No longer talk at all about the kind of man a good man ought to be, but be such.”
– Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
As each woman realizes her power, she transforms the world.”
– Patrice Wynne, WomanSpirit Sourcebook
We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”
– Joseph Campbell
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands, but in seeing with new eyes.”
– Marcel Proust
He who wants to tear down a house must be prepared to rebuild it.”
– African Proverb
Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!”
– Andrew Carnegie
Speaking more than one language is no longer just an asset in today’s job market; it is a requirement.”
– Tom Adams, CEO, Rosetta Stone
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
A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind.”
– Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
As your desire is, so is your will. As your will is, so is your deed. As your deed is, so is your destiny.”
– Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
You take your life in your own hands, and what happens?
A terrible thing: no one to blame.”
– Erica Jong
By your stumbling the world is perfected.”
– Sri Aurobindo
The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.”
– Nolan Bushnell, founder, Chuck E. Cheese's
Sometimes the dreams that come true are the dreams you never even knew you had.”
– Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones
Do not say, ‘why were the former days better than these,’ for it is not from wisdom that you ask this.”
– Ecclesiastes, 7:10
At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.”
– Lao Tzu
Don’t follow, lead. Don’t copy, create. Don’t start, finish. Don’t sit still, move. Don’t fit in, stand out. Don’t sit quietly, speak up. (Not all the time, sure, but more often.)”
– Seth Godin
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
Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.”
– Francesca Reigle
Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!”
– Andrew Carnegie
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
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
– Dalai Lama
The fixity of a habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity.”
– Marcel Proust
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
Whosoever knows how to fight well is not angry. Whosoever knows how to conquer enemies does not fight them.”
– Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
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
When I was younger I thought success was being a star, driving nice cars, having groupies. But today I think the most important thing is to live your life with integrity.
– Ellen DeGeneres
The music is all around us. All you have to do is listen.”
– August Rush
Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
– Martin Luther King Jr.
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”
– Seneca
Spend the afternoon. You can’t take it with you.”
– Annie Dillard
Ripeness is all.”
– William Shakespeare
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
– Mary Oliver
You may ask me for anything you like except time.”
– Napoleon
When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.”
– Audre Lorde
There is only one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way.”
– Christopher Morley
The only way to compel men to speak good of us is to do it.”
– Voltaire
The biggest flaw in our existing theory of capitalism lies in its misrepresentation of human nature.”
– Muhammad Yunus
A truly forgiving person is someone who experiences all the anger merited by injustice and still acts with fairness and compassion.”
– Martha Beck
To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.”
– Robert Louis Stevenson
A diamond is a lump of coal that stuck with it.”
– Norwegian proverb
Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.”
– Leo Jozef Suenens
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.”
– Jimi Hendrix
We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.”
– General Omar Bradley
A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.”
– Albert Schweitzer
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of another.”
– Charles Dickens
If you think you are too small to make a difference, try going to sleep with a mosquito in your room.”
– A wisdomism
Once you find something you love to do, be the best at doing it.”
– Debbi Fields, Mrs. Fields Cookies
What is the point of having free will if one cannot occasionally spit in the eye of destiny?”
– Jim Butcher, White Night
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
