1. Everyone has a purpose. We are not here by mistake. Ben Morrow

2. We have enough people who tell it like it is – now we could use a few who tell it like it can be. Robert Orben

3. Excellent organizations do not foster “we and they” attitudes. Tom Peters

4. The future is not something we enter, it’s something we create. Leonard Sweet

5. Creativity is the most effective response to rapid change. Robert Porter Lynch

6. The future belongs to those who learn new things the fastest. Paul Zane Pilzer

7. Part of true success is understanding that there’s something bigger and more important than ourselves. Marcia Gillespie

8. Life is a crisis – so what?! Malcolm Bradbury

9. Change is here to stay, and the rate of change is accelerating. It’s time to throw away those five-year plans. Those who survive and prosper will be those who endlessly innovate and adapt. Don Ward

10. Welcome frustration. It is a gift that signals we need to change something. Susan Fielder

11. These are the hard times in which a genius would wish to live. Abigail Adams

12. Innovation comes only from readily and seamlessly sharing information rather than hoarding it. Tom Peters

13. We are what and where we are because we have first imagined it. Donald Curtis

14. If you believe it will work out, you’ll see opportunities. If you believe it won’t, you’ll see obstacles. Jon Alama

15. Wherever we look upon this earth, the opportunities take shape within the problems. Nelson Rockefeller

16. Leadership is less about what we know and more about what we’re willing to discover. Diane Branson

17. You can’t get there from “not here.” Richard Moon

18. The need to be right all the time is the biggest barrier to new ideas. Edward De Bono

19. Vitality shows not only in the ability to persist, but in the ability to start over. F. Scott Fitzgerald

20. We cannot become what we want to be by remaining what we are. Max Depree

21. The passion to make and make again. Adrienne Rich

22. Ultimately there can be no success or happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do. Freya Stark

23. It’s easier to say what we believe than be what we believe. Robert Anthony

24. Not all birds can fly. What separates the flyers from the walkers is the ability to take off. Carl Sagan

25. The urge for good design is the same as the urge to go on living. The assumption is that somewhere, hidden, is a better way of doing things. Harry Bertoia

26. If you’re not enjoying the journey, you probably won’t enjoy the destination. Joe Tye

27. If all difficulties were known at the onset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all. Dan Rather

28. Whenever I get to a low point, I go back to the basics. I ask myself, “Why am I doing this?” It comes down to passion. Lyn St. James