Quotes of the Week

Here are some meaningful quotes I discovered this week and thought they would assist you as much (if not more) as me.

Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.  –Orison Swett Marden

I can teach anybody how to get what they want out of life.  The problem is that I can’t find anybody who can tell me what they want.  –Mark Twain

A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more.  –Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Vision is not enough.  It must be combined with venture.  It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs.  –Vaclav Havel

It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes.  It takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own.  –Jessamyn West

If your success depends on sickening the poorest and least educated portion of your customer base (and the ones that buy the most from you), it’s time to redefine success.  –Seth Godin

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