• "There’s only one corner of the Universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self."
  - Aldous Huxley, Novelist

• "Apply your self. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don’t just stand there, make it happen."
  - Lee Iacocca, Chairman, Chrysler Motors

• "If you’re never scared, or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take chances."
  - Julia Sorel, Writer

• "Enthusiasm is a vital element toward the individual success of every man or woman."
  - Conrad Hilton, Founder, Hilton Hotels

• "I am grateful for all my problems. After each one was overcome, I became stronger and more able to meet those that were still to come. I grew in all my difficulties."
  - J.C. Penny, Founder, JC Penny’s

• "Three failures denote uncommon strength. A weakling has not enough grit to fail thrice."
  - Minna Thomas Antrins, Writer

• "It’s easy to have principles when you’re rich. The important thing is to have principles when you’re poor."
  - Ray Kroc, CEO, McDonalds

• "If you want to make good use of your time, you’ve got to know what’s most important and then give it all you’ve got."
  - Lee Iacocca, Founder, Chrysler Motors

• "If you have made mistakes, even serious ones, there is always another chance for you. What we call failure is not falling down, but staying down."
  - Mary Pickford, Actress

• "Never regret. If it’s good, it’s wonderful. If it’s bad, it’s experience."
  - Victoria Holt, Writer

• "The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs... one step at a time."
  - Joe Girard, World’s Greatest Salesmen

• "You must do the thing you think you cannot do."
  - Eleanor Roosevelt

• "The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we would become."
  - Charles Du Bos, French Critic

• "Fear of failure must never be a reason not to try something."
  - Frederick Smith, Founder Federal Express

• "People who take risks are the people you’ll lose against."
  - John Sculley, Former Chairman, Apple Computer

• "When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it."
  - W. Clement Stone, Founder, Combined Insurance Companies

• "We fall forward to success."
  - Mark Kay Ash, Founder, Mary Kay Cosmetics

• "The trouble in America is not that we are making too many mistakes, but that we are making too few."
  - Philip Knight, Founder, Nike

• "A new life begins with an examination of our mistakes, and then a dismissal of them."
  - Unknown

• "THINK. Think about your appearance, associations, actions, ambitions, accomplishments."
  - Thomas J. Watson, Chairman, IBM

• "Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently."
  - Henry Ford, Ford Motor Company

• "Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them."
  - W. Clement Stone, Founder, Combined Insurance Companies

• "A finished person is a boring person."
  - Anna Quindlen, Writer

• "If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more."
  - Erica Jong, Author

• "The only joy in the world is to begin."
  - Cesare Pavese, Writer

• "We don’t grow unless we take risks."
  - The Growth Motivator