"All battles are first won or lost, in the mind"

Joan of Arc

Catholic Saint and National Heroine of France, 1412 - 1431

"Begin with the end in mind"

Stephen Covey

American Author

"Change is usually not a question of capability, it's almost always a question of motivation"

Anthony Robbins

American Speaker

"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved"

William Jennings Bryan

American Lawyer, 1860 - 1925

"I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul"

William E Henley

British Poet, 1849 - 1903

"If we wanted to change ourselves effectively, we first have to change our perceptions"

Stephen Covey

American Author

"It’s the talent and passion that count in success"

Ingrid Bergman

Actress, 1915 - 1982

"Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away"

Henry David Thoreau

American Author, 1817 - 1862

"Life happens every ninety days"

Lorna McLaren

International Speaker and Training Specialist

"Many people wait for something to happen, or someone to take care of them. But people who end up with the good jobs are the proactive ones who are solutions to problems, not problems themselves, who seize the initiative to do whatever is necessary, consistent with the correct principles, to get the job done"

Stephen Covey

American Author

"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement"

Helen Keller

American Author, 1880 - 1968

"To be perfect is to set yourself up for a fall, to acknowledge that you’re not perfect prevents the fall"

Lorna McLaren

International Speaker and Training Specialist

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit"

Aristotle

Greek Philosopher, 384 BC - 322 BC

"Whenever you dream You're holding the key It opens the door o let you be free"

Dio

Rock Band

"The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself"

Frank Delano Roosevelt

32nd President of the USA, 1933 - 1945

"It is better to be hated for what you are, than loved for what you are not"

André Gide

French Author and Winner of the Nobel Peach Price (1947), 1869 - 1951

"Nature gave man two ends - one to sit on and one to think with. Ever since then man’s success, or failure has been dependant on the one he used most"

George Kirkpatrick

Canadian Politician, 1841 - 1899

"I invent nothing, I rediscover"

Auguste Rodin

French Artist, 1840 - 1917

"A problem well stated is a problem half solved"

Charles F Kettering

American Inventor, 1876 - 1958

"Yes we can"

Barack Obama

First African American President of the US

"Now is the time…"

Barack Obama

First African American President of the US

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity. An optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty"

Winston Churchill

Prime Minister of the UK, 1940 – 1945, 1951 - 1955

"A good leader is one who willingly makes sacrifices for her staff, and inspires the best in them by putting herself aside and thinking about others"

Rainy Chan

First Female First Chinese General Manager, The Peninsula Hotel, Hong Kong