No matter what technology and shiny new tools we use in our business, we should always come back to relationships. 

- Cathy Engelbert,  CEO of Deloitte

On the other side of being open about failure and being vulnerable is innovation, creativity, purpose. 

- Sadie Lincoln, Cofounder of Barre3

Great companies exhibit a personality. And I think that’s the part that scales. 
- Frank Bien, CEO of Looker

No one will give you permission to get started, so get started in whatever way you can.

- Aaron Walker, CEO of Camelback Ventures

Being an underdog means that you never get too comfortable. 

- Michelle Lee, Editor of Allure

Any great technology company needs the ability to pivot and pivot fast. 

- Joe Tucci, CEO of EMC

Anytime you redefine the boundaries, you are redefining them for everyone else that follows you. 

- Stacey Cunningham, President of New York Stock Exchange

I am not interested in changing who I am to fit someone else’s idea of what a category should be or look like. 

- Kane Brown, Musician

Courageous conversations are the key to driving true inclusion. 

- Terri Cooper, Chief Inclusion Officer of Deloitte

I have the athlete mentality of putting your head down and getting things done. I hope that will continue to get me really far. 

- Adam Rippon,  Athlete

Perhaps the only way to be both humble and ambitious is to be ambitious for the good of others. 

- John Hennessy, Chairman of Alphabet

Take on a profession that you love doing and that you will continue to study and work hard at. 

- Maye Musk, Model and Dietitian

Qui pense peu, se trompe beaucoup. ( Fr )

Who thinks little, errs much. ( En )

- Leonardo da Vinci

We need to live a little bigger than ourselves. Then we’ll begin to heal our country, which is what we’re all interested in. 

- John Kasich, Governor of Ohio

Never be afraid of life, never be afraid of adventure, trust chance, luck, destiny. Go, go and conquer other spaces, other hopes. The rest will be given to you. 

- Henry de Monfreid, French adventurer and author (1879-1974)

There is nothing more powerful than your own conviction and your own belief in yourself. 

- Whitney Wolfe Herd, Founder of Bumble

Most of the real problems we face every day on this planet are human-created, and they are subject to the human solution. 

- John Kerry, Former U.S. Secretary of State

If you’re not willing to take a risk, you’re not an entrepreneur. 

- Richard Branson, Founder of Virgin Group

History is our collective memory, a source of wisdom and strength we can draw on when we need it.
- Stephanie Meeks, President of National Trust for Historic Preservation

That is the nature of money, it will try to define your days. Our task as human beings is not to let it. 

- Phil Knight, Founder of Nike

There is no easy route to power; you have to do the work, earn it, and pay it forward. 

- Kimberly Fine, Managing Director of Shippan Partners

Put yourself in situations that are uncomfortable so you can feel the burn and get used to it. 

- Mika Brzezinski,  TV Personality

One's destination is never a place, but always a new way of seeing things. 

- Henry Miller

How you get things done is just as important as what you’ve done. 

- Michael Fraccaro, Chief Human Resources Officer at Mastercard

Claim the success of one woman as a collective success for all women. 

- Abby Wambach, Athlete

Aim to make other people successful. And if you do that, the business will ultimately be more successful. 

- Mindy Grossman, CEO of Weight Watchers

The smartest companies in the world take the elephant in the room and bring it to the front and say, ‘This is our elephant.’ 

- Marcus Sheridan,  Author and Speaker

Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they sprang up.

- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Former U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice

Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.

- D. H. Lawrence, 1885-1930

Education is not preparation for life. Education is life itself.

- John Dewey, Philosopher, and Activist

Make choices every single day to work towards your dream. 

- Hilary Swank, Actress

Work ethic is important because, unlike intelligence, athleticism, charisma or any other natural attribute, it’s a choice. 

- Mike Rowe, TV Personality and Entrepreneur

You can’t take care of other people or for that matter, a business - if you aren’t taking care of yourself. 

