Entrepreneur Quotes

List of top sayings and quotations by famous entrepreneurs like Madam C. J. Walker, Elon Musk and Gurbaksh Chahal


  • If I have accomplished anything in life it is because I have been willing to work hard.

    — Madam C. J. Walker
    689
  • Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.

    — Malcolm Stevenson Forbes
    477
  • 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.

    — Madam C. J. Walker
    353
  • IT'S PRETTY HARD for the Lord TO GUIDE YOU IF YOU HAVEN'T MADE UP YOUR MIND WHICH WAY TO GO.

    — Madam C. J. Walker
    325
  • I could either watch it happen or be part of it.

    — Elon Musk
    307
  • I am not ashamed of my past. I am not ashamed of my humble beginning.

    — Madam C. J. Walker
    233
  •  image quote by Kim Garst

    You have only got three choices in life: give up, give in, or give it all you've got.

    — Kim Garst
    45
  • When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

    — Elon Musk
    231
  • Perseverance is my motto.

    — Madam C. J. Walker
    230
  • I am not satisfied in making money for myself.

    I endeavor to provide employment for hundreds of the women of my race.

    — Madam C. J. Walker
    207
  • Your trial is temporary, but God’s Love is permanent.

    — Bo Sanchez
    188
  • Take Charge Of Your Financial Future.

    I believe investing small amounts each month in the stock market will give you financial freedom in the later years of your life.

    — Bo Sanchez
    174
  • I want the great masses of my people to take a greater pride in their personal appearance and to give their hair proper attention.

    — Madam C. J. Walker
    159
  •  image quote by Chris Gardner

    Do something that makes you happy and makes you feel good about yourself.

    — Chris Gardner
    33
  • Happy relationships don't just happen. You make them happen.

    — Bo Sanchez
    158
  • I've also learned that the biggest lessons came from my biggest mistakes.

    — Gurbaksh Chahal
    153
  • People tend to think that in order to start a new business they have to come up with something new and dazzling, but that's a myth - and it's often propagated by venture capitalists.

    — Gurbaksh Chahal
    149
  • Your past may not be perfect, but it was perfect for your purpose.

    — Bo Sanchez
    149
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  • Find something you love and do it better than everyone else.

    — Gurbaksh Chahal
    146
  • Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can't be done.

    — Bo Bennett
    146
  •  image quote by Elon Musk

    When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

    — Elon Musk
    25
  • You might say that I was the first and caused others to awaken to the sense of their duty in helping deserving causes for the benefit of the race.

    — Madam C. J. Walker
    145
  • There would be no hair growing business today had I not started it.

    — Madam C. J. Walker
    144
  • Everything starts with a dream, a particle of our imagination that teases us of what the future could be like, as long as we fight for it.

    — Gurbaksh Chahal
    144
  • Your legacy is being written by yourself. Make the right decisions.

    — Gary Vaynerchuk
    143
  • People still stereotype all day long.

    But if you forget your own age, you'll get so focused on the business that you become ultra-confident and people will forget to question how old you are.

    — Gurbaksh Chahal
    142
  • It doesn't matter if the glass is half empty or half full.

    Be grateful you have a glass - your the only person that can decide what's in it.

    — Gurbaksh Chahal
    141
  •  image quote by Gary Vaynerchuk

    No matter what you do, your job is to tell your story.

    — Gary Vaynerchuk
    24
  • If life gives you lemons, make apple juice and make people wonder how the hell you did it.

    — Gurbaksh Chahal
    141
  • You want to hire #‎ entrepreneurs , people who are natural problem solvers -- the ones who see opportunity when most see impossibility.

    — Gurbaksh Chahal
    138
  • You quit, you lose. You keep going, you may still lose. But, your ambition will never die.

    — Gurbaksh Chahal
    134
  • I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South.

    From there I was promoted to the washtub. From there I was promoted to the cook kitchen. And from there I promoted myself into the business of manufacturing hair goods and preparations....I have built my own factory on my own ground.

    — Madam C. J. Walker
    128
  • If you genuinely want something, don't wait for it -- teach yourself to be impatient.

    — Gurbaksh Chahal
    124
  • Inspire yourself to be great. Being good isn't good enough.

    — Gurbaksh Chahal
    123
  •  image quote by Elon Musk

    If something is important enough, even if odds are against you, you should still do it.

    — Elon Musk
    20
  • The secret to success: find something you love to do so much, you can’t wait for the sun to rise to do it all over again.

    — Chris Gardner
    116
  • I'm too drunk to taste this chicken

    — Colonel Sanders
    108
  • Failure is success if we learn from it.

    — Malcolm Stevenson Forbes
    104
  • The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy.

    — Malcolm Stevenson Forbes
    98
  • Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.

    — Elon Musk
    96
  • Work like hell. I mean you just have to put in 80 to 100 hour weeks every week. [This] improves the odds of success. If other people are putting in 40 hour work weeks and you’re putting in 100 hour work weeks, then even if you’re doing the same thing you know that you will achieve in 4 months what it takes them a year to achieve.

    — Elon Musk
    94
  •  image quote by Kim Garst

    You have only got three choices in life give up, give in, or give it all you've got.

    — Kim Garst
    20
  • That diploma you hold in your hands today is really just your learner's permit for the rest of the drive through life. Remember, you don't have to be smarter than the next person, all you have to do is be willing to work harder than the next person.

    — Jimmy Iovine
    93
  • Trust is the easiest thing in the world to lose, and the hardest thing in the world to get back.

    — R. M. Williams
    93
  • My dad is like a cactus - introverted and tough.

    I'm a people person, like my mom, but I got my competitiveness from my dad. He came to this country from Belarus with nothing and built a real business. He's my hero for giving me that need to run a business and for having enormous confidence in me.

    — Gary Vaynerchuk
    91
  • I want to die on Mars, just not on impact.

    — Elon Musk
    88
  • Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

    — Malcolm Stevenson Forbes
    87
  • You never regret taking a night to sleep on an emotional response.

    But you do regret ones done in the moment.

    — Alex Hormozi
    85
  •  image quote by James Altucher

    Life is too long to reject the opportunities in front of you every day.

    — James Altucher
    17
  • Adding a deadline and incorporating one or multiple forms of urgency will get more people to take action than would otherwise.

    — Alex Hormozi
    85
  • We pay for every lesson with either time or money. And we use the currency we value least.

    — Alex Hormozi
    85
  • It used to be that you had to come to Silicon Valley, walk up Sand Hill Road, network with individuals. That's now being completely changed and turned on its head by the whole ICO thing.

    — Balaji Srinivasan
    84
  • We believe the most significant long-term application of bitcoin may be reducing the upfront cost of internet-connected devices to make them more accessible for the developing world.

    — Balaji Srinivasan
    84
  • People want what they can’t have. People want what other people want. People want things only a select few have access to.

    — Alex Hormozi
    84
  • You have to relinquish the frame of the victim, no matter how true it may be.

    Whatever you point to as the oppressor, is the thing that you give your power to.

    — Alex Hormozi
    84
  •  image quote by Bo Bennett

    A single question can be more influential than a thousand statements.

    — Bo Bennett
    17
  • Do not give power to your excuses. Own your circumstances, because no one else will.

    — Alex Hormozi
    84
  • Get real. You are not the star of the movie. Most of what happens around you isn’t about you at all. There are infinite numbers of other movies. In those, if you feature at all, you’re just a supporting actor. It would really help your happiness if you started to look at your life that way.

    — Mo Gawdat
    84
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