I love to read anyone that can make my ‘baby’ jump.  I also love to inspire others. Anytime I come across interesting posts such as the one posted by Anthony Scaramucci in LinkedIn, I hesitate not to re-post. I hope you find it as motivating as I did.

When offering career advice to young professionals and entrepreneurs, the two things that always top my list are to find a mentor and to read voraciously. Throughout the course of my life, I have been blessed with multiple mentors — mostly teachers, professors, bosses or colleagues. In addition, I have gathered useful advice from reading, and observing the actions of individuals who I identify as some of the world’s best leaders, both past and present. The following are 8 notable quotes from these “leaders” that have inspired me and helped to shape my principles as a business owner.

• “Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.” – Dale Carnegie
• “There are only two ways to live life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is.” – Albert Einstein
• “Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.” – Andrew Carnegie
• “The true measure of a person is how they treat someone who can do him absolutely no good.” – Samuel Johnson
• “You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you are going because you might not get there.” – Yogi Berra
• “Expect more than others think possible.” – Howard Schultz
• “If people aren’t calling you crazy, you aren’t thinking big enough.” – Richard Branson
• “Never, never, never give up.” – Winston Churchill

To me, the key takeaway is to push yourself through fear and uncertainty and place your best foot forward no matter what happens. I am not embarrassed to admit how frightened I was when I started SkyBridge in 2005. Swirling in my head were all of the things that could go wrong. Of course all of those things happened and, by the way, then there was a financial crisis. The point is — put your plans in motion, work hard and be willing to adapt along the way.

What great leaders and sayings have inspired you?

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Below are 40 additional inspiring Quotes posted by readers.

* “If you’re going through hell, keep going. (Winston Churchill)

*  “Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.” (D.W Major)

* “God created us with two extremities: One to think and one to sit…Success in life depends on the one you use the most” (Unknown)

* Don’t forget the heart. God’s guidance comes not into our brain, which has too many filters to receive messages clearly, but through our heart. Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. Proverbs 16:9 A man’s heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps. (Jeanine L Broderick)

* ‘It is possible to commit no errors and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life.’ -Captain Picard to Data, Star Trek: The Next Generation

* “Never mistake activity for achievement” “Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” ( John Wooden)

* Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton’s family motto: “By Endurance We Conquer”.

* “On the road of life, with all its twists and turns, exits and detours, how far forward do you think you can drive if all you do is stare in the rear view mirror?..not very far..” – Nick Wons

* “Invest in knowledge of those around you and your own knowledge will be limitless” (Jason Deming)

* “There is no path to success that is not built upon the heavy stones of failure.”

* “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude” (Maya Angelou)

* “The secret to success does not lie in knowing everything. The secret lies in knowing what you DON’T know, and finding those who do.” – Steve Baker

* The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart you’ll know when you find it. – Steve Jobs. 2005 Stanford Commencement Address.

* “Do one thing every day that scares you.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt

* “Whether you think you can do a thing, or think you can’t, you’re right.” – Henry Ford

* “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” ~ Wayne Gretzky

* “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

* Do what you say & say what you do.

* “What lies behind us, and what lies before us are nothing compared to what is within us” Ralph Waldo Emerson.

* “Life is a Journey, Not a Guided Tour”

* You want to be successful? You have to go after it with hard work and determination! Be a locomotive…gaining momentum, and not stopping until you have reached your destination. (Eddie Jackson)

* “There is no try… Only do or do not.” – Yoda, Jedi Master

* A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves. Lao Tzu

* Great leaders don’t put people in a box – they free them from boxes. Great leaders recognize a common purpose, shared values, and aligned vision are the hallmarks of any great organization. for these three elements set the foundation for a sustainable culture. Leaders who fail to bring people together around these three constructs sentence their company first to mediocrity, and ultimately obsolescence. Great leaders create culture by design, while leaders who fail allow culture to evolve by default. Leaders who fail remain aloof and distant – great leaders look to know and care for their people. Average leaders are viewed as business executives, but the best leaders are viewed as great human beings. Peak performance is never built on the backs of others, but by helping others become successful.

* “The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it’s not without doubt but in spite of doubt.” Rollo May

* “A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.” —Rosalynn Carter

* Trust in yourself, calculate the risks, and know failure only comes from those who dare to try.

* If you want to predict the future create it. P Drucker

* The one true fear is the paralysis that results from fear itself!

* “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.” – Mark Twain

* Pressure makes diamonds.

* “Do not be bound by limits you place on yourself. It is only when you reach beyond what you think you can do that you will almost surely do far more than you thought you could”. – Tecumseh

* Remember – the difference between a pessimist and an optimist: A pessimist says: “things just CAN’T get any worse!” An optimist says: “Oh, SURE they can!”.

* “Logic can take you from point A to point B. Imagination can take you wherever you want” – Albert Einstein

* To our subordinates we owe everything that we are or hope to be. For it is our subordinates, not our superiors, who raise us to the dizziest of professional heights, and it is our subordinates who can and will, if we deserve it, bury us in the deepest mire of disgrace. When the chips are down and our subordinates have accepted us as their leader, we don’t need any superior to tell us; we see it in their eyes and in their faces, in the barracks, on the field, and on the battle line. And on that fatal day when we must be ruthlessly demanding, cruel andheartless, they will rise as one to do our bidding, knowing full well that it may be their last act in this life. -LTG Albert Jenkins, Fort Benning (1961)

* Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster. Sun Tzu

* “Your life may be the only Bible some people read.”

* “I will do today what others don’t, so I can have tomorrow what others won’t”

* “Learning is a gift. Even when pain is your teacher.”

* “Don’t mix between my personality and my attitude because my personality is ME and my attitude depends on YOU…..”

What great leaders and sayings have also inspired you?

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