A Quotes

• “The sacred is in the ordinary...it is to be found in one's daily life, in one's neighbors, friends, and family, in one's own backyard...travel may be a flight from confronting the scared--this lesson can be easily lost. To be looking elsewhere for miracles is to me a sure sign of ignorance that everything is miraculous.” -  Abraham Maslow
• “The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short.” - Abraham Maslow
• “Become addicted to constant and never-ending self-improvement.” - Anthony J. D’Angelo
• “I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail.” -
• “Our enemies are Medes and Persians, men who for centuries have lived soft and luxurious lives; we of Macedon for generations past have been trained in the hard school of danger and war. Above all, we are free men, and they are slaves. There are Greek troops, to be sure, in Persian service — but how different is their cause from ours! They will be fighting for pay — and not much of at that; we, on the contrary, shall fight for Greece, and our hearts will be in it. As for our foreign troops — Thracians, Paeonians, Illyrians, Agrianes — they are the best and stoutest soldiers in Europe, and they will find as their opponents the slackest and softest of the tribes of Asia. And what, finally, of the two men in supreme command? You have Alexander, they — Darius!” - Alexander The Great
• “We are not in a position in which we have nothing to work with. We already have capacities, talents, direction, missions, callings. ” - Abraham Maslow
• “In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time.” - Anthony J. D’Angelo
• “To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail.” - Abraham Maslow
• “If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away, I'd still swim. And I'd despise the one who gave up.” - Abraham Maslow
• “Now you fear punishment and beg for your lives, so I will let you free, if not for any other reason so that you can see the difference between a Greek king and a barbarian tyrant, so do not expect to suffer any harm from me. A king does not kill messengers.” - Alexander The Great
• “When solving problems, dig at the roots instead of just hacking at the leaves.” - Anthony J. D’Angelo
• “One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.” - Abraham Maslow
• “There are no more worlds to conquer!” - Alexander The Great
• “Youths of the Pellaians and of the Macedonians and of the Hellenic Amphictiony and of the Lakedaimonians and of the Corinthians… and of all the Hellenic peoples, join your fellow-soldiers and entrust yourselves to me, so that we can move against the barbarians and liberate ourselves from the Persian bondage, for as Greeks we should not be slaves to barbarians.” - Alexander The Great
• “A tomb now suffices him for whom the world was not enough." - Alexander The Great
• “What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization.” - Abraham Maslow
• “Never let your persistence and passion turn into stubbornness and ignorance.” - Anthony J. D’Angelo
• “It looks as if there were a single ultimate goal for mankind, a far goal toward which all persons strive. This is called variously by different authors self-actualization, self-realization, integration, psychological health, individuation, autonomy, creativity, productivity, but they all agree that this amounts to realizing the potentialities of the person, that is to say, becoming fully human, everything that person can be.” - Abraham Maslow
• “In your thirst for knowledge, be sure not to drown in all the information.” - Anthony J. D’Angelo
• “Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.” - Alexander The Great
• “You don't have to hold a position to be a leader.” - Anthony J. D’Angelo
• “Listen to your intuition. It will tell you everything you need to know.” - Anthony J. D’Angelo
• “One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king.” - Abraham Maslow
• “Let people realize clearly that every time they threaten someone or humiliate or unnecessarily hurt or dominate or reject another human being, they become forces for the creation of psychopathology, even if these be small forces. Let them recognize that every person who is kind, helpful, decent, psychologically democratic, affectionate, and warm, is a psychotheraputic force, even though a small one.” - Abraham Maslow
• “The greatest gift that you can give yourself is a little bit of your own attention.” - Anthony J. D’Angelo
• “An army of sheep led by a lion is better than an army of lions led by a sheep.” - Alexander The Great
• “Focus 90% of your time on solutions and only 10% of your time on problems.” - Anthony J. D’Angelo
• “If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. ” - Abraham Maslow
• “I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion.”
• “As for a limit to one’s labors, I, for one, do not recognize any for a high-minded man, except that the labors themselves should lead to noble accomplishments.” - Alexander The Great
• “It isn't normal to know what we want. It is a rare and difficult psychological achievement.” - Abraham Maslow
• “Set high standards and few limitations for yourself.” - Anthony J. D’Angelo
• “Upon the conduct of each determines the fate of all” - Alexander The Great
• “If life doesn't offer a game worth playing then invent a new one.” - Anthony J. D’Angelo
• “If the essential core of the person is denied or suppressed, he gets sick sometimes in obvious ways, sometimes in subtle ways, sometimes immediately, sometimes later.” - Abraham Maslow
• “I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.” - Alexander The Great
• “Don’t fear change – embrace it.” - Anthony J. D’Angelo
• “It seems that the necessary thing to do is not to fear mistakes, to plunge in, to do the best that one can, hoping to learn enough from blunders to correct them eventually.” - Abraham Maslow
• “I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.” - Alexander The Great
• “But truly, if I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.” - Alexander The Great
• “We fear to know the fearsome and unsavory aspects of ourselves, but we fear even more to know the godlike in ourselves.” - Abraham Maslow
• “Your mind is like a parachute; it only works when it is open.” - Anthony J. D’Angelo
• “Holy shadows of the dead, I am not to blame for your cruel and bitter fate, but the accursed rivalry which brought sister nations and brother people to fight one another. I do not feel happy for this victory of mine. On the contrary, I would be glad, brothers, if I had all of you standing here next to me, since we are united by the same language, the same blood and the same visions." - Alexander The Great
• “Life is an ongoing process of choosing between safety (out of fear and need for defense) and risk (for the sake of progress and growth). Make the growth choice a dozen times a day.” - Abraham Maslow
• “Become a student of change. It is the only thing that will remain constant.” - Anthony J. D’Angelo
• “Smile, it is the key that fits the lock of everyone's heart” - Anthony J. D’Angelo
• “Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.” - Anthony J. D’Angelo
• “The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.” - Abraham Maslow
• “Self-actualized people...live more in the real world of nature than in the man-made mass of concepts, abstractions, expectations, beliefs and stereotypes that most people confuse with the world.” - Abraham Maslow
• “Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.” - Anthony J. D’Angelo
• “If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.” - Abraham Maslow
• “Realize that if you have time to whine and complain about something then you have the time to do something about it. ” - Anthony J. D’Angelo
• “The most stable, and therefore, the most healthy self-esteem is based on deserved respect from others rather than on external fame or celebrity and unwarranted adulation.” - Abraham Maslow
• “We need not take refuge in supernatural gods to explain our saints and sages and heroes and statesmen, as if to explain our disbelief that mere unaided human beings could be that good or wise.” - Abraham Maslow
• “The rules have changed. True power is held by the person who possesses the largest bookshelf, not gun cabinet or wallet.” - Anthony J. D’Angelo
• “Be independent of the good opinion of other people.” - Abraham Maslow
• “A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be” - Abraham Maslow
• “The most important things in life aren't things.” - Anthony J. D’Angelo
• “What one can be, one must be!” - Abraham Maslow
• “There is nothing impossible to him who will try.” - Alexander The Great
• “The only real failure in life is one not learned from.” - Anthony J. D’Angelo

