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“Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still.”
— Chinese Proverb
“People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.”
— Epictetus
“If you throw away all thoughts of attainment, you will then come to see the real purpose of your quest.”
— Seungsahn
“Our past is not the thing that matters so much in this world as what we intend to do with our future.”
— Shoghi Effendi
“Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down.”
— George Eliot
“Thought is so cunning, so clever, that it distorts everything for its own convenience.”
— Jiddu Krishnamurti
“One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.”
— Lao Tzu
“The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.”
— Audrey Hepburn
“Unity is strength... when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.”
— Mattie Stepanek
“Be a good animal, true to your instincts.”
— D. H. Lawrence
“A leader leads by example, not by force.”
— Sun Tzu
“Music fills the infinite between two souls.”
— Rabindranath Tagore
“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”
— Albert Einstein
“To think is to practice brain chemistry.”
— Deepak Chopra
“The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.”
— Eckhart Tolle
“The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them.”
— Carlos Ghosn
“What is important is invisible to the eye; it can only be seen with the heart.”
— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
“The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion.”
— Samuel Butler
“There's no present. There's only the immediate future and the recent past.”
— George Carlin
“All power is from within and therefore under our control.”
— Robert Collier
“Have let your schooling interfere with your education.”
— Mark Dey
“To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.”
— Elbert Hubbard
“Champions keep playing until they get it right.”
— Billie Jean King
“Death and life have their determined appointments riches and honors depend upon heaven.”
— Confucius

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