Life Changing Quotes

Melissa

I don`t know about the rest of you, but for me reading a quote by Steve Jobs was what set me on the path to being my own boss.  Every once in a while, I find another quote that inspires me to think differently about life/work.  I think it would be great if we could share with each other these Life Changing Inspirations.
Here`s my Steve Jobs quote:  "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I`m about to do today?"
And, interestingly enough, the inspiration for this post was this quote:
"What wold you do if you knew you could not fail?"  This I found in a magazine I was readng.  Gloria Vanderbilt gave her son, Anderson Cooper of CNN fame, a silver bar with this inscribed on it.  I think it is a great way to approach things. 
So, what has inspired you?

bfleming98

"if you want to be remembered borrow some money, if you want to be forgotten lend some"
Don`t know who said it but they must be pretty smart
 

ArtAndAdornment

I came up with a list of quotes when I created my current site with the intention of including them on various pages - here are a few that I found inspiring.
Maya Angelou:

Nuevolution

the ones I like is By Andrew Grove. Founder of Intel "Only the Paranoid Survive" It`s actually what he named one of  his books. I think by far he has inspired me to continue.
Another one is Tony Blair:Sometimes it is better to lose and do the right thing than to win and do the wrong thing
 

Seafarer

Here`s mine: "It is never too late to be what you might have been."  (George Eliot)
Thanks, Sheila

MrSoloInvntr

Here is another my grandfather used to tell me.
"You have to hoe your own row"
It really got me thinking. It is true that no one will pave your path for you.

LogoMotives

Some of my personal favorites:"I haven`t failed, I`ve found 10,000 ways that didn`t work" (Benjamin Franklin)"Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell and advertise" (Ted Turner)"Business is like riding a bicycle.  Either you keep moving or you fall down." (Frank Lloyd Wright)"When your heart is in your dream, no request is too extreme" (Jiminy Cricket)"I`ve never let my schooling interfere with my education" (Mark Twain)- J.

keycon

"Self-disciplined begins with the mastery of your thoughts. If you don`t control what you think, you can`t control what you do. Simply, self-discipline enables you to think first and act afterward"
~ Napoleon Hill

iouone2

"There is no gravity, the earth just sucks." -origin unknown

steve

I started reading the essay that Canadiasian mentioned. He`s right. It is well worth reading. In fact I`ll likely save it on my iPAQ so I can read it often.

There`s been no activity on this thread since May. Why bring it up now?
Well, thank you Joel for bringing it up, if for no other reason than so
I could read this essay. I happen to believe it`s possible to do great
work in any business.

Ralf

Some of my all-time favorites:
If you keep doing what you`ve done, you`ll keep getting what you`ve got - unknown
If you always sail close to the shore, you`ll never discover new territories - unknown
Don`t treat every problem like a nail just because all you have is a hammer - unknown
The greatest wisdom comes from those experiments that fail - unknown
Winning the race isn`t hard. You only need to make sure that no one comes in ahead of you. - unknown
It doesn`t matter so much what you do. What matters is how you do it. - unknown (I think I might have actually made that one up myself... but it doesn`t matter. It always reminds me of two things I consider to be most important: integrity and thriving on excellence)
Best,
Ralf
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rvdebby

Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, they`re yours.
- from "Illusions, The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah"

epeters

"There is no try. Only do." -Yoda
"Whether you think you can, or you think you can`t, you`re right."

Chera

 ;-D i love that.
-Chera

Fiberartist219

I can`t remember where I heard this, but here goes...
"The only people that don`t make mistakes are the ones that aren`t doing anything at all."

Cookie

My favorite & I don`t know who said it, is "Nothing will ever be accomplished if all possible objections must first be overcome."  Not that one shouldn`t be prepared, that one shouldn`t recognize what could go wrong, etc. etc. but one can`t not get started just because something MIGHT go wrong.  Most of the time, you do your due diligence & then you just have to go for it.... Cookie2007-10-11 13:20:1