I recently read a quote that inspired me and thought, "Why not share it with others?" I've also collected a list of quotes from entrepreneurs and other quotes that are relevant to entrepreneurship. Skip and I included our own at the bottom of the post. I hope one of these quotes inspires you as well.
- I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work - Thomas Edison, inventor and scientist
- The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary - Vidal Sassoon, entrepreneur
- Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people won't, so that you can spend the rest of your life like most people can't - A student in Warren G. Tracy's class, entrepreneur (Thanks Daniel!)
- The best reason to start an organization is to make meaning - to create a product or service to make the world a better place - Guy Kawasaki, entrepreneur, investor, author
- Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and triumph; a beginning, a struggle and a victory - Mahatma Gandhi, political and spiritual leader
- Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners - Robert T. Kiyosaki, author, entrepreneur, investor
- Entrepreneurs average 3.8 failures before final success. What sets the successful ones apart is their amazing persistence - Lisa M. Amos
- Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life - John F. Kennedy, U.S. President
- In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable - Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. President
- 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
- Some people dream of great accomplishments, while others stay awake and do them - Anonymous
- Experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you're generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make - Donald Trump, real estate and entertainment mogul
- The entrepreneur in us sees opportunities everywhere we look, but many people see only problems everywhere they look. The entrepreneur in us is more concerned with discriminating between opportunities than he or she is with failing to see the opportunities - Michael Gerber, author, entrepreneur
- An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he'll quickly learn how to chew it - Roy Ash, co-founder of Litton Industries
- The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer - Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese's
- I will tell you how to become rich. Close the doors. Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful - Warren Buffet, investor and billionaire
- 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 Edison, inventor and scientist
- 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 - Mark Twain, author
- There is a tide in the affairs of men
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
On such a full sea are now afloat;
And we must take the current when it serves,
Or lose the ventures before us - William Shakespeare, author - Genius is 1% inspiration, and 99% perspiration - Thomas Edison, inventor and scientist
Here are our quotes:
Being an entrepreneur is a lot like playing poker - you can fold, limp in, or go for it - Yasmine Mustafa
If you kick it around enough, it starts to look like a ball - Skip Shuda
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What an amazing collection of inspiration to stumble upon tonight! Here's what spoke to me:
Some people dream of great accomplishments, while others stay awake and do them - Anonymous
Here's to being alive, awake and on fire...spent from accomplishment.
And yes - I am inspired by your quotes too!
Thanks for taking the time to put together this post and share these with others.
"When work works, life works."
Posted by: Brenda Griffin | February 05, 2011 at 08:45 PM
And a quote that every startup needs to remember, "Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." - Benjamin Franklin
Posted by: Jack Berger | January 19, 2011 at 04:06 AM
I really like this 21th one:
“If you think you are beaten, you are. If you think you dare not, you don't! If you want to win, but think you can't, It's almost a cinch you won't. If you think you'll lose, you're lost; For out in the world we find Success begins with a fellow's will; It's all in the state of the mind. Life's battles don't always go To the stronger and faster man, But sooner or later the man who wins Is the man who thinks he can.”
Posted by: Essay Help | October 15, 2010 at 02:43 PM
@johnny - great quote... I'm posting to my Twitter account. - Skip
Posted by: Skip @skipshoe Shuda | September 11, 2010 at 10:35 AM
To do something that you've never done before, you must first become someone you've never been before.
Posted by: johnny | August 30, 2010 at 04:02 AM
Set your own life time more easy get the loans and everything you require.
Posted by: TaraRosa | August 16, 2010 at 01:27 AM
@MacKenzy @Jeff @Reddy @Richard - thanks for your recent additions to our ongoing list of entrepreneurial quotes. They are inspiring.
Posted by: Skip @skipshoe Shuda | June 13, 2010 at 10:45 AM
Yasmine, I love this.
"Being an entrepreneur is a lot like playing poker - you can fold, limp in, or go for it - Yasmine Mustafa"
Posted by: Richard Yeung | January 31, 2010 at 02:33 PM
Every time I fail ... I have one less reason to fail next time - My Self.
Posted by: Reddy | November 13, 2009 at 06:06 AM
Beauty is a gift of nature ... just admire, the moment it is owned ... there's no beauty left in it. - my self.
Posted by: Reddy | November 13, 2009 at 06:04 AM
Unsure of where this comes from, but:
"Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm"
Posted by: Kevin | November 05, 2009 at 02:37 PM
if you always do what you always did , you will always get what you always got .
Posted by: ammar al malki | October 12, 2009 at 05:38 AM
I must confess that I am a quotes junkie, so many quotes and so little time to digest and assimilate them all.
Posted by: Adalia John | September 27, 2009 at 11:02 PM
Thank you for your comment Patrick. That is a great quote from Steve Jobs, very insightful and inspirational! We agree that following your inner voice is a key part of successful entrepreneurship.
Posted by: Skip Shuda, Chief Cheap Revolutionary | July 21, 2009 at 02:18 PM
Below is a compelling quote by successful entrepreneur Steve Jobs, which I have used in a story I published about the insights and qualities for successful entrepreneurs:
“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” - Steve Jobs
For the full 'Qualities 4 Successful Entrepreneurs' story, please see: http://tinyurl.com/ljeoel
Thanks & success,
Patrick
Helping You Succeed!
http://www.patrickdriessen.com
Posted by: Patrick Driessen | July 20, 2009 at 04:10 AM
And here is another 100 most inspirational quotes the devil doesn't want you to know.
http://www.my-inspirational-quotes.com/100-most-inspirational-quotes/
Posted by: Andy | June 22, 2009 at 08:42 AM
Great list.. Here is one more.
"Experience is what you get, when you don't get what you want"
Posted by: T. Roehlig | June 16, 2009 at 11:00 AM
"Find a job you love and you'll never work a day in your life" -Confucius
My favorite.
Posted by: Nick Tart | June 11, 2009 at 02:08 AM
Cool!.. Nice work...e
Posted by: Spider | May 08, 2009 at 07:07 AM
These prayers help me to keep God in my life, especially with the many distractions I encounter.e
Posted by: Albert | April 24, 2009 at 08:31 AM
Excellent post - I think I'm going to have to pop in every morning for these quotes alone.
Good to feel connected to other souls that make me feel like I havn't lost the plot:)
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Posted by: Randolph | January 05, 2009 at 01:40 PM
made professionally. So to hold
Posted by: Siber | December 03, 2008 at 09:05 PM
You guys do a wonderful job! Keep up the good work!!!
Posted by: Ron | December 01, 2008 at 10:31 PM
"Impossible is real, but, possibilities are endless!" - Bek Abdoollayev
Posted by: Kevin | September 29, 2008 at 11:03 PM