Often times, the more we've heard a quote, the less moving and powerful it seems. Here are some quotes that haven't been over-circulated that are sure to wake you up!
1. "Improve yourself by other men's writings thus attaining effortlessly what they acquired through great difficulty." - Socrates
2. "I criticize by creation, not by finding fault." - Marcus Tullius Cicero
3. "A wise prince then...should never be idle in times of peace but should industriously lay up stores of which to avail himself in times of adversity so that when fortune abandons him he may be prepared to resist her blows." - Niccolo Machiavelli
4. "It's the building of things that makes you happy. You have to enjoy the process whether you succeed or fail." - Caterina Fake
5. "You cannot sleep with the enemy and be successful...Every cord that binds you to failure, every cord that binds you to fear, you gotta cut it!" - Eric Thomas
6. "Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you ought to set up a life you don't need to escape from." - Seth Godin
7. "Nothing is difficult, only unfamiliar." - Jeff J. Lin
8. "Look for paradigm shifts, be part of a change. That's where opportunities are." - Unknown
9. "I can be approached, but never pushed; befriended but never coerced; killed, but never shamed." - Yi Sun-sin
10. "Never open the door to a lesser evil for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it." - Balthasar Gracian
11. "The more you sweat in practice, the less you bleed in battle." - Unknown
12. "Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness." - Francois de La Rochefoucauld
13. "The amount of time people waste dwelling on failures rather than putting that energy into another project, always amazes me." - Richard Branson
14. "We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtues acquired? Our vices will abate themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift." - Seneca
15. "Change is the end result of all true learning." - Leo Buscaglia
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