Sophia Amoruso

No matter where you are in life, you’ll save a lot of time by not worrying too much about what other people think about you. The earlier in your life that you can learn that, the easier the rest of it will be.

You combine hard work, creativity, and self-determination, and things start to happen.

If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants.

The old rules are crumbling and nobody knows what the new rules are. So make up your own rules.

Throw back the shoulders, let the heart sing, let the eyes flash, let the mind be lifted up, look upward and say to yourself, “Nothing is impossible!!!”

If my mind can conceive it, if my heart can believe it, then I can achieve it.

For all the hard times and tough challenges I faced during different periods of my life, I think I was lucky or blessed or both. When things looked bleak, a good guide would appear to set me straight. Someone once asked me about the villains who got in my way, the bad guys who wanted to trip me up or take me out. I don’t remember any. Maybe it’s my nature to remember the good and forget the bad, or maybe it’s my destiny to lock onto the righteous for help.

The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

You can make just about anything of your life-anything you will believe or will visualize, anything you will pray for and work for. Look deeply into your mind. Amazing wonders are there. Whatever the situation may be, you can improve it.

Time can be an ally or an enemy. What it becomes depends entirely upon you, your goals, and your determination to use every available minute.

If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.

I believe it’s important that we use names of endearment that reflect a special feeling for the individual involved.

When you are wronged repeatedly, the worst thing you can do is continue taking it – fight back!

A habit is like a cable: we weave a thread of it everyday, and at last we cannot break it – so we must form good, positive, and productive habits.

Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away, and move on to something that’s more productive.

Decide what you want, and decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.

The first step in solving a problem is to recognize that it does exist.