People seek retreats in the country, by the sea, in the mountains — but you can retire into yourself whenever you choose.

Begin each day by telling yourself: today I shall meet with interference, ingratitude, insolence, disloyalty, ill-will, and selfishness.

The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.

Everything depends on your judgment, and that judgment rests with you.

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

-- William James

Think on the shop floor; act on the shop floor.

-- Sakichi Toyoda

You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.

-- Richard Branson

It is the quality of your life that matters, not its length.

-- Seneca

It is hard to retain what you learn unless you practice it.

-- Seneca

If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito.

-- Anita Roddick