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

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

— Confucius

Act as though it is impossible to fail.

— Dorothea Brande

Always do right. That will gratify some people and astonish the rest

— Mark Twain

Control your own destiny or someone else will.

— Jack Welch

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

— Herodotus

If you don’t know where you’re going - You could wind up somewhere else.

— Yogi Berra

Motivate them, train them, care about them and make winners out of them…

— J.W. Marriott, Jr.

Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.

— Alfred North Whitehead

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

— G.W.F. Hegel

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

The womb of perseverance gives birth to hope and the passion to act

We cannot solve the problems by thinking at the level at which we’ve created them.

— Einstein

Why not go out on a limb? Isn’t that where the fruit is?

— Frank Sculley

Be willing to do the little things because it is the little things done daily that lead to big accomplishments.

— Mary K

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

— Heinlein's Razor

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

What you get by reaching your destination isn’t nearly as important as what you become by reaching that destination

— Zig Ziglar

You can’t let praise or criticism get to you. It’s a weakness to get caught up in either one.

— John Wooden