"Trying to change the outer is like seeing your unshaven face in the mirror and trying to shave the mirror."
— Joe Vitale: Bestselling author and co-star of The Secret movie

Maybe you are here on earth to learn that life is what you make of it, and it's to be enjoyed."
— Dick Sutphen: Psychic researcher, hypnotist, author

I want to work for a company that contributes to and is part of the community. I want something not just to invest in. I want something to believe in.
- Anita Roddick

"The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same."
— Carlos Castaneda: Was an anthropologist and author

You can use all the quantitative data you can get, but you still have to distrust it and use your own intelligence and judgment.
- Alvin Toffler

‎"I am grateful for all of my problems. After each one was overcome, I became stronger and more able to meet those that were still to come. I grew in all my difficulties." -- J.C. Penney, businessman

"Having a why—a powerful, compelling reason—is the one thing no one can give you."
— Stephen Pierce

You have to put in many, many, many tiny efforts that nobody sees or appreciates before you achieve anything worthwhile.
- Brian Tracy