- Halee Fisher-Wright,  Physician and Consultant

You can’t worry about the mistakes, because you’re going to make a lot of them. You’ve got to be thinking about your next move. 

- Ben Horowitz, Cofounder of Andreessen Horowitz

We hire smart people so they can tell us what to do. 

- Steve Jobs,  Cofounder of Apple

In most cases being a good boss means hiring talented people and then getting out of their way. 
- Tina Fey, Actress, and Comedian

To be at the very top of your game, you have to take risks, get out of line and do things in a very bold way. 

- Sarah Robb O'Hagan,  CEO of Flywheel Sports

Journalism is a mission-critical resource for this country... A trustworthy press is the immune system of a democracy. 

- Craig Newmark, Founder of Craigslist

If you love what you do, and you do it well, the money will follow. 

- Samantha Wills, Jewelry Designer, and Entrepreneur

There is a war for talent that we fight every day against other companies and we have to re-recruit every employee every day and make sure they are inspired to work here. 
- Spencer Rascoff, CEO of Zillow

Just as people cannot live without eating, so a business cannot live without profits. But most people don’t live to eat, and neither must businesses live just to make profits. 
- John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods

Le baiser est la plus sûre façon de se taire en disant tout. ( Fr )

The kiss is the safest way to shut up saying everything. ( En )

- Guy Maupassant

If you hold yourself back, you’re doing a disservice to the team. 

- Sharfi Farhana, Director of Talent at IAC

Respirer Paris, Cela conserve l'âme. ( Fr ) 

Breathe in Paris, it preserves the soul! ( En )

- Victor Hugo

If you do build a great experience, customers tell each other about that.

- Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon

The organized thinker never gives up anything he undertakes until he has exhausted every effort to finish it.

- Andrew Carnegie, Businessman

The consequence of the rhetoric used to describe success is that we come to think of the qualities of those successful few as being incredibly rare. 

- Malcolm Gladwell, Journalist

Just like the blockchain, we need power to be distributed and allow people to champion themselves. 

- Nyla Rodgers, Founder of Mama Hope

The chains of habit are too light to be felt until they’re too heavy to be broken. 

- Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway

Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don’t interfere. 

- Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States

Culture is the invisible force on which innovation depends. 

- Lawrence Levy, Former CFO of Pixar

Your return is driven by your winners, and your reputation is driven by how you handle everything else. 

- Kara Nortman,  Partner at Upfront Ventures

We’re not afraid of the future. We’re not afraid of ‘new.’ 

- Michael Tubbs, Mayor of Stockton, Calif.

As a leader, you need to be able to create the environment for people to tell you things you don’t want to hear. 

- Meghan O’Sullivan, Former Deputy National Security Adviser

Every business has a reason for existing, but it’s never money.
- Jim Cathcart, Entrepreneur and Author

Charge your fears. Run at them. Use fear as energy.
- David Copperfield, Magician

Fundamentally the desire to be heard, the desire to be validated, the desire to know that what you’re doing is meaningful in the world is something that we all hold for ourselves.
- Oprah Winfrey, TV Personality

Nowadays you’re only limited by your dreams. We think big and we dream big.
- Huda Kattan, Blogger and Entrepreneur

Integrity means honesty and willingness to fulfill a promise, even at high cost.
- Morris Chang, Founder of Taiwan Semiconductor

We are a product of those who taught us, who gave us an opportunity, who have given us chances, who’ve inspired us.
- Thomas Keller, Chef

In the beginner’s mind, there are many possibilities; in the expert’s mind, there are few.
- Shunryu Suzuki, Monk, and Teacher

Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.
- George Washington Carver, Educator and Researcher

What you think is attainable is just a function of what you know at that moment.
- Ray Dalio, Founder of Bridgewater Associates

My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education.
- John F. Kennedy

Have ultimate belief in yourself, because why is someone going to believe in you if you can’t believe in yourself?
- Mindy Grossman, CEO of Weight Watchers

