"Nirvana is right here, before your eyes." - Zen Master Hakuin, The Song of Zazen "It's the little things that make the big things possible. Only close attention to the fine details of any operation makes the operation first class." - J. Willard Marriott, Founder of Marriott Corp. "News is what somebody somewhere wants to suppress; all the rest is advertising." - Lord Northcliffe "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing." - Helen Keller "On a deeper level, you are already complete, and when you realise that, there is a plain joyous energy behind what you do." - Eckhart Tolle "The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities." - Stephen R. Covey "The unexamined life is not worth living." - Socrates "In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet." - Albert Schweitzer "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." - Henry David Thoreau "To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others." - Anthony Robbins "It's all happening perfectly." - Susan Jeffers "Vision is not enough, it must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs." - Vaclav Havel "\"Above all, you want to create something you\'re proud of. This has always been my philosophy of business." - Sir Richard Branson "There is only one success--to be able to spend your life in your own way." - Christopher Morley "You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one." - Henry David Thoreau "Problems do not go away. They must be worked through or else they remain, forever a barrier to the growth and development of the spirit." - Scott M. Peck "Public speaking is the art of diluting a two-minute idea with a two-hour vocabulary." - John Fitzgerald Kennedy "Real leadership is not about prestige, power or status. It is about responsibility." - Robert Joss, Stanford Graduate School of Business "Until I changed myself, I could not change others." - Nelson Mandela "Communication is the real work of leadership." - Nitin Nohria "A journey of a thousand miles must begin with the first step." - Lao Tzu "I have spread my dreams beneath your feet. Tread softly because you tread on my dreams." - W.B. Yeats "Be the change that you most wish to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi "Seek the small improvement, one day at a time. That's the only way it happens - and when it happens, it lasts." - John Wooden, basketball coach "Ask yourself this question: "Will this matter a year from now?"" - Richard Carlson