Kurt Lewin

In a lot of ways it is easier to do things on a large scale. It is easier to build a skyscraper in Manhattan than it is to buy a bungalow in the Bronx. For one thing, it takes just as much time to close a big deal as it does to close a small deal. You will endure as much stress and aggravation; you will have all the same headaches and problems. It is easier to finance a big deal. Bankers would much rather lend money for a big project than for a small one. They are more comfortable investing money in a big prestigious building than they are a rundown house in a bad section of town. If you succeed with the big project, you stand to gain a lot more money.

If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

Do first things first, and second things not at all.

Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they’ll be there for you.

An obstacle is often a stepping stone.

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when you looked at it in the right way, did not become still more complicated.

When I’m working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

When it comes to money, the only skill most people know is to work hard.

The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.

Vision remains vision until you focus, do the work, and bring it down to earth where it will do some good.

Yes, we can

The mind that opens to a new idea never comes back to its original size.

If at first you don’t succeed, find out if the loser gets anything.