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"The things that people see as failures are often the steps to success. I got my fame and power from the failure of the Bricklin. What did I get for the biggest failure of my life? I got a stamp and a $20 coin in Canada with my car's likeness on them."

-Malcolm Bricklin, CEO of Visionary Vehicles and automotive revolutionary

"One must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind him to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and a mystery."

-H.G. Wells

"I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be "happy". I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be honorable, to be compassionate. It is, above all, to matter: to count, to stand for something, to have

-Leo C. Rosten

"I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet."

-Gandhi

"Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow."

- Anon

"There is the risk you cannot afford to take and there is the risk you cannot afford not to take."

-Peter Drucker

"... There is nothing in this world I am prouder of than my ability to feel, to survive and yes, to be a fool for what I love and believe in."

- Jodie Foster

"We are always complaining that our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end to them."

-Seneca

"You are not here to merely make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand."

-Woodrow Wilson

"Being an elite performer on the playing field of life is not about being perfect. Rather, it is about cultivating a mental focus towards mastery in every area of your life. It is about commiting yourself, from the core of your heart, to manifest and polish your highest talents and become the person you are destined to be."

-Robin Sharma

"Life management begins with mind management. The quality of your life is influenced by the quality of your thoughts. Your thoughts do form your world. Scarce thoughts create a life of scarcity. Thoughts of abundance lead to abundant circumstances."

-Robin Sharma

"One golden key to a life of excellence and achievement is to stop doing what is convenient and to start doing what is right."

-Robin Sharma

“Making the time to care for yourself is not a selfish act, it’s a selfless one that will positively impact all those around you.”

-Robin Sharma

"The deepest personal defeat suffered by human beings is constituted by the difference between what one was capable of becoming and what one has in fact become."

-Ashley Montagu