Mary Shafer

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

And now go, and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here.

No matter where you are in life, you’ll save a lot of time by not worrying too much about what other people think about you. The earlier in your life that you can learn that, the easier the rest of it will be.

Most good ideas sparkle in simplicity, so much so that everyone wonders why no one ever did that before.

I was once afraid of people saying ‘Who does she think she is?’ Now I have the courage to stand and say, ‘This is who I am.

As you start your journey, the first thing you should do is throw away that store-bought map and begin to draw your own.

Accountability breeds response-ability.

Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.

There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used.

People with goals succeed because they know where they’re going.

Being productive gives people a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment that loafing never can.

When I became proficient as a salesman I was invited to teach new hires.

The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.

The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.

Wherever you see a successful business, someone once made courageous decision.