Determination is where its at

1. What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do." -Tim Ferriss
2. Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that. -  Norman Vincent Peale
3. The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” - Alan Kay
4. By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands--your own."- Mark Victor Hansen
5. The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.” -  Bruce Lee
6. Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth." - Julie Andrews
7. What other people label or might try to call failure, I have learned is just God’s way of pointing you in a new direction.” - Oprah Winfrey
8. Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning.” – Robert Kiyosaki
9. Entrepreneurs average 3.8 failures before final success. What sets the successful ones apart is their amazing persistence.” – Lisa M. Amos
10. What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." -Henry Stanley Haskins
11. It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.” ― Leonardo da Vinci
12. Start by doing what's necessary, then what's possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible." -Francis of Assisi
13. I used to want the words ‘She tried’ on my tombstone. Now I want ‘She did it.'” Katherine Dunham
14. People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the tendency is to get on a downward spiral that can even become a self-fulfilling prophecy.” -  Tony Robbins
15. If you are willing to do more than you are paid to do, eventually you will be paid to do more than you do” – Unknown
16. Never let your memories be greater than your dreams." -Doug Ivester
17. I like thinking big. If you’re going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big. – Donald Trump
18. All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.” - Michael John Boba
19. Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose."- Lyndon Johnson
20. Winners are not afraid of losing. But losers are. Failure is part of the process of success. People who avoid failure also avoid success.” ― Robert T. Kiyosaki

