Start your day with an inspiring Quote of the Day featuring powerful words of wisdom, motivation, success, and positivity.
Starting a business requires more than money. For Nigerian business magnate Mike Adenuga, one of the most important requirements is understanding exactly what you are getting into before committing your resources. “Any business I want to go into, I try to know the business, because without knowing the business, it is easy to be hoodwinked,” … Read more
Starting a business can be exciting, but keeping that business alive and growing is often the harder challenge. For Nigerian businessman and investor Tony Elumelu, entrepreneurship is not simply about creating businesses. It is about building companies that can survive, grow and contribute to the wider economy. “Starting businesses is good. Sustaining them is critical, … Read more
“If You Are Going Into Any Business, You Must Understand the Business A to Z” – Aliko Dangote There is a difference between entering a business because it looks profitable and building a business because you understand how it works. Aliko Dangote has spent decades building one of Africa’s largest business groups, and one of … Read more
Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith, born in 1728, made his name as a novelist, playwright and poet, and is best known for The Vicar of Wakefield and the comedy She Stoops to Conquer. He also wrote a satirical work in letters called The Citizen of the World, narrated by an imagined Chinese philosopher living in London. … Read more
There’s a particular kind of waiting many people live in without noticing it. Life will really start once the promotion comes through, once the business hits a certain revenue, once the house is paid off, once the next milestone arrives. Each plan feels like the thing standing between now and the life that’s supposed to … Read more
Author, lecturer and activist Helen Keller spent most of her life proving that one person’s limits are not the end of the story. Born in Alabama in 1880, she lost her sight and hearing as a toddler, learned language through her teacher Anne Sullivan, and went on to earn a university degree and campaign for … Read more
Essayist and lecturer Ralph Waldo Emerson, born in Boston in 1803, was a former minister who became the central voice of American Transcendentalism. In his 1841 essay “Compensation,” he wrote a sentence that now sits at the root of the modern idea of paying it forward: “The benefit we receive must be rendered again, line … Read more
Pastor and author Charles R. Swindoll has spent decades teaching a simple idea: “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” Variations of the phrase existed in print before Swindoll became associated with it, but he is the one who built it into a lasting personal message, repeating it … Read more
Baptist minister and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. spent much of his public life arguing against one common excuse: that the moment is not yet right. By the time he spoke at Oberlin College in October 1964, he had led the 381-day Montgomery bus boycott and had won the Nobel Peace Prize. Press … Read more
Why this quote still matters today In June 2005, Steve Jobs stood in front of Stanford’s graduating class and said something that has since been repeated in more commencement speeches, LinkedIn posts and office posters than almost any other line from a tech executive: “The only way to do great work is to love what … Read more