"Without leaps of imagination or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning." — Gloria Steinem
"If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try." — Seth Godin
"Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way." — Charles Bukowski
"The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward." — Amelia Earhart
"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going." — Beverly Sills
"Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out." — Robert Collier
"Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back." — Babe Ruth
"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any." — Alice Walker
"If we all did the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves." — Thomas Edison
"The more you do stuff, the better you get at dealing with how you still fail at it a lot of the time." — John Mulaney
"We need to accept that we won't always make the right decisions, that we'll screw up royally sometimes — understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it's part of success." — Arianna Huffington
"A year from now you may wish you had started today." — Karen Lamb
"Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible." — Francis of Assisi
"Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going." — Sam Levenson
"Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are." — Kurt Cobain
"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does." — William James
"There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart. Pursue these." — Michael Nolan
"A new job is like a blank book and you are the author."
"If you don't feel it, flee from it. Go where you are celebrated, not merely tolerated." — Paul F. Davis
"Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I'm possible'!" — Audrey Hepburn
"The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle." — Steve Jobs
"There is no passion to be found playing small — in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living." — Nelson Mandela
"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door." — Milton Berle
"I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions." — Stephen Covey
"Be open to the amazing changes which are occurring in the field that interests you." — Leigh Steinberg
"When you feel that you have reached the end and that you cannot go one step further, when life seems to be drained of all purpose: What a wonderful opportunity to start all over again, to turn over a new page." — Eileen Caddy
"Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves." — William Patten
"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams!" — Henry David Thoreau
"The expert in anything was once a beginner."
"Don't be afraid to start over. It's a brand new opportunity to rebuild what you truly want."
"The best time for new beginnings is now."
"Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you are willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it." — Lou Holtz
"To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth." — Pearl S. Buck
"When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you until it seems that you cannot hold on for a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time when the tide will turn." — Harriet Beecher Stowe
"Find out what you like doing best, and get someone to pay you for doing it." — Katharine Whitehorn
"Every single job is a challenge. You are walking into a new set, a new character, creating a world and trying to get comfortable to do your best work." — Felicia Day
"Don't set compensation as a goal. Find work you like and the compensation will follow." — Harding Lawrence
"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop." — Confucius
"Opportunities don't happen, you create them." — Chris Grosser
"Everything you've ever wanted is on the other side of fear." — George Addair
"I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." — Michael Jordan
"The best way to predict the future is to create it." — Abraham Lincoln
"Believe you can and you're halfway there." — Theodore Roosevelt
"Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect." — Alan Cohen
"Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Work, continuous work and hard work, is the only way to accomplish results that last." — Hamilton Holt
"Risk something or forever sit with your dreams." — Herb Brooks
"I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within. It is there all the time." — Anna Freud
"Whatever you are, be a good one." — Abraham Lincoln
"When we strive to be better than we are, everything around us becomes better too" — Thomas Jefferson
"Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." — Theodore Roosevelt
"Find a job you like and you add five days to every week." — H. Jackson Brown
"Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending." — Carl Bard
"By doing, you become employable. It doesn't matter what the job is; by working, you learn new things, meet new people and are exposed to new ideas." — Kate Reardon
"I still get the jitters every time I start a new job! I love it — makes you feel alive." — Camille Guaty
"I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that's how you grow. When there's that moment of 'Wow, I'm not really sure I can do this,' and you push through those moments, that's when you have a breakthrough." — Marissa Mayer
"It is never too late to be what you might have been." — George Eliot
"The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers." — M. Scott Peck
"Starting a new job can be nerve-racking, but it's also exciting. You're embarking on a new future, positioning yourself to write a fresh story on a clean slate." — Adena Friedman
If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask what seat! Just get on." — Sheryl Sandberg
"I want to look back on my career and be proud of the work, and be proud that I tried everything." — Jon Stewart
"Find a job you like and you add five days to every week." — H. Jackson Brown
"Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending." — Carl Bard
"By doing, you become employable. It doesn't matter what the job is; by working, you learn new things, meet new people and are exposed to new ideas." — Kate Reardon
"I still get the jitters every time I start a new job! I love it — makes you feel alive." — Camille Guaty
"I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that's how you grow. When there's that moment of 'Wow, I'm not really sure I can do this,' and you push through those moments, that's when you have a breakthrough." — Marissa Mayer
"It is never too late to be what you might have been." — George Eliot
"Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." — Theodore Roosevelt