185 Successful Entrepreneurs Quotes to Help You Achieve Business Success

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Famous Entrepreneurs Quotes

If you don't find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die. — Warren Buffett

Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage. — Victor Kiam

The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it. — Abraham Lincoln

If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward. — Martin Luther King, Jr.

The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity. — Peter Drucker

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there. - Stevie Wonder

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there. — Stevie Wonder

You never fail until you stop trying. — Albert Einstein

God will take care of what you go through. You take care of how you go through it. — Zig Ziglar

God created war so that Americans would learn geography. — Mark Twain

Eventually all things fall into place. Until then, laugh at the confusion, live for the moments, and know EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON. — Albert Schweitzer

Short Entrepreneurs Quotes

  • If you can dream it, you can do it. Your limits are all within yourself. — Brian Tracy
  • You never lose a dream, it just incubates as a hobby. — Larry Page
  • No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness. — Aristotle
  • It is better to be alone than in bad company. — Unknown Author
  • Can you remember who you were, before the world told you who you should be? — Charles Bukowski
  • The loudest one in the room is the weakest one in the room. — Frank Lucas
  • Young entrepreneurs will make a difference in the Indian ecosystem. — Sayings
  • I've also learned that the biggest lessons came from my biggest mistakes. — Gurbaksh Chahal
  • Find something you love and do it better than everyone else. — Gurbaksh Chahal
  • Having a vision for what you want is not enough...Vision without execution is hallucination — Thomas A. Edison

Entrepreneurs Image Quotes

The answers you get depend upon the questions you ask. - Thomas Kuhn quote

The answers you get depend upon the questions you ask. — Thomas Kuhn

How you climb a mountain is more important than reaching the top - Yvon Chouinard quote

How you climb a mountain is more important than reaching the top — Yvon Chouinard

Entrepreneurs quote By far the most common mistake startups make is to solve problems no one has.
By far the most common mistake startups make is to solve problems no one has.
Genius is the recovery of childhood at will. - Arthur Rimbaud quote

Genius is the recovery of childhood at will. — Arthur Rimbaud

My number one piece of advice is: you should learn how to program. - Mark Zuckerberg quote

My number one piece of advice is: you should learn how to program. — Mark Zuckerberg

Entrepreneurs quote An entrepreneur is someone who jumps off a cliff, and builds a plane on his way down.
An entrepreneur is someone who jumps off a cliff, and builds a plane on his way down.
If you think you can't, you're right. - Carol Bartz quote

If you think you can't, you're right. — Carol Bartz

Fear is the disease. Hustle is the antidote. - Travis Kalanick quote

Fear is the disease. Hustle is the antidote. — Travis Kalanick

Don’t be in a rush to get big. Be in a rush to have a great product. - Eric Ries quote

Don’t be in a rush to get big. Be in a rush to have a great product. — Eric Ries

Entrepreneurs quote Entrepreneur = someone who jumps off a cliff and builds a plane on the way down.
Entrepreneur = someone who jumps off a cliff and builds a plane on the way down.
You have two choices: You can make a living, or you can design a life. - Jim Rohn quote

You have two choices: You can make a living, or you can design a life. — Jim Rohn

Work on your relationships... Relationships need renewal or they die. - Bo Sanchez quote

Work on your relationships... Relationships need renewal or they die. — Bo Sanchez

In embracing change, entrepreneurs ensure social and economic stability. - George Gilder quote

In embracing change, entrepreneurs ensure social and economic stability. — George Gilder

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory. - Ralph Waldo Emerson quote

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Attitude is greatly shaped by influence and association. - Jim Rohn quote

Attitude is greatly shaped by influence and association. — Jim Rohn

Entrepreneur is someone who has a vision for something and a want to create. - David Karp quote

Entrepreneur is someone who has a vision for something and a want to create. — David Karp

All you've got to do is decide to go and the hardest part is over. - Tony Wheeler quote

All you've got to do is decide to go and the hardest part is over. — Tony Wheeler

