Unlock the wisdom and inspiration that the world of entrepreneurship has to offer with our curated collection of '100 Entrepreneurship Quotes of All Time.' From industry pioneers to visionaries, these quotes encapsulate the essence of the entrepreneurial journey. Delve into a world of motivation, innovation, and determination as you explore the insights shared by successful entrepreneurs, thought leaders, and business moguls. Whether you're a seasoned business owner, an aspiring entrepreneur, or simply seeking a dose of inspiration, these quotes are sure to ignite your passion for the entrepreneurial path. Join us as we celebrate the power of entrepreneurial spirit and the transformative impact it has on shaping industries, economies, and the world at large.
"When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it."
"The thing that motivates me is a very common form of motivation. And that is, with other folks counting on me, it’s so easy to be motivated."
"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."
"Don’t try to have it all. Aim for what matters most and what you’re willing to consistently work for. Don’t judge yourself and don’t judge others. Help other women lift each other up."
"It doesn’t matter how many times you have failed. You only have to be right once."
"Whatever you do, be different—that was the advice my mother gave me, and I can’t think of better advice for an entrepreneur. If you’re different, you will stand out."
"Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don’t fight them. Just find a new way to stand."
"The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall."
"I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them."
"Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 20 or 80. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young."
"People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing—that’s why we recommend it daily."
"Too many people measure how successful they are by how much money they make or the people that they associate with. In my opinion, true success should be measured by how happy you are."
"It’s fine to celebrate success, but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure."
"In the world of business, the people who are most successful are those who are doing what they love."
"Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals."
"The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds."
"Success in the knowledge economy comes to those who know themselves—their strengths, their values, and how they best perform."
"When you build technology it’s not just a matter of “what.” In most cases the success ends up determined by “how” you build it—which foundations you used, how simple and scalable it is."
"There’s a silly notion that failure’s not an option at NASA. Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough."
"I learned to always take on things I’d never done before. Growth and comfort do not coexist."
"The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand."
"Failures are life’s way of nudging you and letting you know you are off course. Trying new things and not being afraid to fail along the way are more important than what you learn in school."
"Success depends on employees. For me, knowing and connecting with my employees is very important."
"Success is empty if you arrive at the finish line alone. The best reward is to get there surrounded by winners."
"There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed."
"No matter what, expect the unexpected. And whenever possible, be the unexpected."
"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it."
"Business opportunities are like buses: there’s always another one coming."
"The best customer service is if the customer doesn’t need to call you, doesn't need to talk to you. It just works."
"Management is about human beings. Its task is to make people capable of joint performance, to make their strengths effective and their weaknesses irrelevant."
"If you broke a lot of rules as a kid, you’d probably make a great entrepreneur."
"I definitely see a correlation between how many things a company gets right and how fast a company grows."
"And I’d say one of the great lessons I’ve learned over the past couple of decades, from a management perspective, is that really, when you come down to it, it really is all about people and all about leadership."
"It is not the genius at the top giving directions that makes people great. It is great people that make the guy at the top look like a genius."
"Whatever you do, don’t play it safe. Don’t do things the way they’ve always been done. Don't try to fit the system. If you do what's expected of you, you’ll never accomplish more than others expect."
"Making the decision to not follow a system or someone else’s rules has allowed me to really dig into what my own strengths and gifts are without spending time feeling jaded or wasteful."
"In a world that’s changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks."
"As a leader, it’s a major responsibility on your shoulders to practice the behavior you want others to follow."
"Entrepreneurship is the last refuge of the trouble-making individual."
"If you wake up deciding what you want to give versus what you’re going to get, you become a more successful person. In other words, if you want to make money, you have to help someone else make money."
"All humans are entrepreneurs, not because they should start companies, but because the will to create is encoded in human DNA, and creation is the essence of entrepreneurship."
"If people haven’t laughed at your dreams, then you aren’t dreaming big enough. Just keep pushing forward."
"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."
"Life-fulfilling work is never about the money—when you feel true passion for something, you instinctively find ways to nurture it."
"I dream, I test my dreams against my beliefs, I dare to take risks, and I execute my vision to make those dreams come true."
"Importantly, in a great team, you argue about ideas totally independent of ego. In great teams, the success of your idea is independent from your success. Just helping to find the best idea matters."
"Don’t start a business unless it’s an obsession and something you love. If you have an exit strategy, it’s not an obsession."
"If you have a dream, you can spend a lifetime studying, planning, and getting ready for it. What you should be doing is getting started."
"A full belly is little worth where the mind is starved."
"Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don’t need to escape from."
"I think it is often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams. Since no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition."
"It's stunning to me what kind of an impact even one person can have if they have the right passion, perspective, and are able to align the interest of a great team."
"The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."
"Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle."
"One of the huge mistakes people make is that they try to force an interest on themselves. You don’t choose your passions; your passions choose you."
"Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you."
"Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow."
"If you don't love what you do, you won’t do it with much conviction or passion."
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious."
"Startups are the truest passion projects."
"Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything."
"Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations."
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
"Vision without action is a daydream."
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."
"I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that’s how you grow. When there’s that moment of ‘Wow, I’m not really sure I can do this,’ and you push through those moments, that’s when you have a breakthrough."
"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving."
"Everything in life has some risk, and what you have to actually learn to do is how to navigate it."
"Don’t pass up something that’s attractive today because you think you will find something better tomorrow."
"There’s this joy that comes from sitting down to solve a problem and standing up when it’s done and good. Building a company or managing people is never just done."
"Today, not starting is far, far worse than being wrong. If you start, you’ve got a shot at evolving and adjusting to turn your wrong into a right. But if you don’t start, you never get a chance."
"There is no better measure of your values than how you spend your time."
"People think innovation is just having a good idea, but a lot of it is just moving quickly and trying a lot of things."
"An idea can only become a reality once it is broken down into organized, actionable elements."
"My advice for anyone thinking of starting their own business is, above all, don’t wait. If you get an idea in the shower in the morning, try to make it the next day."
"You have to see failure as the beginning and the middle, but never entertain it as an end."
"Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself. Imitation is suicide."
"So often people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard."
"It’s time for you to move, realizing that the thing you are seeking is also seeking you."
"Life is short, and it’s up to you to make it sweet."
"You are on the eve of a complete victory. You can’t go wrong. The world is behind you."
"Be passionate and move forward with gusto every single hour of every single day, until you reach your goal."
"You can and should set your own limits and clearly articulate them. This takes courage, but it is also liberating and empowering, and often earns you new respect."
"If you’re changing the world, you’re working on important things. You’re excited to get up in the morning."
"Fearlessness is not the absence of fear. It's the mastery of fear. It's about getting up one more time than we fall down."
"Instead of freaking out about these constraints, embrace them. Let them guide you. Constraints drive innovation and force focus. Instead of trying to remove them, use them to your advantage."
"Our chief want in life, is someone who shall make us do what we can. This is the service of a friend. With him, we are easily great."
"Tough times never last, but tough people do."
"Don’t worry about being successful but work toward being significant and the success will naturally follow."
"Remember why you started."
"There is nothing more beautiful than someone who goes out of their way to make life beautiful for others."
"You have to believe it before you see it."
"Be so good they can’t ignore you."
"Never underestimate the power of a t-shirt."
"Be the change you wish to see in the world."
"An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he’ll quickly learn how to chew it."
"We all have things we must do that we don’t really care to do and things we must do that we don’t mind doing, then there’s the goofing off."
"A ship in the harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for."
"If you don’t have big dreams and goals, you’ll end up working for someone that does."
"In carrying out e-commerce, the most important thing is to keep doing what you are doing right now with passion, to keep it up."
