With the new year comes a chance for new beginnings.  For small business owners this could mean a new business plan, overdue renovations or even opening another location.  As the leader of your business it is important that you maintain your spark and motivation to serve as an inspiration to the rest of your organization.  Here we’ve compiled ten quotes to ponder and share in the new year.

1. “This is a new year. A new beginning. And things will change.” —Taylor Swift

2. “Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.” – Henry Ford

3. “Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.” – Jack Welch

4. "Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do." —Liz Smith

5. “It Doesn’t Matter Where You Came From. All That Matters Is Where You Are Going.” – Brian Tracy

6. “Success Is Getting What You Want, Happiness Is Wanting What You Get.” – W. P. Kinsella

7. “A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination, and hard work.” -- Colin Powell

8. “Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” -- Steve Jobs

9. "It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation." -- Herman Melville

10. "Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it." -- Henry David Thoreau

11. “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” – Thomas Edison

12. “Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.” – Zig Ziglar

13. “Crystallize your goals. Make a plan for achieving them and set yourself a deadline. Then, with supreme confidence, determination and disregard for obstacles and other people’s criticisms, carry out your plan.” – Paul J. Meyer

14. “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis

15. “The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old but on building the new.” — Socrates

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