Top 100 Quotes Every Entrepreneur Should Live By
The nature of being an entrepreneur means that you fully embrace ambiguity and are comfortable with being challenged regularly. Choosing this career path is completely irrational because the odds of succeeding are dismal, but most succeed because of their unwavering belief, laser focus on delivering, and persistence.
Running your own business is no cakewalk, but if you're willing to put in the time and effort to build something you care about, you can create a very rewarding career. Whether an entrepreneurial endeavor is something you've been dreaming about for years or is a notion you've only just begun to entertain, here are 100 inspirational quotes to help you on your path to taking the leap, becoming your own boss, and running your own business:
Design by Present1. As an entrepreneur, you never stop learning - Daymond John
2. I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work - Thomas Edison
3. Genius is 1 percent inspiration, and 99 percent perspiration - Thomas Edison
4. What is not started will never get finished - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
5. Winners never quit, and quitters never win - Vince Lombardi
6. Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere - Albert Einstein
7. Failure isn’t failure unless you don’t learn from it. -- Dr. Ronald Niednagel
8. Im an entrepreneur ‘Ambitious’ is my middle name - Kim Kardashian
9. Being an entrepreneur is hard. Having supportive caring investors helps - Fred Wilson
10. As an entrepreneur, you only fail when you give up - Naveen Jain
11. “A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.” —Colin Powell
12. “Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.” —Newt Gingrich
13. “Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them.” —Ann Landers
14. “Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.” —Peter Drucker
15. “Start by doing what’s necessary, then what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” —Saint Francis of Assisi
16. “91% of freelancers think the future of the profession is bright.” - 99firms.com
17. “Half of the working US population will turn to freelance work over the next five years.” - 99firms.com
18. “31% of freelancers earn $75,000+ a year.” - 99firms.com
19. “There are 57 million freelancers in the US.” - 99firms.com
20.”30% of Fortune 500 companies are hiring through Upwork.” - 99firms.com
21. A leader is a dealer in hope - Napoleon Bonaparte
22. A manager says, go. A leader says, let's go. - John Maxwell
23. Teamwork makes the Dreamwork
24. You donít need a title to be a leader - Multiple Attributions
25. Leadership is influence - John C. Maxwell
26. Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality - Warren Bennis
27. Where there is no vision, the people perish - Proverbs 29:18
28. Education is the mother of leadership - Wendell Willkie
29. Whatever you are, be a good one - Abraham Lincoln
30. Earn your leadership every day - Michael Jordan
31. A leader is a dealer in hope - Napoleon Bonaparte
32. A manager says, go. A leader says, let's go. - John Maxwell
33. Teamwork makes the Dreamwork
34. You donít need a title to be a leader - Multiple Attributions
35. Leadership is influence - John C. Maxwell
36. Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality - Warren Bennis
37. Where there is no vision, the people perish - Proverbs 29:18
38. Education is the mother of leadership - Wendell Willkie
39. Whatever you are, be a good one - Abraham Lincoln
40. Earn your leadership every day - Michael Jordan
41. As long as youíre going to be thinking anyway, think big - Donald Trump
42. When you cease to dream, you cease to live - Malcolm Forbes
43. Success is not what you have, but who you are - Bo Bennett
44. What is not started will never get finished - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
45. If you can dream it, you can do it - Walt Disney
46. Always deliver more than expected - Larry Page
47. Fail often so you can succeed sooner - Tom Kelley
48. Iím not afraid of dying, Iím afraid of not trying - Jay Z
49. A hard thing is done by figuring out how to start - Rand Fishkin
50. I'm an entrepreneur. 'Ambitious' is my middle name - Kim Kardashian
51. “If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.” - Frank A. Clark
52. “The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.” Moliere
53. “Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional.” – Roger Crawford
54. “Achieving success is a challenge but so is struggling so you may as well choose success.” – Rob Liano
55. “Obstacles do not block the path, they are the path.”
56. “Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” Christian Larson
57. “As with the butterfly, adversity is necessary to build character in people.” – Joseph B. Wirthlin
58. “Life keeps throwing me stones. And I keep finding the diamonds.”– Ana Claudia Antunes
59. “Turn your wounds into wisdom.”– Oprah Winfrey
60. “Because some people see a wall, and assume that’s the end of their journey. Others see it, and decide it’s just the beginning.”– Angeline Trevena
61. “Invest in yourself. When you do this, you press the fast-forward button on your success.” - John Lee Dumas
62. “The tactics drive the strategy.” - Marc Benioff
63. “Don’t Build Links. Build Relationships.” - Rand Fishkin
64. “Don’t let others convince you that the idea is good when your gut tells you it’s bad.” - Kevin Rose
65. “Be nicer to your customers than your competitors.” - Richard Reed
66. “In the age of transparency, honesty, and generosity, even in the form of an apology, generate goodwill.” — Alexander Asseily
67. “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” - Walt Disney
68. “Tough times never last, but tough people do.” - Robert H. Schuller
69. “Don’t worry about being successful but work toward being significant and the success will naturally follow.” - Oprah Winfrey
70. “Remember why you started.”
71. The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot - Michael Altshuler
72. Procrastination is the foundation of all disasters - Pandora Poikilos
73. There is only one now. And look! How rich we are in it - Vanna Bonta
74. One always has time enough, if one will apply it well - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
75. Water flow away and never come back - Sarita
76. Time is what we want most, but what we use worst - William Penn
77. There is nothing else to be worried about, But TIME - Haresh Sippy
78. There is never enough time to enjoy what you love - Joyce Rachelle
79. Stop killing and wasting time. Get something done today - Sunday Adelaja
80. Life is a race against disappearing time - Sunday Adelaja
81. “No matter how much falls on us, we keep plowing ahead. That's the only way to keep the roads clear.” ― Greg Kincaid
82. “It’s your reaction to adversity, not adversity itself that determines how your life’s story will develop.” ― Dieter F. Uchtdorf
83. “I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.” ― Maya Angelou
84. “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” ― Confucius
85. “We are not a product of what has happened to us in our past. We have the power of choice.” ― Stephen Covey
86. “Turn your wounds into wisdom.” ― Oprah Winfrey
87. “Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.” ― Les Brown
88. "Resilience is knowing that you are the only one that has the power and the responsibility to pick yourself up." ― Mary Holloway
89. “Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient.” ― Steve Maraboli
90. “Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.” ― Nelson Mandela
91. Quiet the mind, and the soul will speak. - Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati
92. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. - James Allen
93. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. - Lao Tzu
94. Meditation is all about connecting with your soul. - Deepak Chopra
95. Through meditation, the higher self is experienced. - Bhagavad Gita
96. Even in the midst of disturbance, the stillness of the mind can offer sanctuary. - Stephen Richards
97. Awareness is the greatest agent for change. - Eckhart Tolle
98. Open the window of your mind. Allow the fresh air, new lights and new truths to enter. - Amit Ray
99. Meditation is the secret of all growth in spiritual life and knowledge. - James Allen
100. Silence isn’t empty, it’s full of answers.
