My friend and Successories® founder, Mac Anderson, once said, “The right words can engage the brain and bring an idea to life.” Mac loves quotes and I do too. Here’s the way I see it: One day a specific inspirational quote may do nothing for you and have absolutely no meaning. Then strangely enough, the very next day—because of whatever you may have experienced in your life—it suddenly hits you squarely in an “AHA”-type moment, making the message a meaningful revelation. After being surrounded by so many wonderful quotes and inspiring messages for more than a decade at Successories of Hawaii, it’s difficult to narrow down, but here’s twenty-one I’d like to share:

1. Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. –Napoleon Hill

2. Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. –Albert Einstein
3. You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. –Wayne Gretzky

4. We become what we think about. –Earl Nightingale

5. Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. –John Maxwell
6. Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is. –Vince Lombardi

7. I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. –Maya Angelou

8. People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing.  That’s why we recommend it daily. –Zig Ziglar

9. Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others.  Unsuccessful people are always asking, “What’s in it for me?” – Brian Tracy

10. Happiness is not something readymade.  It comes from your own actions. –Dalai Lama

11. In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. –Bill Cosby

12. Baseball is the ideal forum for teaching the art of failure; the very best fail to get a hit seven out of ten times. — Sam Dunn

13. Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. –Martin Luther King Jr.
14. Do what you can, where you are, with what you have. –Teddy Roosevelt
15. The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me. –Ayn Rand
16. You can’t be grace if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you.  (Mary Tyler Moore)
17. It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. –Abraham Lincoln

18. Change your thoughts and you change your world. –Norman Vincent Peale

19. Nothing is impossible, the word itself says, “I’m possible!” –Audrey Hepburn
20. The only way to do great work is to love what you do. –Steve Jobs

21.  It is through the way you serve others that your greatness will be felt. –Dr. Linda Andrade Wheeler