Yesterday's home runs don't win today's games. - Babe Ruth quote

Yesterday's home runs don't win today's games. — Babe Ruth

Let every man be master of his time. - William Shakespeare quote

Let every man be master of his time. — William Shakespeare

Young Successful Entrepreneurs Quotes

If you're going to be thinking anyway, think big! — Donald Trump

Always deliver more than expected. - Larry Page

Always deliver more than expected. — Larry Page

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. — Jeff Bezos

If you just work on stuff that you like and you're passionate about, you don't have to have a master plan with how things will play out. — Mark Zuckerberg

Every single person I know who is successful at what they do is successful because they love doing it. — Joe Penna

I'm not afraid of dying I'm afraid of not trying — Jay-Z

It is important for young entrepreneurs to be adequately self-aware to know what they do not know. — Mark Zuckerberg

We are really competing against ourselves, we have no control over how other people perform. — Pete Cashmore

You don't choose your passions; your passions choose you. — Jeff Bezos

Immigration keeps this country young, it keeps it dynamic, we have entrepreneurs and strivers who come here and are willing to take risks, and that's part of the reason why America historically has been successful. — Barack Obama

Motivational Quotes

You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending. — C. S. Lewis

If I have accomplished anything in life it is because I have been willing to work hard. — Madam C. J. Walker

I may not be a role model, but I most definitely could be motivation for a lot of people in the hoods. — Rick Ross

No Fear, No Hesitation, No Surprise, No Doubt — Miyamoto Musashi

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. - Jim Ryun

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. — Jim Ryun

In time, all things work to your advantage when you pursue them with an open heart. — Miyamoto Musashi

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others. — Ayn Rand

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

For what it's worth, it's never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you're proud of and if you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start over. — F. Scott Fitzgerald

Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny. — Aristotle

Entrepreneurship Quotes

One of my great pleasures from the study of investing, finance, and economics is the discovery of insights about people and society. — Edward O. Thorp

If you're not living on the edge you're taking up too much space. — Stephen Hunt

A lot of people think you can go to school and you can study for how to make money, but the reality is, there’s no skill called business. — Naval Ravikant

As a profession, entrepreneurship breeds anything but balance. The highs can be stratospheric, and the lows can be crushing. — Lewis Howes

Think big, think fast, think ahead. Ideas are no one's monopoly. — Dhirubhai Ambani

I’m going to be an entrepreneur so I can be free. Free to do whatever I want, whenever I want, with whomever I want. — Alex Hormozi

Embrace accountability, and take business risks under your own name. — Naval Ravikant

A talented entrepreneur with bad habits eventually becomes an employee. An average employee with great habits can eventually become a great entrepreneur. — Patrick Bet-David

The thing that kills entrepreneurs faster than failure is boredom. — Tom Bilyeu

Entrepreneurship requires passion, not just skill. — Dan Sullivan

Entrepreneur Quotes

The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope. — Barack Obama

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

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

Great opportunities are not seen with your eyes. They are seen with your mind. — Robert Kiyosaki

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

The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles. — William Penn

The most dangerous poison is the feeling of achievement. The antidote is to every evening think what can be done better tomorrow. — Ingvar Kamprad

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

Only those who are asleep make no mistakes. - Ingvar Kamprad

Only those who are asleep make no mistakes. — Ingvar Kamprad

I'm too drunk to taste this chicken - Colonel Sanders

I'm too drunk to taste this chicken — Colonel Sanders

Successful People Quotes

Most of the successful people I've known are the ones who do more listening than talking. — Bernard Baruch

The secret of spiritual success is a hunger that persists…It is an awful condition to be satisfied with one’s spiritual attainments…God was and is looking for hungry, thirsty people. — Smith Wigglesworth

When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it. — Bill Gates

The planet does not need more successful people. The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers, and lovers of all kinds. — Dalai Lama

People sometimes attribute my success to my genius; all the genius I know anything about is hard work. — Alexander Hamilton

