It's fine to celebrate success but it's more important to heed the lessons of failure
— Bill Gates
FIND a WAY to WIN at something EVERY DAY
It doesn’t have to be big. Some of the best days are made up of one or more small victories. Those incremental wins add up to meaningful change over time.
Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet.
— Sarah Louise Delany
He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.
— Viktor Frankl
The world is a very malleable place. If you know what you want, and you go for it with maximum energy and drive and passion, the world will often reconfigure itself around you much more quickly and easily than you would think.
— Marc Andreessen
The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.
— Ken Blanchard
It’s easy to stand in the crowd but it takes courage to stand alone.
— Mahatma Gandhi
The more you can be authentic, the happier you're going to be, and life will work itself around that.
— Melinda Gates
I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
Before following the crowd, ask yourself if their average result is acceptable to you.
— James Pierce
Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.
— John C. Maxwell
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
— T.S. Elliot
Perfectionism is not the same thing as striving to be our best. Perfectionism is not about healthy achievement and growth; it’s a shield.
— Brené Brown
When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
— Viktor Frankl
See yourself as a piece of Swiss cheese--know your holes and add others (slices) whose substance, when layered on your slice, eventually creates a solid, firm unified block of cheese.
— Richard Avdoian
A good plan now is better than a great plan too late.
— Verne Harnish
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
— Samuel Johnson
If you don't risk anything, you risk even more.
— Erica Jong
Leadership comes in many forms. Figure out how your quietness strengthens your leadership style.
— Elaine Mau
Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
— Howard Thurman
Mirror Test: The way your employees treat your customers is a direct reflection of how you treat your employees.
— Eric Chester
Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.
— Brian Tracy
Truthfulness is the main element of character.
— Brian Tracy
You can have it all. Just not all at once.
— Oprah Winfrey
The fact of being an underdog changes people in ways that we often fail to appreciate. It opens doors and creates opportunities and enlightens and permits things that might otherwise have seemed unthinkable.
— Malcolm Gladwell
A person who asks is a fool for five minutes. A person who never asks is a fool for life.
— Chinese Proverb
Never let the fear of striking out stop you from playing the game.
— Babe Ruth
I have not failed, I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.
— Thomas Alva Edison
The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity.
— Robert Anthony
Learn as if you were to live forever.
— Mahatma Gandhi
If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you.
— Les Brown
Don't be afraid of your fears. They're not there to scare you. They are there to let you know that something is worth it.
— C. JoyBell C.
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