Let us strive to improve ourselves, for we cannot remain stationary; one either progresses or retrogrades 

— Mme. Du Deffand

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong 

— Thomas Carlyle

People only see what they are prepared to see 

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Always be a first rate version of yourself‚ instead of a second rate version of somebody else  

— Judy Garland

By associating with wise people you will become wise yourself 

— Menander

The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything if you want to succeed in business - or almost anywhere else for that matter 

— Lee Iacocca

Let us strive to improve ourselves, for we cannot remain stationary; one either progresses or retrogrades 

— Mme. Du Deffand

Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not something be waited for; but, rather something to be achieved 

— William Jennings Bryan

Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow 

— Doug Firebaugh

You become what you think about most but you also attract what you think about most 

—  John Assaraf

Happiness depends on ourselves 

— Aristotle

If you’re not failing every now and again‚ it’s a sign you’re not doing anything very innovative 

—  Woody Allen

Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness 

—  Chinese Proverb

Failures do what is tension relieving, while winners do what is goal achieving 

— Dennis Waitley

Once in awhile it really hits people that they don’t have to experience the world in the way that they have been told to 

— Alan Keightley

You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore 

— Christopher Columbus

The greatest mistake a man can make is to be afraid of making one 

— Elbert Hubbard

Most misfortunes are the result of misused time 

— Napoleon Hill

Failures do what is tension relieving, while winners do what is goal achieving 

— Dennis Waitley

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow 

— Ralph Waldo Emerson