Success is not easy and I think everyone should know that hard work and perseverance and being open to giving back are so much more powerful than stepping all over people to get to the top. — Misty Copeland

Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. Failing for Success — Thomas A. Edison

Success isn't about how much money you make, it's about the difference you make in people's lives. — Michelle Obama

What I tell people is be the best version of yourself in anything that you do. You don't have to live anybody else's story. — Stephen Curry

Successful Businessman Quotes

You may be a well-educated, clever and virtuous person, but those qualities will not necessarily make you a successful businessman. You must give your best to each and every task you take on, and reflect on your performance with an honest and unprejudiced eye. — Konosuke Matsushita

The difficulty with businessmen entering politics, after they've had a successful business career, is that they want to start at the top. — Harry S. Truman

The successful businessman must be able to foresee possibilities, to estimate with sagacity the outcome in the future. — Frank William Taussig

My father was a very successful businessman, but he was ruined in the stock market crash. A big stockbroker jumped out the window and fell on his pushcart. — Jackie Mason

To be a successful businessman, you must have remarkable talents; and if you have such talents, why waste them on business? — Yisroel Salanter

I will certainly not join politics. I would like to be remembered as a clean businessman who has not partaken in any twists and turns beneath the surface, and one who has been reasonably successful. — Ratan Tata

The new source of power is not money in the hands of a few, but information in the hands of many. — John Naisbitt

A sense of thrift is essential to success in business. The businessman must discipline himself to practice economy whenever possible, in his personal life as well as his business affairs. — J. Paul Getty

People who come up with "It may not work" or "What are we going to do if it fails?" do not have the credentials to be businessmen. If there is only a 1 percent chance of success, a true businessperson sees that 1 percent as the spark to light a fire. — Kim Woo-jung

I think, as everyone knows, Charles Kushner is one of the most successful businessmen in the United States and one of the great philanthropists of this century. — Jared Kushner

Successful Business Quotes

Laughter is timeless. Imagination has no age. And dreams are forever. — Walt Disney

Seven Deadly Sins Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice. — Mahatma Gandhi

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. — Albert Einstein

There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs. - Zig Ziglar

There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs. — Zig Ziglar

Give them quality. That's the best kind of advertising. - Milton S. Hershey

Give them quality. That's the best kind of advertising. — Milton S. Hershey

People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success. — Norman Vincent Peale

The biggest risk is not taking any risk. — Mark Zuckerberg

Poor people have big TV's. Rich people have big libraries. - Jim Rohn

Poor people have big TV's. Rich people have big libraries. — Jim Rohn

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. — Steve Jobs

The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Entrepreneurial Spirit Quotes

I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others... I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent. — Thomas A. Edison

After working for 14 years on Wall Street and growing up in a family with strong roots in small business, I know how important the entrepreneurial spirit is to attaining the American dream. — Ellen Tauscher

I just have this sort of entrepreneurial spirit and I work really hard at promoting myself. — Alison Bechdel

Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners. — Robert Kiyosaki

If we didn't have the Albanian entrepreneurial spirit and financial support from the diaspora, this stupid political class would have destroyed the country by now. — Fatos Nano

At a young age I always had an entrepreneurial spirit. So I'm trying to develop things on my own, too, and there are a couple things that have absolutely nothing to do with the entertainment business that I'm trying to tackle. We'll just sort of see. — Jennifer Carpenter

The greatest reward in becoming a millionaire is not the amount of money that you earn. It is the kind of person that you have to become to become a millionaire in the first place. — Jim Rohn

We are a strong, robust, and prosperous nation. Optimism is the essence of our success. It drives our creativity and emboldens our entrepreneurial spirit. It is what makes us invest in the future and accomplish our highest aims. — Bill Frist

Finding your entrepreneurial spirit and making it strong is more important than the idea or business you are developing. — Sayings