If you only think about your own advancement, your own success, you run out of fuel pretty quickly. But if we believe in something bigger than ourselves, that kind of motivation is self-sustaining.
- Elaine Chao, U.S. Secretary of Transportation

The biggest mistake is to not do anything because you’re afraid of making a mistake.
- Martine Rothblatt, Founder of United Therapeutics and Sirius

I promise you will find success when you dare to think differently.
- Kendra Scott, Designer and Entrepreneur

Automation is not our enemy... Automation can be the ally of our prosperity.
- Lyndon B. Johnson

We are the leaders we’ve been waiting for and it’s up to us to claim power in order to help people claim their own.
- Jabu Dayton, Chief People Officer at JabuHR

If you want to grow, you can’t feel shackled by a job description.
- Alex Klein, Cofounder of Kano

The great adventure of our existence is to find a place in which we feel right.  ( En )
La grande aventure de l'existence, c'est de trouver la ou l'on est bien. ( Fr )
- Sylvain Tesson, French writer and traveller

Do not let any obstacles stop you. Where there are obstacles there are also great opportunities.
- Dorothy Herman, CEO of Douglas Elliman

It’s hard to fly without ruffling a few feathers.
- Arjun Malhotra, Venture Capitalist

You’ll never know a line is crooked unless you have a straight line to put next to it.
- Socrates, Philosopher

If you’re not a leader on the bench, don’t call yourself a leader on the field. You’re either a leader everywhere or nowhere.
- Abby Wambach, Athlete

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.
- Helen Keller, Activist and Author

Le bonheur est parfois caché dans l'inconnu. ( Fr )

Happiness is sometimes hidden in the unknown. ( En )

- Victor Hugo

We are all products of our environment but do not have to be victims to our circumstances.
- Jereshia Hawk, Strategist and Entrepreneur

Whether it’s being able to love yourself or being loved, if you have love, I believe you can do anything.
- Ciara, Singer/Songwriter

The real fruition of life is to do the thing we have said we wished to do.
- Woodrow Wilson

Motherhood is not something you need to apologize for or lie about. It’s your source of strength.
- Sarah Lacy, Founder of Pando

What history has shown again and again is that it’s dangerous to be ignorant and to not have an open mind.
- Marco Streng, Cofounder of Genesis Mining

Idle to pretend we have lost paradise. We never had it; it is still to make.
- Susan Ertz, Writer

Having an authentic purpose is becoming an increasing source of competitive advantage.
- Rebecca Henderson, Professor and Researcher

Diversity of opinion is what keeps family businesses strong and spurs collaboration.
- Jennifer Yuengling, VP of Operations at D.G. Yuengling & Son

Until I was able to make business into a competition against my competitors, I wasn’t happy. But after I did, the company was very successful.
- Don Schumacher,  Drag Racer and Entrepreneur

It is the business of the very few to be independent; it is the privilege of the strong.
- Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher

Success is not the result of any single factor. It’s about alignment between who you are and where you choose to be.
- Eric Barker, Author

Qui craint de souffrir, il souffre déjà de ce qu’il craint. ( FR )
He who fears suffering is already suffering that which he fears. ( EN )
- La fontaine

If you just think that you’re like anyone else and that you’re perfectly capable, then you can achieve anything.
- Susie Ma, Founder of Tropic Skincare

Music is really business. You have to be using all of your senses at the same time, and you have to be dancing with the circumstances and evolving.
- Bradley Jacobs, CEO of XPO Logistics

I went through a lot of changes, but honestly for me it was becoming vulnerable which helped me become better.
- Michael Phelps, Athlete

Every company is becoming a tech company... And we have this thesis that every company needs to be a financial services company, too.
- William Hockey, Cofounder of Plaid

Something we have to deliver today is not to be passed tomorrow. Late is too late.
- Emmanuel Macron, President of France

