"When you discover your passion, great things happen."
Oprah Winfrey, popular talk show host
In the world full of people .... only some want to fly!"
Words from the song "Crazy" by Seal
"Believe in yourself. All of you who have stopped dreaming, go find it, dust it off, get back at it! It's never too late! That dream that has been nagging you and won't let you rest will lead you to your destiny. Go for it! It is possible! Faith can take you to fruition ...when you believe!"
Tyler Perry, Actor/Director
"I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been."
Wayne Gretzy, Famous Professional Hockey Player
"Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed."
Booker T. Washington 1856-1915, Educator
"I believe true excellence comes only when you use your talents and gifts to benefit others to a greater extent than you employ those talents for your own personal benefit."
GEORGE FRASER, Popular Speaker and Networking Expert
"The past is over. The future has not happened yet. The only time is right now! If you continue to look over your shoulder, your past becomes your future."
Dr. Phil McGraw, Popular Talk Show Host
"The only way to do great work, is to love what you do."
Steve Jobs, Co-Founder of Apple Computer
"It is not who you are underneath, it is what you do that defines you."
From the movie, Batman Begins
"Today, it is not considered smart to just be a rapper. We are all entrepreneurs. From selling clothes to being businessmen to philanthropy to actors it is not longer cool to just be a rapper. I just love what I do. I am just living out my dreams."
Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Entrepreneur and Entertainer
"We have to change our focus. We have succeeded in terms of political empowerment .... I think that what we really need to focus on ... is that we have to be very serious about the business of economic empowerment. It is our salvation and our redemption! Without money, we cannot do anything in this capitalistic society. We need to make our minds up and go in the direction of economic empowerment."
Shirley Chisholm, Former Congresswoman and the first woman to run for President of the United States
"We were made for more than success, we are made to be significant."
Rick Warren, Author of "The Purpose Driven Life" and Pastor of Saddleback Church
"I think that money is the least significant component of wealth. It is more important to be happy. It is more important to be healthy. It is more important to feel good about what you are doing with your life."
Chris Gardner, Author of the book, "The Pursuit of Happyness" and Founder of Gardner Rich LLC, Institutional Money Manager
"You don't know where you are going until you know where you have been."
Eric Liu, Author of book, "Guiding Lights"
"It's about your passion, you can never be a failure when you follow your heart."
Half & Half Television Show UPN
"In business, if you are not moving forward, you are standing still. If you are not growing, your business will die and be extinct like the dinosaur."
Kenneth Brown, E3C
"It's about passion, vision and people. Are you passionate about what you do? Do you have a vision of what you want to become and where you want to go? Do you have the right team of people to get you there and achieve those goals?"
Kevin Plank, President and CEO of Under Armour, Sportswear company
"Your passion is your destiny."
Stephanie Wilson, Astronaut and Mission Specialist for NASA
"If you work just for the money, you'll never make it, but if you love what you're doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours."
Ray Kroc (1902-1984) Founder of McDonald's Corporation
"Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it."
Maya Angelou
American poet, writer, historian, educator
"The world is waiting for you. It is waiting for what you have to offer."
Oprah Winfrey, Popular Television Talk Show Host
"To love what you do and feel that it matters -- how could anything be more fun?"
Unknown
"Find your passion, then .... it is no longer work!"
L.A. Reid, Chairman of Island Def Jam Records