For years, I’ve collected inspiring quotes. As this new year begins, here are words of wisdom offered to encourage, refresh, enrich creative thinking and inspire.

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Take big steps. You can’t cross a chasm in two small jumps.
–David Lloyd GeorgeGetting to know and like people and getting people to know and like you are the two top cards in the game of success.
–UnknownCherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul; the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
–Napoleon HillObstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
–Henry Ford

What is the recipe for successful achievement? To my mind there are just four essential ingredients:
Choose a career you love . . .
Give it the best there is in you . . .
Seize your opportunities.
And be a member of the team.   
–Benjamin F. Fairless

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other. 
–Abraham Lincoln