The work will wait while you show the child the rainbow, but the rainbow won’t wait while you finish the work.— Pat Clifford
Lots of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn’t stop to enjoy it.— William Feather
Learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.— Robert Fulghum
Make regular appointments with yourself, and treat an appointment with yourself as you would treat an appointment with anyone else.— Steven Covey
Forget about the reasons why something may not work; you only need to find one good reason why it will.— Dr. Robert Anthony
I dared to dream big dreams, and then I willed them to happen. I’m convinced that most people can achieve their dreams and beyond if they have the determination to keep trying.— Howard Schultz
When everyone around you says you can’t. When everything you know says you can’t. When everything within you says you can’t. Dig deep within yourself, find it, and you can.— Mark Elliott Sacks
Progress results only from the fact that there are some people who refuse to believe that what they know to be right cannot be done.— Russell Davenport
It’s not what other people believe you can do; it’s what you believe you can do that’s important.— Gail Devers
If the dominant belief is that the world is flat and you will sail off the edge if you go too far, then it’s impossible to sail beyond the horizon and discover a new world.— Cherie Carter-Scott, PH.D
Too many of our dreams and goals at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.— Christopher Reeve
‘But I can’t believe impossible things,’ cried Alice. ‘Of course you can, child,’ responded the Queen. ‘Why sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.’— Lewis Carroll
Our ability to create a new company, a new community, or a new world for ourselves and others begins with our belief that it is possible.— Sergio Cellini
There is no good reason why we should not grow and develop and change until the last day we live.— Karen Horney
Become a beginner again. Learn to like being a beginner, and the whole world opens up to you once more.— Barbara Sher
Time is invested in improving ourselves cuts down on time wasted in disapproving of others.— Unknown
One of the best things you can do for the whole world is to make the most of yourself.— Wallace Wattles
The adventure of life is to learn. The purpose of life is to grow. The nature of life is to change.— William Arthur Ward
The greatest thing is, at any moment, to be willing to give up who we are in order to become all that we can become.— Max De Pree
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor even the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.— Charles Darwin
A competitive world offers two possibilities. You can lose. Or, if you want to win, you can change.— L.C. Thurow
You are not made for failure, you are made for victory. Go forward with joyful confidence.— George Eliot
If success is not on your terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.— Anna Quindlen
Leaders do not give up easily. Their tenacity overcomes their discouragements. They find successful courses of action by refusing to acknowledge failure and by working to resolve the problem. — Mary McClure
Many people owe the grandeur of their lives to their decision to deal creatively with huge mistakes, problems or failures.— Pat Larson
Every adversity, heartbreak or problem comes with the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit…if we will only stop to look.— Napoleon Hill
Bounce back quickly from temporary setbacks. Treat mistakes as opportunities to grow. Learn from them; use them to propel you forward.— Bob Moawad
Success will come to you in direct proportion to the number of times you are willing to risk failure.— Bill Meyer
The greatest crime in the world is not developing your potential. When you do what you do best, you are helping others.— Roger Williams
Don’t make money your goal. Pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off you.— Maya Angelou
Failures are few among people who have found work they enjoy doing enough to do it well. You invest time in your work, invest love in it too. — Clarence Flynn
To feel valued, to know, even if only once in a while, that you can do a job well, is an absolutely marvelous feeling. — Barbara Walters
You will recognize your own path when you come upon it, because you will suddenly have all the energy and imagination you will ever need. — Jerry Gillies
There’s a voice inside you – listen for it. It is calling you to the joy and satisfaction of your real work. — Mark David
Cherish your visions, your ideals, the music that stirs in your heart. If you remain true to them, your world will at last be built. — James Allen
Say yes to yourself, your family, your children, your coworkers, and your business…and your life will move from ordinary to extraordinary.— Wayne Dyer
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. — Albert Schweitzer
As you cherish the things most worthwhile in your family life, cherish the things most worthwhile in your work life. — William Given
Above all, follow your star, and if you cannot put your heart in it, take yourself out of it. — Hardy Jackson
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead. — Louisa May Alcott
Map out your future, but do it in pencil. The road ahead is as long as you make it. Make it worth the trip. — Jon Bon Jovi
Dreams aren’t a matter of chance, but a matter of choice. When I dream, I believe I am rehearsing my future. — David Copperfield
Goal setting is the process of turning dreams into plans, and your plans into realities. — Gary Medica
The world ages us too fast. We grow up too quickly, we stop dreaming too early, and we develop the ability to worry at far too young an age. — Doug Wecker
Reach beyond your grasp. Your goals should be grand enough to get the best of you.— Pierre Teilhard De Chardin
In the long run we really do shape our own lives; and then together we shape the world around us. The process never ends until we die, and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility. — Eleanor Roosevelt
My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment. — Oprah Winfrey
Bad start is no excuse. Too old or too young is no excuse. There is simply no bona fide excuse for not being super happy and successful. You control what you become. — Scott Alexander
There will be those who will tell you that you can’t make it because of where you live, because of how you look, because of the way you talk. We all have heard that. I almost listened.— L. Douglas Wilder
We must exchange the philosophy of excuses — what I am is beyond my control — for the philosophy of responsibility. — Barbara Jordan
This is your life. If you don’t have a plan for yourself, you’ll be part of someone else’s plan – you’ll be living someone else’s life.— Dave Croft
I am responsible for my own well-being, my own happiness. The choices and decisions I make directly influence the quality of my days.— Kathleen Andrus
Judge success not just by what you have accomplished, but by the person you have become.— Ranjana Clark
Let your life be defined by the things you pursue, rather than the things you possess. — Bobby Hendries
The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.— John Burroughs
Your hopes, dreams and aspirations are legitimate. They are trying to take you airborne, above the clouds, above the storms— if you will only let them.— William James
That Mission statement up on the wall is your guiding star. If you aren’t going to live by it, then tear it down.— Vince Pfaff
Seek out that particular attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, ‘This is the real me,’ and when you have found that…follow it.— William James
Life owes us a little; we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.— John Marm Brown
Dedicate your life to a cause greater than yourself, and your life will become a glorious romance and adventure.— Mack Douglas
Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else’s hands, but not you.— Jim Rohn
If your number one concern is to make sure that everyone likes and approves of you, then you have sacrificed your uniqueness and, therefore, your excellence.— Dan Zadra