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.
Good questions outrank easy answers.
Success is measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.
Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.
If you’re not failing every now and again, it’s a sign you’re not doing anything very innovative.
Money, influence, and position are nothing compared with brains, principles, energy, and perseverance.
I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.
All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better.
Less isn’t more; just enough is more.
Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
We’re just in experimental phase right now. As long as we’re in that type of phase, it’s a crazy time. You know we’ll get there (profitability) and get there fast. But the ideas that are not out there yet, and the companies that will be behind them, might be the real winners.
The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.
I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, you’re Doing Something. So that’s my wish for you, and all of us, and my wish for myself. Make New Mistakes. Make glorious, amazing mistakes. Make mistakes nobody’s ever made before. Don’t freeze, don’t stop, don’t worry that it isn’t good enough, or it isn’t perfect, whatever it is: art, or love, or work or family or life.
Progress always involves risk. You can’t steal second base and keep your foot on first.
Pain is temporary. Glory is forever.
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
Dream big by setting yourself seemingly impossible challenges. You will then have to catch up with them.
Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion; you must set yourself on fire.
Accepting oneself does not preclude an attempt to become better.
Children think not of what is past, nor what is to come, but enjoy the present time, which few of us do.
The biggest obstacle to learning something is the belief that you already know it.
It is not how many ideas you have. It’s how many you make happen.
An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
You’re only given a small spark of madness. You mustn’t lose it.
The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
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.
Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Practice hard. Wellness. Play with Abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Continue to learn. Appreciate your friends. Do what you love. Love as if this is all there is.
Everything looks impossible for the people who never try anything.
Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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