Les Brown Quotes

"You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life." - Les Brown

"If you run around with 9 losers pretty soon you’ll be the 10th loser." - Les Brown

"Life has no limitations, except the ones you make." - Les Brown

"The time is ‘now’ to do something — don’t drag your feet. " - Les Brown

"You may not accomplish every goal you set — no one does — but what really matters is having goals and going after them wholeheartedly." - Les Brown

"Your level of belief in yourself will inevitably manifest itself in whatever you do." - Les Brown

"The only limits to the possibilities in your life tomorrow are the buts you use today." - Les Brown

"Choosing goals that are important to you is one of the most essential things you can do in order to live your dreams." - Les Brown

"You don’t get in life what you want; you get in life what you are." - Les Brown

"If you don’t program yourself, life will program you! " - Les Brown

"You have the power to change." - Les Brown

"If you are carrying strong feelings about something that happened in your past, they may hinder your ability to live in the present." - Les Brown

"Other people’s opinion of you does not have to become your reality." - Les Brown

"When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up. " - Les Brown

Michael Jordan Quotes

• “I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed. ”- Michael Jordan
• “Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.”- Michael Jordan
• “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”- Michael Jordan
• “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.”- Michael Jordan
• “Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night.”- Michael Jordan
• “I’ve never been afraid to fail.”- Michael Jordan
• “I play to win, whether during practice or a real game. And I will not let anything get in the way of me and my competitive enthusiasm to win.”- Michael Jordan
• “You have competition every day because you set such high standards for yourself that you have to go out every day and live up to that.”- Michael Jordan
• “My father used to say that it’s never too late to do anything you wanted to do. And he said, ‘You never know what you can accomplish until you try.”- Michael Jordan
• “I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot… when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.”- Michael Jordan
• “My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.”- Michael Jordan
• “I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.”- Michael Jordan
• “If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.”- Michael Jordan
• “You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.”- Michael Jordan

Dare To Dream

• Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. "―Lolly Daskal
• Don’t let someone who gave up on their dreams talk you out of going after yours." – Unknown
• If you don’t value your time, neither will others. Stop giving away your time and talents – start charging for it." ―Kim Garst
• The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it." ―Henry Ford
• Miracles start to happen when you give as much energy to your dreams as you do to your fears."- Unknown
• We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.” - Jesse Owens
• Trust because you are willing to accept the risk, not because it’s safe or certain." ―Unknown
• You can do anything, but not everything." ―Unknown
• It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting… "– Paulo Coelho
• The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." -Eleanor Roosevelt
• If you don’t build your dream someone will hire you to help build theirs. "-Tony Gaskins
• There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why… I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" -Robert Kennedy
• You may only succeed if you desire succeeding; you may only fail if you do not mind failing." ―Philippos
• What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise." ―Oscar Wilde
• If you do what you always did, you will get what you always got. "―Unknown
• Dreams are today’s answers to tomorrow’s questions." – Edgar Cayc
• Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” - Harriet Tubman
• A head full of fears has no space for dreams. – Unknown
• Don’t raise your voice, improve your argument." ―Unknown
• Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it!" - Goethe
• Your problem isn’t the problem. Your reaction is the problem.” - Unknown
• Don’t ever let someone tell you, you can’t do something. Not even me. You got a dream, you got to protect it. "-Steven Conrad
• If you’re going through hell, keep going." ―Winston Churchill
• There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed." ―Ray Goforth

Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

• “It’s the action, not the fruit of the action, that’s important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there’ll be any fruit. But that doesn’t mean you stop doing the right thing. You may never know what results come from your action.  But if you do nothing, there will be no result.” - Mahatma Gandhi
• “If we are to reach real peace in the world, we shall have to  begin with the children.” - Mahatma Gandhi
• “Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is  very important that you do it.” - Mahatma Gandhi
• “Continue to grow and evolve.” - Mahatma Gandhi
• “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is an attribute of the strong.” - Mahatma Gandhi
• “First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you,  and then you win.” - Mahatma Gandhi
• “There is  more to life  than simply increasing its speed.” - Mahatma Gandhi
• “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” - Mahatma Gandhi
• “A no uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‘Yes’ uttered merely to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.” - Mahatma Gandhi
• “You must not lose faith in humanity.  Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the  ocean does not become dirty.” - Mahatma Gandhi
• “As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world – that is the myth of the atomic age  – as in being able to remake ourselves.” - Mahatma Gandhi
• “Be the change that you want to see in the world.” - Mahatma Gandhi
• “Nobody can hurt me without my permission.” - Mahatma Gandhi
• “A man is but a product of his thoughts. What he thinks he becomes.” - Mahatma Gandhi
• “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” - Mahatma Gandhi
• “Change yourself – you are in control.” - Mahatma Gandhi
• “Glory lies in the attempt to reach one’s goal and not in reaching it.” - Mahatma Gandhi
• “I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.” - Mahatma Gandhi
• “In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” - Mahatma Gandhi
• “An ounce of patience is worth more than a tonne of preaching.” - Mahatma Gandhi
• “See the good in people and help them.” - Mahatma Gandhi
• “To believe in something, and  not to live it,  is  dishonest.” - Mahatma Gandhi
• “You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body,  but you will never imprison my mind.” - Mahatma Gandhi
• “Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values.  Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny.” - Mahatma Gandhi
• “When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of  truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible,  but in the end, they always fall.  Think of it–always.” - Mahatma Gandhi
• “Don’t talk about it. The rose doesn’t have to propagate its perfume. It just gives it forth, and people are drawn to it.  Live it, and people will  come to see the source of your power.” - Mahatma Gandhi
• “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” - Mahatma Gandhi
• "An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind.” - Mahatma Gandhi
• “Poverty is the  worst  form of violence.” - Mahatma Gandhi
• “You yourself as much as anybody in the entire universe  deserve your love and affection.” - Mahatma Gandhi
• “Be congruent, be authentic, be your true self.” - Mahatma Gandhi

Business Quotes

• "The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born--that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born." -Warren G. Bennis
• "Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.” – Henry Ford
• "The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.” – Bruce Lee
• "Good things come to those who wait... greater things come to those who get off their ass and do anything to make it happen.” – Unknown
• "Your dream doesn't have an expiration date. Take a deep breath and try again.” – K T Witten
• "If you want to be a leader who attracts quality people, the key is to become a person of quality yourself.” – Jim Rohn
• "It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.” – Bill Gates
• "Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs." -Henry Ford
• "The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” – Alan Kay
• "Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” – Jim Rohn
• "If you don’t build your dream, someone else will hire you to help them build theirs.” - Dhirubhai Ambani
• The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.” – Carlos Castaneda
• "Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.” – Peter F. Drucker
• "I think I was very nave early on, but that also meant I didn't know what couldn't be done."- Matt Mickiewicz
• "You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.” – Albert Einstein
• "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."--Thomas Edison
• "The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” Ayn Rand
• "I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.” - Michael Jordan
• "The good news is that the moment you decide that what you know is more important than what you have been taught to believe, you will have shifted gears in your quest for abundance. Success comes from within, not from without.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
• "Your time is limited, don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma, which is living the result of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinion drowned your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition, they somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” – Steve Jobs
• "We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face. We must do that which we think we cannot.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
• "If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.” – Charles R. Swindoll
• "Sweat equity is the most valuable equity there is. Know your business and industry better than anyone else in the world. Love what you do or don’t do it.” - Mark Cuban
• "Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.” – Norman Schwarzkopf
• "You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.” – Warren Buffett