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The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
— Eleanor RooseveltOn ConfidenceYou don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.
— Zig ZiglarOn DisciplineDon't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.
— Sam LevensonOn DisciplineBeing deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
— Lao TzuOn ConfidenceThe unexamined life is not worth living.
— SocratesOn PurposeLife is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
— ConfuciusOn Focus & DistractionIn three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
— Robert FrostOn Anxiety & Quiet DaysYou only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
— Mae WestOn PurposeNot everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.
— James BaldwinOn DisciplineThe purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honourable, to be compassionate.
— Ralph Waldo EmersonOn PurposeLife is what happens when you're busy making other plans.
— John LennonOn PurposeExample is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
— Albert SchweitzerOn the Working LifeThe art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes.
— Tony BlairOn Focus & DistractionA genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a moulder of consensus.
— Martin Luther King Jr.On the Working LifeManagement is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.
— Peter DruckerOn the Working LifeLeadership is not about being in charge. Leadership is about taking care of those in your charge.
— Simon SinekOn the Working LifeA leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
— John C. MaxwellOn the Working LifeThousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness n…
— BuddhaOn PurposeHappiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
— Mahatma GandhiOn PurposeFor every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
— Ralph Waldo EmersonOn Anxiety & Quiet DaysThe only way to have a friend is to be one.
— Ralph Waldo EmersonOn PurposeA person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
— Albert EinsteinOn ConfidenceMany of life's failures are people who did not realise how close they were to success when they gave up.
— Thomas EdisonOn DisciplineOur greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
— Thomas EdisonOn DisciplineIt does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.
— ConfuciusOn DisciplineI can accept failure; everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.
— Michael JordanOn DisciplineYou may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.
— Maya AngelouOn DisciplineFailure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
— Henry FordOn Starting OverThe only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.
— Henry FordOn DisciplineThe function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically.
— Martin Luther King Jr.On Focus & Distraction