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Keep your head up. God gives his hardest battles to his strongest soldiers.

 

Unknown

Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door

Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

Coco Chanel

My favorite things in life don’t cost any money

My favorite things in life don’t cost any money. It’s really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time. 

Steve Jobs

You will never reach your destination if…

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

Winston Churchill

You never really learn much from hearing yourself speak

You never really learn much from hearing yourself speak.

George Clooney

My favorite things in life don’t cost any money.

My favorite things in life don’t cost any money. It’s really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.

Steve Jobs

Almost everything worthwhile carries with it some sort of risk

Almost everything worthwhile carries with it some sort of risk, whether it’s starting a new business, whether it’s leaving home, whether it’s getting married, or whether it’s flying into space.

Chris Hadfield

There’s no shortage of remarkable ideas

There’s no shortage of remarkable ideas, what’s missing is the will to execute them

Seth Godin

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

Henry David Thoreau

Success is not final; failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts

Success is not final; failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts

Winston Churchill

You can’t learn to be an entrepreneur by reading a book.

You can’t learn to be an entrepreneur by reading a book. You can only find out by giving it a try.

Alaan Sugar

Love what you do and do what you love

Love what you do and do what you love, otherwise you will become unhappy and self-defeating.

Alaan Sugar

Entrepreneurship is about turning what excites you in life into capital

Entrepreneurship is about turning what excites you in life into capital so that you can do more of it and move forward with it.

Richard Branson

Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don’t want to

Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don’t want to.

Richard Branson

The one person who can make your business succeed is not an investor or even a mentor, it is you.

The one person who can make your business succeed is not an investor or even a mentor, it is you.

Richard Branson

If your dreams don’t scare you they are too small.

If your dreams don’t scare you they are too small.

Richard Branson

The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all

The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all.

Richard Branson

Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow know what you truly want to become.

Steve Jobs

Pure perseverance

I’m convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance

Steve Jobs

Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me

Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful…that’s what matters to me

Steve Jobs