Surrond yourself with the dreamers, the believers, the planners, and the doers.
There's no risk when you go after your dream. There's a tremendous amount to risk if you continue to play it safe.
Devote yourself to an idea. Go make it happen. Struggle on it. Overcome your fears. Smile. Don't forget: This is your dream.
Success isn't just about what you accomplish in your life; It's about what you inspire others to do.
Inspiration is the windfall from hard work and focus.
- Helen Hanson
Don't make excuses for why you can't get it done. Focus on all the reasons why you must make it happen.
Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning.
- Thomas Edison
Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.
- James Baldwin
If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.
- Mother Teresa
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.
- Helen Keller
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Nobody, as long as he moves about among the currents of life, is without trouble.
- Carl Jung
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed with the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream.
- Mark Twain
One of the marks of excellent people is that they never compare themselves with others. They only compare themselves with themselves and with their past accomplishments and future potential.
- Brian Tracy
Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.
- Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.
- Salvador Dali
The secret of success is consistency of purpose.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Originality is unexplored territory. You get there by carrying a canoe – you can’t take a taxi.
- Alan Alda
The realest people don't have a lot of friends.
A day without learning is a day wasted.
Avoiding failure is to avoid progress.
Worry is like a rocking chair, it will give you something to do, but it won't get you anywhere.