At the start of every year, I create a list of quotes to guide and inspire me for the next 12 months. Here are the quotes I’ve selected for 2013:

  • “Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.” – Napoleon Hill
  • “The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear.” – Brian Tracy
  • “Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.” – Dale Carnegie
  • “Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.” – Og Mandino
  • “A real decision is measured by the fact that you’ve taken a new action. If there’s no action, you haven’t truly decided.” – Tony Robbins
  • “If you can’t control your anger, you are as helpless as a city without walls waiting to be attacked.” – The Book of Proverbs
  • A mediocre person tells. A good person explains. A superior person demonstrates. A great person inspires others to see for themselves.” – Harvey Mackay
  • “Freedom, privileges, options, must constantly be exercised, even at the risk of inconvenience.” – Jack Vance
  • “Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.”  – Jim Rohn
  • “You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want.” – Zig Ziglar
  • “The number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I can fail and keep on trying.” – Tom Hopkins
  • “You have everything you need to build something far bigger than yourself.” – Seth Godin