same.”
– Victor Hugo
Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.”
– E.B. White
To follow, without halt, one aim: There’s the secret of success.”
– Anna Pavlova
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”
– John Quincy Adams
Success is about finding a livelihood that brings joy, self-sufficiency, and a sense of contributing.”
– Anita Roddick
We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give.”
– Winston Churchill
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?”
– Magical
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
The good ideas are all hammered out in agony by individuals, not spewed out by groups.”
– Charles Brower, Advertising Hall of Fame
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.”
– Albert Einstein
That man is richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.”
– Henry David Thoreau
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
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
Everyone is a mirror image of yourself—your own thinking coming back at you.”
– Byron Katie
Tolerance and patience should not be read as signs of weakness. They are signs of strength.”
– The Dalai Lama
You may ask me for anything you like except time.”
– Napoleon
My task is really not to change myself but to become familiar with who I am.”
– Maureen Cook
Sometimes the dreams that come true are the dreams you never even knew you had.”
– Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones
Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes.”
– Benjamin Disraeli
You must learn to be still in the midst of activity
and to be vibrantly alive in repose.”
– Indira Ghandi
The dove descending breaks the air / With flame of inkandescent terror.”
– T.S. Eliott
Friendship is the only cement that will hold the world together.”
– Woodrow Wilson
A diamond is a lump of coal that stuck with it.”
– Norwegian proverb
If you want to be busy, keep trying to be perfect. If you want to be happy, focus on making a difference.”
– Lisa Earle McLeod
A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.”
– Albert Schweitzer
That which grows fast withers as rapidly; that which grows slowly endures.”
– J.G. Holland, novelist
Persist and persevere, and you will find most things that are attainable, possible.”
– Lord Chesterfield
He who knows he has enough is rich.”
– Tao Te Ching
The gem cannot be polished without friction; nor man perfected without trials.”
– Chinese proverb
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 often meet your fate on the road you take to avoid it.”
– Goldie Hawn
There are children playing in the street who could solve some of my top problems in physics, because they have modes of sensory perception that I lost long ago.”
– J. Robert Oppenheimer
Running that first shop taught me business is not financial science; it’s about trading.”
– Anita Roddick, founder, The Body Shop
Never cut what you can untie.”
– Joseph Joubert
Instead of loving your enemies, treat your friends a little better.”
– Edgar W. Howe
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
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
The mind is everything. What you think, you become.”
– Buddha
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.”
– Robert Frost
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
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”
– T.S. Eliot
The goal of Life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with nature.”
– Joseph Cambell
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”
– Albert Einstein
Spend the afternoon. You can’t take it with you.”
– Annie Dillard
My job is my hobby. I come to work to play.”
– Uli Becker, president, Reebok International
At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.”
– Lao Tzu
It is easier to fight for one’s principles than to live up to them.”
– Alfred Adler
