Not all pain is gain.

From each according to his ability, to each according to his lack thereof.

If you're attractive enough on the outside, people will forgive you for being irritating to the core.

Never be afraid to share your dreams with the world, because there's nothing the world loves more than the taste of really sweet dreams.

When the winds of change blow hard enough, the most trivial of things can turn into deadly projectiles.

When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.

Proudly defending the status quo long after the quo has lost its status.

I want either less corruption or more opportunity to participate in it.

Helps artists die young, miserable, and penniless- so their art can have meaning to the old, satisfied, and obscenely rich.

If we really cared for the customer, we'd send them somewhere better.

Because we're not satisfied until you're not satisfied

When birds fly in the right formation, they need only exert half the effort. Even in nature, teamwork results in collective laziness.

For every winner there are dozens of losers. Odds are you're one of them.

There comes a time when every team must learn to make individual sacrifices.

It takes months to find a customer, but only seconds to lose one... The good news is that we should run out of them in no time.

The early worm is for the birds.

Dreams are like rainbows. Only idiots chase them.

The only consistent feature of all of your dissatisfying relationships is you.

Hard work never killed anybody- but it is illegal in some places.

If you want to get to the top, prepare to kiss a lot of the bottom.

You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take, and, statistically speaking, 99% of the shots you do.

It's best to avoid standing directly between a competitive jerk and his goals.

There is an island of opportunity in the middle of every difficulty. Miss that, though, and you're pretty much doomed.

The harder you try the dumber you look.

The mark of the leader is the ability to make decisions. The mark of the survivor is knowing when not to.

If you can't learn to do something well, learn to enjoy doing it poorly.

It's difficult to comprehend how insane some people can be. Especially when you're insane.

Success is a journey, not a destination, so stop running.

Leaders are like eagles. We don't have either of them here.

If at first you don't succeed, losing may be your style.

While good fortune often eludes you, this kind never misses.

We promote family values here- almost as often as we promote family members.

Before you attempt to beat the odds, be sure you could survive the odds beating you.

With focus, dedication and steroids, men can achieve impossible dreams. Like breaking a world record. Or growing their own breasts.

The art of calling faith in yourself "self-esteem" while calling it "conceit" when you see it in others.

What lies behind us and lies before us are small matters compared to what lies right to our faces.

Time heals all wounds. But it usually leaves a pretty big scar.

Love is in the air. And it's pooping on my head.

What is the Secret? Pretend you've already achieved it. Then offer to sell the secret to others.

As long as we have each other, we'll never run out of problems.

The less you stand out, the longer you'll last.

A code word lazy people use when they want you to do all the work.

Every man dies. But not every man truly lives only to die of sheer stupidity.

Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration, which is why engineers sometimes smell really bad.

The price of freedom keeps going up, but the quality keeps deteriorating.

Because every person deserves an equal chance to prove their incompetence.

When you earnestly believe you can compensate for a lack of skill by doubling your efforts, there's no end to what you can't do.

Because the easiest way to steal your wealth is by cheapening your money.

Always remember that you are unique. Just like everybody else.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. But you'd be a fool to withhold that from your superiors.

Some places remain unknown because no one has ventured forth. Others remain so because no one has ever come back.

If you're tired of others looking down on you, grow the hell up.

Sometimes the only difference between a budding genius and a blooming idiot is where they choose to take a stand.

A company that will go to the ends of the Earth for its people will find it can hire them for about 10% of the cost of Americans.

Let's agree to respect each others views, no matter how wrong yours may be.

It takes a lot less time and most people won't notice the difference until it's too late.

It's always darkest just before it goes pitch black.

The best leaders inspire by example. When that's not an option, brute intimidation works pretty well, too.

It's lonely at the top, but it's comforting to look down upon everyone at the bottom.

Until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore, you will not know the terror of being forever lost at sea.

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood. And Robert Frost took the one less traveled. Of course, he also heckled his rivals and started fires to disrupt their poetry readings. But that makes for a terrible motivational poster. Unless you're a petty pyromaniac. In which case, here you go.

If you find yourself struggling with loneliness, you're not alone. And yet you are alone. So very alone.

If you never try anything new, you'll miss out on many of life's great disappointments.

Your role may be thankless, but if you're willing to give it your all, you just might bring success to those who outlast you.

Never before have so many people with so little to say said so much to so few.

It takes 43 muscles to frown and 17 to smile, but it doesn't take any to just sit there with a dumb look on your face.

No single raindrop believes it is to blame for the flood.

It's over, man. Let her go.

If you keep asking others to give you the benefit of the doubt, they'll eventually start to doubt your benefit.

As long as there are children in the world, there will never be any real peace.

All I ask is for a chance to prove that money can't buy happiness.

It hurts to admit when you make mistakes- but when they're big enough, the pain only lasts a second.

You were meant for me. Perhaps as a punishment.

It can turn a lump of coal into a flawless diamond, or an average person into a perfect basketcase.

The race for quality has no finish line- so technically, it's more like a death march.

If it can make your job easier, it can probably make it irrelevant.

Just because you think you're a star doesn't mean you're going anywhere.

View all customers as beautiful buds that must be cultivated, watered, and periodically buried under manure.

I may not agree with what you say, but I respect your right to be punished for it.

No matter how great and destructive your problems may seem now, remember, you've probably only seen the tip of them.

The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the lawnmower.

The secret to success is knowing who to blame for your failures.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going. The smart left a long time ago.

It's amazing how much easier it is for a team to work together when no one has any idea where they're going.

I am Dr. Adewole Aremu- a director with the Union Bank of Nigeria in Lagos- and I wish to speak to you most urgently about a matter regarding the sum of $39,000,000 US Dollars...

If we don't take care of the customer, maybe they'll stop bugging us.

Quitters never win, winners never quit, but those who never win AND never quit are idiots.

That which does not kill me postpones the inevitable.

Attitudes are contagious. Mine might kill you.

Much work remains to be done before we can announce our total failure to make any progress.

When your best just isn't good enough.

Every dark cloud has a silver lining, but lightning kills hundreds of people each year who are trying to find it.

Having your moment in the sun isn't always a good thing.

Luck can't last a lifetime unless you die young.