On this page I plan to share a few of my favourite quotes that I come across. These may be from books, events, videos, and beyond. Some may be paraphrased slightly and due to the nature of the internet occasionally some may be mis-attributed depending on their origin. Whilst I will do my best to ensure all quotes are accurate and attributed appropriately please notify me if you see something that looks off or if you would like one of your own quotes removed from this page.
“We are now experiencing the democratisation of Leadership.” – RobinSharma
“Are you inspiring or are you can complaining? You can make excuses or you can make a difference.” – Robin Sharma
“Leadership is about 3 things: inspiration, influence and impact.” – Robin Sharma
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world, the unreasonable man adapts the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable.” – Robin Sharma
“Caring is the ultimate competitive advantage.” – Jayson Gaignard
“When you hit rock bottom you’ll be left with the integrity of your word and your relationships.” – Jayson Gaignard
“Reassurance is futile. It probably will not work out. Puppies will die. The fear will not go away. It probably isn’t a good idea but you should do it anyway.” – Seth Godin
“Meetings are a group off people sitting in a circle waiting for someone to take responability.” – Seth Godin
“You can’t hold onto success, you need to keep willingly breaking it again and again.” – Seth Godin
“If you live your life by logic 100% off the time you will miss the magic. Sometimes you have to let intuition take over logic.” – Natalie MacNeil
“Your limitations will become your life. You get what you expect.” – JJ Virgin
“You need to be where the attention is, that is currently underpriced.” – Gary Vaynerchuck
“Get deeper and wider in the things you know and be quiet in the things you don’t.” – Gary Vaynerchuck
“You got to put a lot in early on to get a little as you have no leverage until it flips.” – Gary Vaynerchuck
“Effectiveness is doing the right things, but efficiency is doing things right.” – Scott Hanselman
“Time is free, but it’s priceless. You can’t own it, but you can use it. You can’t keep it, but you can spend it. Once you’ve lost it you can never get it back.” – Harvey MacKay
“The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible.” – David Ogilvy
“When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: ‘If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.’ It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.” ~ Steve Jobs
“If it’s not helping me to make money, or if it’s not improving my life in some way, it’s mental clutter and it’s out.”- Christopher Hawkins
“Being busy is a form of laziness—lazy thinking and indiscriminate action.”- Timothy Ferriss
“The master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his work and his play, his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing and leaves others to determine whether he is working or playing. To himself, he is always doing both.” – Lawrence Pearsall Jacks
“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” ― Seneca
“There is no greater thing you can do with your life and your work than follow your passions – in a way that serves the world and you.” – Richard Branson
“When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.” – Elon Musk
“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.” – Dale Carnegie
“The world doesn’t owe you anything, but don’t let it take from you either.” – Unknown (Found in my notebook)
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” – Leonardo da Vinci
“Simply put: we don’t build services to make money; we make money to build better services.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“Leadership is not just about giving energy … it’s unleashing other people’s energy.” – Paul Polman
“Giving opens the way for receiving.” – Florence Scovel Shinn
“The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.” – Peter Drucker
“Everything begins with an idea.” – Earl Nightengale
“No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.” – Robin Williams
“The sky is not my limit… I am.” – T.F. Hodge
“I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.” – Pablo Picasso
“The world is but a canvas to the imagination.” – Henry David Thoreau
“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” – Maya Angelou
“Creativity is the power to connect the seemingly unconnected.” – William Plomer
“The Only Constant is Change…” – Heraclitus