"Happiness is the meaning and purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence."

- Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics

"If you don't ask, the answer is always no."

- Darren Hardy

"Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil."

- James Allen

"Failure is just feedback."

- Marie Forleo, Everything is Figureoutable

"Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life."

- Amy Poehler

"Goals are mileposts along the road of life; purpose is the direction the road takes."

- John Assaraf and Murray Smith, The Answer

"Focus on what you can control. Let go of what you can’t."

- Ryan Holiday

"Each day is like a winding path strewn with pearls and diamonds, emeralds and rubies, each one an opportunity for a positive experience. Unfortunately, most people hurry by without noticing them. And even when they do see a jewel, they rarely feel anything about it. Jewel after jewel left behind, lost forever."

- Rick Hanson, Hardwiring Happiness

“Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Growth begins where comfort ends."

- Paul Mayer

"An exciting and freeing thought experiment: If you ignored the limits, and assumed you could do anything, what is it you would do with your life?"

— Matt Higgins, Burn the Boats

“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.”

- Robert Brault

"Always bear in mind that your resolution to succeed is more important than anything."

- Abraham Lincoln

"Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most."

- Abraham Lincoln

"An essential universal principle: You are 100 percent responsible for your life. Always and in all ways. You are responsible for what you believe, how you feel, and how you behave. You are responsible for how you respond to the actions of others."

- Marie Forleo, Everything Is Figureoutable

"Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities, because it is the quality which guarantees all others."

- Winston Churchill

"Change can take years – before it happens all at once."

- James Clear, Atomic Habits

"An average person with average talent and ambition and average education can outstrip the most brilliant genius in our society if that person has clear, focused goals."

- Mary Kay Ash

"Belief —> Thought —> Feeling —> Behavior —> Result. In order to solve any problem or achieve any dream, we must first make a change at the level of belief. Because when you change a belief, you change everything."

- Marie Forleo, Everything Is Figureoutable

"Decide whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying."

- Amelia Earhart