We will only grasp the staggering potential of our time if we create on ramps that empower all people to participate.
- Robert Smith, Founder and CEO of Vista Equity Partners

The next frontiers of scientific discovery will be pioneered by those who can transcend the traditional boundaries of science.
- Eric Schmidt, Former CEO of Google

When you have the right people, it’s rocket fuel for the business.
- Julie Walters, Founder of Raremark

Wealth comes from industry and the hard experience of human toil. To dissipate it in waste and extravagance is disloyalty to humanity.
- Calvin Coolidge

Learn to love you... You will make so many choices differently when you love and respect yourself.
- Courtney Seard,Consultant and Coach

Right now, for the first time ever, a passionate and committed individual has access to the technology, minds and capital required to take on any challenge.
- Peter H. Diamandis, Founder of XPRIZE Foundation

As long as they are well-intentioned, mistakes are not a matter for shame, but for learning.
- Margaret Heffernan, Businesswoman

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.
- Nelson Mandela, Former President of South Africa

The more I pushed myself to get over my fears, I realized that my imagination was the thing that stopped me.
- Amy Vitale, Photojournalist

Luck is random, but the ability to capitalize on luck isn’t necessarily random.
- Mari Kuraishi, Cofounder of GlobalGiving

If we think we exist to love, let’s first think how we can love the people who will be disadvantaged.
- Kai-Fu Lee, Founder of Sinovation Ventures

Sometimes my candor may be difficult for people to hear, but they can trust they know where I stand.
- Lori Garver, Former Deputy Administrator at NASA

It’s the people in power who pass power on to other people.
- Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube

I’m a firm believer in, once you start chasing awards, they go away.
- Lin-Manuel Miranda, Actor and Writer

Most of science is well-documented failure.
- Jason Haaheim, Principal Timpanist of Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

J'ai décidé d'être heureux parce que c'est bon pour la santé.

I have decided to be happy because it's good for my health.

- Voltaire

Being criticized is the price of admission for change.
- Edward Snowden, Former Intelligence Officer

There is no longer anything I can fear. There isn’t any pain I haven’t known.
- Winnie Mandela, Social Worker and Activist

If you prepare properly, you may be outscored, but you will never lose.
- John Wooden, Coach and Teacher

Volunteer for the most difficult projects early in your career.
- Indra Nooyi, CEO of Pepsico

Plus tard ça sera trop tard. Notre vie c'est maintenant. ( FR )
Later it will be too late. Our life is now. ( EN )
- Jacques Prévert

As you ascend, make sure that you bring other people along up with you.
- Sterling K. Brown, Actor

Never take anyone’s negative criticism of your dreams to heart.
- Jermaine Fowler, Actor and Comedian

The job of a pilot is to watch the instrument gauges and not to listen to his own heartbeat.
- Alan Bean, Astronaut

Next to our moral obligations to address global challenges, it is also an enormous business opportunity.
- Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever

It’s a lot harder to hate someone in person than to judge behind the wall of social media.
- Brené Brown,  Researcher and Author

Do not rush the art of achievement. Focus on mastery before you focus on success.
- Robert Greene, Author

People need not be limited by physical handicaps as long as they are not disabled in spirit.
~ Stephen Hawking, Physicist

My smiles don’t result from good things, they result in good things.
~ Mike Posner, Singer/Songwriter

I don’t know how to do anything halfway.
~ Kevin Hart, Comedian

When hiring, if forced to choose between virtue and talent, choose virtue.
~ Charles Koch, CEO of Koch Industries

As an entrepreneur, every year you get tested and you get stronger. You build more resilience.
~ Jeni Britton Bauer, Founder of Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams

Having powerful empathetic conversations is a critical piece of being a great manager.
~ Bianca McCann, Chief HR Officer at BetterWorks

Entrepreneur is a word that means you’re going to work, take risk, be disappointed. It’s a big commitment.
~ Diane Hendricks, Cofounder of ABC Supply

I believe that empowered women change society. The data tells us.
~ Melinda Gates, Cofounder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Board seats aren’t full-time jobs, but you always have to be prepared and ready to jump in with both feet at any time.
~ Judy Estrin, Entrepreneur and Author

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
~ Dwight D. Eisenhower

It’s a delusion to think that, if you’re an entrepreneur and you want to dedicate everything to your startup, you need to be always on.

