Jacob Bronowski

Those who lose visualize the penalties of failure. Those who win visualize the rewards of success.

You can start where you are with what you’ve got and go to wherever it is you want to go.

A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool.

The successful entrepreneur’s unique ability to turn trying times into triumphs.

When you encourage others, you in the process are encouraged because you’re making a commitment and difference in that person’s life. Encouragement really does make a difference.

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.

U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt has been described as founder of the Bull Moose Party, the man who led his troops up San Juan Hill in the Spanish-American War, a big game hunter, family man, civic servant and a host of other things.

I once dieted so religiously I quit eating in church.

People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.

I didn’t get there by wishing for it or hoping for it, but by working for it.

All one needs to do is read – books, magazines, research the Internet – and pay attention to the influencers in their lives to discover the myriad people of strong moral character who have and still are making positive, meaningful contributions and differences in our world.

The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.

Relish the opportunity to be an outsider. Embrace that label – being an outsider is fine, embrace the label – because it’s the outsiders who change the world and who make a real and lasting difference.

There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.

It’s a blip, not a catastrophe.