Favorite Inspirational Quotes for CFOs

Thanks for giving us a reminder to step back from the busyness of life to consider the crossroads. Three thoughts come to mind for our encouragement:
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. Acknowledge Him in all your ways and He will direct your paths." Proverbs 3:5-6

"Some see difficulty in every opportunity. Others see opportunity in every difficulty." Winston Churchill

“Focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear." - Anthony Robbins

I would like to a few of my new favorite quotes contributed by CFOs from a similar discussion I started on LnkedIn:

"Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react."- Charles Swindol

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." -
Winston Churchill

From Steve Prefontaine: "To do anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift."

Those who have not made big mistakes, must have had a very boring and unproductive life."-Napoleon Bonaparte

"Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” - Will Rogers

Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up, it knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're the lion or a gazelle-when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.”

― Christopher McDougall, Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

Whether you think you can or think you can't you are correct.
When you first get the news, wait for the sacrament of confirmation ~ Voltaire
Common sense is not so common ~ Voltaire
We are what we continuously do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit ~Aristotle
You may delay, but time will not and lost time is never found again ~ Benjamin Franklin

"If what you have is not what you need, it is not your harvest, it is your seed". Not sure of the source.

My favorite is ... you can manage what you don't measure

"You are successful and creative if you find opportunity in every problem" Swami Chinmayananda

“Tell me and I will forget. Show me and I will remember. Involve me and I will understand. Step back and I will act.”
-Chinese Proverb

"Early to bed and early to rise make a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."
-Benjamin Franklin

A concentrated mind pays attention to THOUGHTS,WORDS,ACTIONS AND PLANS-If you permit your mind to roam aimlessly,you will not accomplish ANYTHING WORTHWHILE in your lifetime!
....Do nothing,then prepare to BE NOTHING!

Being CFO is the business that you run, not the business you work for. You are your own business. Your customer is the business you work for, you are compensated by the business you work for and have to deliver value for the business you work for. - The Guide To CFO Success

I have a new quote to add to my favorites courtesy of Richard Branson: "Train people well enough so they can leave; Treat them well enough so they don't want to."

Thank you :)