“I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them.” – Madam C.J. Walker, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and social activist

“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 20 or 80. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.” – Henry Ford

“The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall.” – Vince Lombardi, football coach and NFL executive

“Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don’t fight them. Just find a new way to stand.” – Oprah Winfrey

“If you broke a lot of rules as a kid, you’d probably make a great entrepreneur.” – Harley Finkelstein, president of Shopify

“Management is about human beings. Its task is to make people capable of joint performance, to make their strengths effective and their weaknesses irrelevant.” – Peter Drucker

“Business opportunities are like buses: there’s always another one coming.” – Richard Branson

“The best customer service is if the customer doesn’t need to call you, doesn’t need to talk to you. It just works.” – Jeff Bezos

“I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” – Estée Lauder

“No matter what, expect the unexpected. And whenever possible, be the unexpected.” – Lynda Barry, cartoonist, author, and motivational speaker