Davos Special: 10 inspiring life advice quotes from global leaders

This is what makes the World Economic Forum's annual summit special.

Melinda Gates WEF Davos

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‘Goals are only wishes, unless you have a plan.’
-- Melinda Gates, co-chair,
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Lynette Wallworth WEF Davos

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‘Resilience is about being able to look your fear in the eyes.’
-- Lynette Wallworth, artist

Kevin P Ryan WEF Davos

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‘Being an entrepreneur, you learn more from your failures than successes.’
-- Kevin P Ryan,
founder and chairman,
Gilt Groupe

Arianna Huffington WEF Davos

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‘Since the industrial revolution, we’ve been living under this delusion that burnout is necessary to succeed, that human beings can minimize downtime the way we try to do with machines. When, in fact, scientists will tell us that the human operating system needs downtime. We need time to unplug, to recharge, sleep deeply.’
-- Arianna Huffington,
Thrive Global founder and CEO

Kishore Mahbubani WEF Davos

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‘Sometimes you need a major crisis to bring people together.’
-- Kishore Mahbubani, Dean,
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore

Meg Whitman WEF Davos

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‘You can always go faster than you think you can.’
-- Meg Whitman, then CEO,
Hewlett Packard Enterprise

maurice Levy WEF Davos

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‘The beauty in the world is that everyone can change it.’
-- Maurice Levy, chairman and CEO,
Publicis Groupe

Cathy Engelbert WEF Davos

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‘Raise your hand, take risks, and don’t fear failure -- it’s one of the biggest impediments to success.’
-- Cathy Engelbert, CEO, Deloitte

John F Kerry WEF Davos

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‘We are not the prisoners of a predetermined future.’
-- John F Kerry,
then US Secretary of State

Klaus Schwab WEF Davos

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‘There are four ingredients in true leadership: brains, soul, heart, and good nerves.’
-- Klaus Schwab,
founder and executive chairman,
World Economic Forum