Amanda C. Spurlock

“Leadership ultimately is about influence and leverage. You are, after all, only one person. To be successful, you need to mobilize the energy of many others in your organization.”
― Michael D. Watkins, The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter

“you need to think and act like you’re running a start-up: your career.”
― Reid Hoffman, The Startup of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career

“When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal. If you give up before your goal has been reached, you are a "quitter.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think And Grow Rich

“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory or defeat.”
― David McCullough, The Path Between the Seas