Energy from your dreams
"Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out if they've got a second. Give your dreams all you've got and you'll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you."
William James
When your life changes
"Every achiever that I have ever met says, 'My life turned around when I began to believe in me.'"
Dr. Robert H. Schuller
Doing good in the moment
"Act well at the moment, and you have performed a good action for all eternity."
Johann Kaspar Lavater
Believing in yourself
"People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success."
Norman Vincent Peale
Getting ahead
"Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. You must be able to sustain yourself against staggering blows. There is no code of conduct to help beginners. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent."
Sophia Loren
What successful people do
"Achievement seems to be connected with action. Successful men and women keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit."
Conrad Hilton
What successful people do
"Successful people form the habit of doing what failures don't like to do. They like the results they get by doing what they don't necessarily enjoy."
Earl Nightingale
What you want in life
"When you are clear, what you want will show up in your life, and only to the extent you are clear."
Janet Attwood
Getting what you want out of life
"The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want."
Ben Stein
Not being discouraged
"History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats."
Bertie Charles Forbes
1880-1954, Financial Journalist, Author and Founder of Forbes Magazine
How to fail
"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody."
Bill Cosby
Comedian, Actor and Author
Accomplishing great things
"All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim; have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible."
Orison Swett Marden
1850-1924, Writer
The kind of man (or woman) we should be
"Today, I would like to become the man my dog thinks I am."
Jack Thomson
Entrepreneur
Don't give up
"I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up. Most people in this business gave up and went on to other things. If you simply didn't give up, you would outlast the people who came in on the bus with you."
Harrison Ford
Actor