~ Arianna Huffington, Cofounder of The Huffington Post

Small towns are a direct reflection of their small businesses. Want a thriving Main Street? Lift them up. Invest in them.
~ Amanda Brinkman, Deluxe Corporation

You can control your own destiny, whatever that is, good or bad.
~ Barry Diller, Chairman at IAC and Expedia

Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.
~ Audre Lorde, Writer and Activist

For us, success is helping people.
~ Leah Sibener, Co-founder of 3T Biosciences

I need my bosses’ goodwill, but I need the goodwill of my subordinates even more.
~ Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs

Cultures and societies that are shaped by fear…will without doubt not get a grip on the future.
~ Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany

We still have a startup mentality that every customer is the most important customer.
~ Imad Birouty, Director of Product Marketing at Teradata

The budget is not just a collection of numbers, but an expression of our values and aspirations.
~ Jacob Lew, Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury

I see my task as serving the majority of people. How do you find out what they want? My answer is to stay close to ordinary people, because at heart I am one of them.
~ Ingvar Kamprad, Founder of Ikea

Your most ferocious competition is yourself. You always lose by comparing yourself with others and chasing their version of success.
~ Emily K. Graham, Senior Vice President at FleishmanHillard

I learned that, if you want to make money, you’ve got to make it when you sleep.
~ Bob Parsons, Founder of GoDaddy

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

I know that the core of you is the same as the core of me; you just want to be heard.
~ Oprah Winfrey, TV Personality

What seem to us bitter trials are often blessings in disguise; this seems to me a blessing of an extremely obvious kind.
~ Oscar Wilde, Writer

All failure is failure to adapt. All success is successful adaptation.
~ Max McKeown, Author and Strategic Adviser

Statistics is essential. I’d even argue that having a good life requires statistics.
~ Ted Dintersmith, Partner Emeritus at Charles River Ventures

Once you tackle fear of failure and block that idea, and you know it’s okay to actually make a mistake or to fail at something, you get back up and try it again.
~ Kendrick Lamar, Hip-Hop Artist

Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.
~ B.F. Skinner, Psychologist

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough.
~ Melodie Beatty, Author

You always win when you surround yourself with good people.
~ Thomas Frist Jr., Cofounder of HCA Healthcare

Storytelling has become ubiquitous, across so many mediums, creating an audience that’s ever more sophisticated.
~ Shonda Rhimes, Writer & Producer

Give yourself the gift of your next goal.
~ Sarah Robb O’Hagan, CEO of Flywheel Sports

Great achievers are driven, not so much by the pursuit of success, but by the fear of failure.
~ Larry Ellison, Co-founder and CTO of Oracle

From reading and asking questions, you broaden your knowledge, your thinking, every aspect of your life.
~ Bernard Marcus, Co-founder of The Home Depot

It’s not enough to have purpose yourself. You have to create a sense of purpose for others.
~ Mark Zuckerberg, Cofounder and CEO of Facebook

If you keep your products superior and never diminish your quality, you will remain strong through obstacles. 

~ Martha Stewart, TV Personality and Businesswoman

Fill today with work; fill tomorrow with hope.
~ B.C. Forbes, Founder of Forbes Magazine

My father taught me this about running a successful business: Make your people your No. 1 priority, and the rest will follow.
~ Scott Scherr, Founder of Ultimate Software

The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up. ( En )

La meilleure façon de réaliser ses rêves est de se réveiller. ( Fr )
~ Paul Valéry