Here are some of my favorite quotes that have influenced my leadership style and thinking:

Act as though it is impossible to fail.

— Dorothea Brande

Diligence is the mother of good luck.

— Benjamin Franklin

Don’t wrestle with pigs; you get dirty and they enjoy it.

— Anonymous

Eternal vigilance is the price of mastery

I am my clients. I am defined by who I do business with.

— Tom Peters

It’s not your aptitude, but your attitude, that determines your altitude.

— Stanley Huffty

Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.

— G.W.F. Hegel

The best way to cheer yourself up is to cheer everyone else up.

— Mark Twain

The very thing you fear could be the best thing to ever happen to you

— Michael Dell

There are three constants in life… change, choice and principles.

— Stephen Covey

Vulgar people take huge delight in the faults and follies of great men.

— Schopenhauer

Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

An organization’s ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.

— Jack Welch

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

— Albert Einstein

Manage themselves and the people the work with so that both the organization and the people profit from their presence

— The One Minute Manager

Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity, but don’t rule out malice.

— Heinlein's Razor

The important thing to remember is that if you don’t have that inspired enthusiasm that is contagious - whatever you do have is also contagious.

— Danny Cox

The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.

— Vince Lombardi

The secret to life is to have a task… Something you bring everything to… And the most important thing is - It must be something you cannot possibly do.

— Henry Moore

We get distracted by what is outside our control…[Success] begins by trying to make each day count …If you sincerely try to make each day a masterpiece, angels can do no better.

— John Wooden