Educationists should build the capacities of the spirit of inquiry, creativity, entrepreneurial and moral leadership among students and become their role model. — A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Young Entrepreneurs Quotes

Some people are old at 18 and some are young at 90. Time is a concept that humans created. — Yoko Ono

I’m encouraging young people to become social business entrepreneurs and contribute to the world, rather than just making money. Making money is no fun. Contributing to and changing the world is a lot more fun. — Muhammad Yunus

I wish more young people dreamed about being inventors, engineers, scientists, and entrepreneurs than influencers. — Lex Fridman

I would certainly encourage young people to pursue their dreams. It isn’t always an easy path, but it’s worth going after.  — Peggy Whitson

If you start with nothing and end up with nothing, there's nothing lost. — Michael Dunlop

If you always do what you did, you'll always get what you got. — Marian Diamond

My father was also interested in stocks. When I was a young child, he and his friends would drink in the evening and discuss about the stock market. — Rakesh Jhunjhunwala

Every day I would wake up and think, 'Today is another missed opportunity to do something important.' After enough days like this, you start feeling like you are getting old, even when you are relatively young. We are all natural entrepreneurs, and being manacled to a desk job is not for us. — Brian Chesky

Young entrepreneurs should spend an awful lot of time thinking about what they want to go into. — John Kluge

You don't need to have a 100-person company to develop that idea. — Larry Page

Business Success Quotes

Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision. — Peter Drucker

The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. — Barack Obama

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women. — Madeleine Albright

Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes. — Zig Ziglar

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

We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone. — Ronald Reagan

If you genuinely want something, don't wait for it -- teach yourself to be impatient. — Gurbaksh Chahal

A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult. — Melinda Gates

Ideas are easy. Turning them into a successful product is hard. — Jeff Bezos

Successful Individuals Quotes

Deal with yourself as a individual, worthy of respect and make everyone else deal with you the same way. — Nikki Giovanni

A team is not made up of isolated individuals. Always stay in the game. Don't be passive. Football is a team game. No one plays alone. Success depends on your whole team being a single unit. — Pele

Teamwork is the foundation of success. The three universal questions that an individual asks of his coach, player, employee, employer are: Can I trust you? Are you committed to excellence? And, do you care about me? — Lou Holtz

The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime. — Babe Ruth

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work. — Stephen King

Success underwater depends mostly on how you conduct yourself. Diving can be the most relaxing experience in the world. Your weight seems to disappear. Space travel will be available only to a few individuals for some time, but the oceans are available to almost everyone - now. — Sylvia Earle

The growth of modern constitutional government compels for its successful practice the exercise of reason and considerate judgment by the individual citizens who constitute the electorate. — Elihu Root

A lot of people like to romanticize burning the midnight oil or waking up at the crack of dawn, but the truth is that success is neither of those things. It’s just whatever works for you. — Alex Hormozi

There’s rich people who wake up really early, and there are rich people who wake up really late. There’s rich people who eat really healthy, and there are rich people who eat unhealthy. So there’s no one-size fits all approach to success. — Alex Hormozi

Engage, educate, equip, encourage, empower, energize, and elevate. Those are the methods for maximizing the potential of any individual, team, organization, or institution for ultimate success and significance. Those are the methods of a mentor leader. — Tony Dungy

Successful Person Quotes

No matter how successful you become you gotta keep grindin' and be a good person and then good things will come to you. — Meek Mill

The successful person makes a habit of doing what the failing person doesn't like to do. — Thomas A. Edison

There is in this world no such force as the force of a person determined to rise. The human soul cannot be permanently chained. — W. E. B. Du Bois

Confidence and Hard work is the best medicine to kill the disease called failure. It will make you successful person. — Abdul Kalam

A person is a success if they get up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do. — Bob Dylan

Sometimes it takes years for a person to become an overnight success. — Prince

To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Good human relations not only bring great personal rewards but are essential to the success of any enterprise. — J. R. D. Tata

Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself. — Viktor E. Frankl

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person. — Mignon McLaughlin

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