Rita Mae Brown

One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.

I’m so optimistic, I’d go after Moby Dick in a rowboat and take the tartar sauce with me.

Creativity and control can go hand in hand.

Selling is something we do for our clients – not to our clients.

I like the person who commits and goes all in and takes big swings and then maybe fails; who jumps and falls down, rather than the person who points at the person who fell and laughs. But I do sometimes laugh when people fall down.

Don’t become a wandering generality. Be a meaningful specific.

Concentrated thoughts produce desired results.

It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist.

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word: excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.

If you really believe it – go for it.

Most good ideas sparkle in simplicity, so much so that everyone wonders why no one ever did that before.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.

I’m wary of what goal I set, because then I’ll have to accomplish it.

You are what you are and you are where you are because of what has gone into your mind. You change what you are and you change where you are by changing what goes into your mind.

It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.