If I had the choice of hiring someone with connections or someone with skills and talent, I'd go with the latter.
- Chip Goodyear

"First comes thought; then organization of that thought,
into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into
reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination."
— Napoleon Hill: Was a personal success author and lecturer

After a certain point, money is meaningless. It ceases to be the goal. The game is what counts.
- Aristotle Onassis

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.
- David Brinkley

"People say that what we're all seeking is a meaning for life.
I don't think that's what we're really seeking. I think that what we're seeking is an experience of being alive."
— Joseph Campbell: Was a writer and lecturer on mythology

"Possession of material riches, without inner peace, is like dying of thirst while bathing in a lake."
— Paramahansa Yogananda: Was an Indian yogi and guru

Once you decide to work for yourself, you never go back to work for somebody else.
- Alan Sugar

"My father instilled in me that if you don't see things happening the way you want them to, you get out there and make them happen."
— Susan Powter: Motivational speaker, dietitian, personal trainer, author