These are some of our favourite quotes and passages that we’ve collected over the years that we find inspiring or remind us of the types of challenges we need to keep for ourselves to continue to strive for greatness.
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.
There are no old roads to new directions.
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
Everything looks impossible for the people who never try anything.
Who in the rainbow can draw the line where the violet tint ends and the orange tint begins? Distinctly we see the difference of the colors, but where exactly does the one first blendingly enter into the other? So with sanity and insanity.
In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities; in the expert’s mind there are few.
Everyone loves innovation until it affects them.
Pain is temporary. Glory is forever.
Change is inevitable; growth is optional!
If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.
When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important.
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
Individuals play the game, but teams beat the odds.
Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.
Dialogue is a process of genuine interaction through which human beings listen to each other deeply enough to be changed by what they learn.
The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
Today I will do what others won’t, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can’t.
If you can clearly articulate the dream or the goal, start.
One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.
If you’re not failing every now and again, it’s a sign you’re not doing anything very innovative.
I had no idea that being your authentic self could make me as rich as I’ve become. If I had, I’d have done it a lot earlier.
I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.
You’re only given a small spark of madness. You mustn’t lose it.
One has to passionately believe it is possible to change the industry, to turn it on its head, to make sure that it will never be the same again.
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear, or a fool from any direction.
Could you have a soccer team if all were goalkeepers? How would it be an orchestra if all were French horns?
Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
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