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
What's your favorite quote?
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By: Yasmine
Good ones! I probably like Shakespeare's quote over Warren Buffet's, but Buffet's quote was very interesting also.
Posted by: Knute | August 30, 2008 at 01:51 PM
Great post!
Posted by: Hillel | August 18, 2008 at 04:41 AM
Awesome Post, am going to print and keep in my success manuscript!!!
Posted by: pyrmont | July 13, 2008 at 01:18 AM
Nice motivational quotes I stumbled this!
Posted by: Rita | June 27, 2008 at 09:04 AM
nice one dude!
i liked no.6
Posted by: prakash | June 27, 2008 at 04:43 AM
Here are a couple of my favorite quotes..
"The true mark of a winner in life is not only how you handle failure but how you handle success."
and Albert Einstein:
"Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.”
- Edwin, http://www.CashTheChecks.com/
Posted by: Edwin, Cash The Checks | April 26, 2008 at 05:27 AM
What people dont realise is that green homes and buildings are not only worth more (resale value) but are creating more reveneu as well. Higher occupancy rates paired with higher rental premiums equals more money in VC's pockets.
www.initred.com
Posted by: Jeb Archer | April 20, 2008 at 04:26 PM
What people dont realise is that green homes and buildings are not only worth more (resale value) but are creating more reveneu as well. Higher occupancy rates paired with higher rental premiums equals more money in VC's pockets.
www.initred.com
Posted by: Jeb Archer | April 15, 2008 at 07:43 PM
Great quotes, love it!
http://www.bizfunnel.com
Posted by: Sara | April 07, 2008 at 12:36 AM
Great quotes!
Posted by: Abunza | March 10, 2008 at 09:40 AM
“… when a defining moment comes along, you define the moment… or the moment defines you.” Roy “Tin Cup” McAvoy
Posted by: Walt Goshert | January 26, 2008 at 06:49 PM
Excellent blog!
Thanks for raising the flag of entrepreneurship!
Happy New Year!
Posted by: Aaron | January 01, 2008 at 09:59 AM
"Life is like a dog-sled team, if you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes."
Posted by: Pinny Cohen | December 27, 2007 at 05:30 PM
Skip and I would like to thank everyone for their feedback and comments. We're extremely happy that you enjoyed this post and we hope you'll visit our blog again.
Thanks!
Yasmine
Posted by: Yasmine | December 18, 2007 at 09:48 PM
Great post. It's always nice to reflect back on what drives us to get up and push harder everyday.
Posted by: Joshua Saunders | December 18, 2007 at 10:23 AM
"There are two types of people in the world: those who think things through and those who follow things through"
Posted by: BBrian | December 17, 2007 at 09:22 PM
leadx, that's like the 7 P's:
Prior
Proper
Planning
Prevents
Piss
Poor
Performance
Posted by: Rob Schultz | December 17, 2007 at 03:15 PM
Excellent Post. Printed and hanging on my wall for inspiration!
Posted by: Rob Schultz | December 17, 2007 at 03:13 PM
Nice - i love the edison quotes.
Posted by: Matt Ellsworth | December 17, 2007 at 12:54 PM
Great list. Very inspirational.
Posted by: Buttoned-Up.com | December 15, 2007 at 09:35 AM
At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.
~ Salvador Dali ~
Posted by: David | December 15, 2007 at 07:37 AM
“Failing to plan is planning to fail.”
Allen Lakein
http://www.youquoted.com
Posted by: leadx | December 15, 2007 at 01:39 AM
Forward is a relative term, just keep moving.
-Jason May
Posted by: Jason | December 15, 2007 at 01:07 AM
life is too short to live someone else dream. - Hue Hefner
Posted by: rage | December 15, 2007 at 12:25 AM
On knowing when to move on to the next idea:
"He who sees the empty glass as half full is not an optimist, he just has a drinking problem."
Posted by: KirkH | December 14, 2007 at 10:45 PM