Emerald Entrepreneur 

CAFFEINATION QUOTES

I'd rather take coffee than compliments just now

~ Louisa May Alcott - Author

I love it when the coffee kicks in and I realize what an adorable badass I'm going to be today.

~ Nanea Hoffman - Artist & Mental Health Advocate

Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.

~ Anne Morrow Lindburgh - Poet

I like my coffee like I like myself: strong, sweet, and too hot for you.

~ Jac Vanek

It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity.

~ Dave Barry - Comedian

Coffee first. Schemes later.

~ Leanna Renee Hieber

INSPIRATION QUOTES

Success isn’t about how much money you make, it’s about the difference you make in people’s lives.

~ Michelle Obama, First African-American First Lady of the United States

“Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.”

~ Mary Kay Ash

"This is what will change the world...a ground swell of people pouring their energy into manifesting their "preferred future" instead of being worn down by disillusion and disappointment."

~ Molly Carlile - international speaker/author

I am always doing things I can't do, that's how I get to do them

~ Pablo Picasso - Artist

Explore this next great frontier where the boundaries between work and higher purpose are merging into one, where doing good is really good for business

~ Richard Branson

I’m going to make everything around me beautiful – That will be my life

~ Elsie De Wolfe

CREATION QUOTES

“Follow your passion — and if you don’t know what it is, realize that one reason for your existence on earth is to find it.”

~ Oprah Winfrey

How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself.

~ Anais Nin - Author

Define success in your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you’re proud to live.

~ Anne Sweeney, Co-Chair of Disney Media Networks

Want to change the world? There's nothing to it

~ Gener Wilder as Willie Wonka

"Our fear of the unknown and our fear of making mistakes trick us into focusing on what we don't know or can't do. When we give ourselves the freedom to be uncertain and less than perfect, then we can start thinking, 'What do I know? What can I do?' That's when the adventure starts -- learning, thriving, conquering, failing, recouping, and having a ton of fun."

~ Kristin Smith

DEDICATION QUOTES

“Do. Or do not. There is no try"

~ Yoda - Teacher and Jedi Master

Don’t worry about being successful but work toward being significant and the success will naturally follow.

~ Oprah Winfrey

“Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth.

~ Julie Andrews, Actress, Singer and Author

“Option A is not available. So let’s kick the sh** out of option B.”

~ Sheryl Sandberg - COO of Facebook

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does

~ William James

“Success doesn’t come from what you do occasionally. It comes from what you do consistently.”

~ Marie Forleo - Entrepreneur

"Life-fulfilling work is never about the money -- when you feel true passion for something, you instinctively find ways to nurture it."

~ Eileen Fisher - FAshion Designer

EDUCATION QUOTES

“If you don’t get out of the box you’ve been raised in, you won’t understand how much bigger the world is.”

~ Angelina Jolie - Actress & Philanthropist

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

~ Nelson Mandela

COLLABORATION QUOTES

“Know what you bring. Know what you don’t bring. And build a team that covers everything you need.”

~ Angie Hicks, Founder of Angie's List

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

~ Maya Angelou - Author & Poet

"Find the smartest people you can and surround yourself with them."

~ Marissa Meyer, CEO - Yahoo

INNOVATION QUOTES

“We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes—understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success.”

~ Arianna Huffington - Founder - Huffington Post

“In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.”

~ Coco Chanel

“Success … is no longer a simple ascension of steps. You need to climb sideways and sometimes down, and sometimes you need to swing from the jungle gym and establish your own turf somewhere else on the playground.”

~ Reid Hoffman, Founder of LinkedIn

If you do things well, do them better. Be daring, be first, be different, be just

~ Anita Roddick, Founder of Body Shop

"One of the most important things I have learned is that businesses don't fail, entrepreneurs give up. Now sometimes, giving up is the right decision. But usually you just need to dig in and figure out how to make things better. Remember: Every day is a new opportunity to get up and do it better than yesterday!"

~ Adda Birnir

RELAXATION QUOTES

“My point is, life is about balance. The good and the bad. The highs and the lows. The pina and the colada.”

~ Ellen Degeneres - Actor

“You must take the time to do something that brings you joy. If you are saying to yourself, ‘I can’t do that because I have to pick up the kids, and run my business, and … and … who’s got time for fun? Are you insane?’ If you don’t have time for fun, you’ll be forced to take time for illness. Then what?”

~ Beth Ramsay - Author

“Gardening is how I relax. It's another form of creating and playing with colors.”

~ Oscar de la Renta

“The thing I love most about going on vacation is that I get to leave behind any kind of schedule. My entire life is scheduled from morning to night, and when I'm on vacation, there is no schedule.

~ Kelly Clarkson