Life is a journey

 "Life is a journey, not a destination."

Emerson

Something to live for

 "The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for." 

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamzov

Change yourself - Mandela

 "You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself." 

-Nelson Mandela

Good done anywhere

 "I'm convinced of this: Good done anywhere is good done everywhere. For a change, start by speaking to people rather than walking by them like they're stones that don't matter. As long as you're breathing, it's never too late to do some good.” - Maya Angelou

Between stimulus and response

 "Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. " -Viktor Frankl

Making a difference - R. Carter

 "I believe that one of the most important things to learn in life is that you can make a difference in your community no matter who you are or where we live."

Rosalyn Carter

Mindset + leadership

 Dweck refers to common characteristics of leaders of successful companies profiled in "Good to Great" by Jim Collins:

all of the leaders were not big personality types but 

"were self-effacing people who constantly asked questions and had the ability to confront the most brutal answers-- that is, to look failures in the face, even their won, while maintaining faith that they would succeed in the end."

Don't overlook potential to learn something

 "Just because some people can do something with little or no training, it doesn't mean that others can't do it (and sometimes do it even better) with training." Carol Dweck in Mindset

The best pilots fly more

 "There is no such thing as a natural-born pilot. Whatever my aptitude or talents, becoming a proficient pilot was hard work, really a lifetime's learning experience...The best pilots fly more than others, that's why they're the best." - Chuck Yeager, quoted in Mindset. 

Epictetus - Embody values

 "Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it."  - Epictetus 

via The Five Minute Journal