1. You never stop learning
2. Simple ideas can trigger massive results
3. Life never stands still. If you’re not rising, you’re sinking.
4. Doing nothing is never the answer to a problem.
5. Some people work hard to get to the top of the tree but even when they reach it they will never achieve as much as if they had aimed for the stars but only got half way there.
6. Real entrepreneurs are always looking for new ideas.
7. It doesn’t matter how good your job is the only really successful person is the owner of the company. He is also the only one who can’t be sacked.
8. If at first you don’t succeed the only failure is the person who doesn’t pick himself up, dust himself down and start all over again.
9. If at first you don’t succeed but keep on trying you will eventually achieve your aims.
10. Being a success is a habit you want to cultivate. It gets easier every time you achieve it.

List compiled by Theodora Cochrane. She has been a successful entrepreneur for many years and is author Prospecting For Gold which is a business course designed to help budding entrepreneurs take the first steps to success and to offer helpful suggestions to established entrepreneurs looking for opportunities to climb a few more mountains.