"Diamonds are only lumps of coal that stuck to their jobs."

- B.C. Forbes

"It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well."

- Rene Descartes


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"I am an optimist. Any tough problem, I think it can be solved."

- Bill Gates


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"I believe in hard work. It keeps the wrinkles out of the mind and spirit."

- Helena Rubinstein

"No matter what you're doing, try to work at that task like it's your dream job."

- Russell Simmons


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"Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts."

- Edward R. Murrow


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"It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that."

- Lewis Carroll


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"The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious of the rose."

- Kahlil Gibran


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"You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you."

- Walt Disney


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"For us is the life of action, of strenuous performance of duty; let us live in the harness, striving mightily; let us rather run the risk of wearing out than rusting out."

- Theodore Roosevelt

"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen."

- Michael Jordan


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"Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach for anything better."

- Florence Nightingale


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"It is not uncommon for people to spend their whole life waiting to start living."

- Eckhart Tolle


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"When I came to work, I didn't just come to work. I leaped to work."

- Al Pacino

"Practice isn't the thing you do once you're good. It's the thing you do that makes you good."

- Malcolm Gladwell


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"The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials."

- Chinese proverb


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