Top 101 Entrepreneur Quotes (BUSINESS MINDSET)

Top 20 Entrepreneur Quotes (ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT)

Don’t worry about being successful but work toward being significant and the success will naturally follow. - Oprah Winfrey — Don’t worry about being successful but work toward being significant and the success will naturally follow. – **Oprah Winfrey**

There is nothing more beautiful than someone who goes out of their way to make life beautiful for others. - Mandy Hale — There is nothing more beautiful than someone who goes out of their way to make life beautiful for others. – **Mandy Hale**

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. - Walt Disney — The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. – **Walt Disney**

Chase the vision, not the money, the money will end up following you. - Tony Hsieh — Chase the vision, not the **money**, the money will end up following you. – **Tony Hsieh**

You have to believe it before you see it. - Jeremiah Say — You have to believe it before you see it. – Jeremiah Say

Be so good they can’t ignore you. - Steve Martin — Be so good they can’t ignore you. – Steve Martin

Be the change you wish to see in the world. - Mahatma Gandhi — Be the change you wish to see in the world. – **Mahatma Gandhi**

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail. - Confucius — Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail. – **Confucius**

An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he’ll quickly learn how to chew it. - Roy Ash — An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he’ll quickly **learn** how to chew it. – Roy Ash

No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you’re playing a solo game, you’ll always lose out to a team. - Reid Hoffman — No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you’re playing a solo game, you’ll always lose out to a team. – Reid Hoffman

A ship in the harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for. - John A. Shedd — A ship in the harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for. – John A. Shedd

If you don’t have big dreams and goals, you’ll end up working for someone that does. — If you don’t have big **dreams** and goals, you’ll end up working for someone that does.

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. - Thomas Edison — I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. – **Thomas Edison**

Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once. - Drew Houston — Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once. – Drew Houston

Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. - Warren Buffett — Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. – **Warren Buffett**

Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value. - Albert Einstein — Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value. – **Albert Einstein**

Don’t risk more than you can afford to lose! - The Backroads Bosslady — Don’t risk more than you can afford to lose! – The Backroads Bosslady

Knowledge without action is meaningless. - Abu Bakr — **Knowledge** without **action** is meaningless. – Abu Bakr

Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. — Never give up on a **dream** just because of the time it will take to accomplish it.

Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time. - Marian Wright Edelman — Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very **purpose of life**, and not something you do in your spare time. – Marian Wright Edelman

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. - Albert Einstein — Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. – Albert Einstein

Life’s too short to learn from your own mistakes. So learn from others. — Life’s too short to **learn** from your own mistakes. So learn from others.

31 Inspirational Quotes About Entrepreneurship (JOURNEY)

You have to see failure as the beginning and the middle, but never entertain it as an end. - Jessica Herrin — You have to see failure as the beginning and the middle, but never entertain it as an end. – Jessica Herrin

Some men see things as they are and say why – I dream things that never were and say why not. - George Bernard Shaw — Some men see things as they are and say why – I **dream** things that never were and say why not. – **George Bernard Shaw**

Don’t let others convince you that the idea is good when your gut tells you it’s bad. – Kevin Rose

In the age of transparency, honesty, and generosity, even in the form of an apology, generate goodwill. - Alexander Asseily — In the age of transparency, **honesty**, and **generosity**, even in the form of an **apology**, generate goodwill. – Alexander Asseily

Speak less than you know; have more than you show. - William Shakespeare — Speak less than you know; have more than you show. – **William Shakespeare**

Don’t worry about funding if you don’t need it. Today it’s cheaper to start a business than ever. - Noah Everett — Don’t worry about funding if you don’t need it. Today it’s cheaper to start a **business** than ever. – Noah Everett

If you’re starting something on your own, you better have a passion for it, because this is hard work. - Sallie Krawcheck — If you’re starting something on your own, you better have a passion for it, because this is hard work. – Sallie Krawcheck

Be undeniably good. No marketing effort or social media buzzword can be a substitute for that. - Anthony Volodkin — Be undeniably good. No marketing effort or social media buzzword can be a substitute for that. – Anthony Volodkin

Remain self-funded as long as possible. - Garrett Camp — Remain self-funded as long as possible. – Garrett Camp

As a founder, lay all the possible scenarios - from best to worst - in front of you, so you don’t get surprised when something happens. - Brian Wong — As a founder, lay all the possible scenarios – from best to worst – in front of you, so you don’t get surprised when something happens. – Brian Wong

If we are going to be part of the solution, we have to engage the problems. - Majora Carter — If we are going to be part of the solution, we have to engage the problems. – Majora Carter

The best way to predict the future is to create it. - Peter Drucker — The best way to predict the **future** is to create it. – **Peter Drucker**

Winners never quit and quitters never win. - Vince Lombardi — Winners never quit and quitters never win. – **Vince Lombardi**

My biggest motivation? Just to keep challenging myself. I see life almost like one long University education that I never had - everyday I’m learning something new. - Richard Branson — My biggest motivation? Just to keep challenging myself. I see life almost like one long University **education** that I never had – everyday I’m **learning** something new. – **Richard Branson**

Every time you state what you want or believe, you’re the first to hear it. It’s a message to both you and others about what you think is possible. Don’t put a ceiling on yourself. - Oprah Winfrey — Every time you state what you want or believe, you’re the first to hear it. It’s a message to both you and others about what you think is possible. Don’t put a ceiling on yourself. – Oprah Winfrey

It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure. - Bill Gates — It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure. – **Bill Gates**

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently. - Warren Buffett — It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently. – Warren Buffett

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 — 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**

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere. - Albert Einstein — Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere. – Albert Einstein

Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. - Winston Churchill — Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. – **Winston Churchill**

Genius is 1% inspiration, and 99% perspiration. - Thomas Edison — Genius is 1% inspiration, and 99% perspiration. – **Thomas Edison**

The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand... whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand. - Vince Lombardi — The price of success is hard work, **dedication** to the job at hand… whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand. – Vince Lombardi

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way. - Napoleon Hill — If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way. – **Napoleon Hill**

I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. - Bill Cosby — I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. – **Bill Cosby**

Success is not what you have, but who you are. - Bo Bennet — Success is not what you have, but who you are. – Bo Bennet

Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people won't so you can spend the rest of your life like most people cant. - Warren G. Tracy's Student — Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people won’t so you can spend the rest of your life like most people cant. – Warren G. Tracy’s Student

To win without risk is to triumph without glory. - Corneille — To win without risk is to triumph without glory. – Corneille

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. - Mark Twain — Keep away from people who try to belittle your **ambitions**. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. – **Mark Twain**

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way. - Christopher Morley — There is only one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way. – Christopher Morley

Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve. - Napoleon Hill — Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve. – Napoleon Hill

Top 36 Entrepreneur Quotes to Live By (ENTREPRENEUR MINDSET)

Don’t be cocky. Don’t be flashy. There’s always someone better than you. - Tony Hsieh — Don’t be cocky. Don’t be flashy. There’s always someone better than you. – **Tony Hsieh**

Get big quietly, so you don’t tip off potential competitors. - Chris Dixon — Get big quietly, so you don’t tip off potential competitors. – Chris Dixon

Always deliver more than expected. - Larry Page — Always deliver more than expected. – **Larry Page**

The difference between a boss and a leader: a boss says ‘Go!’ – a leader says, ‘Let’s go!’ - E.M Kelly — The difference between a boss and a leader: a boss says ‘Go!’ – a leader says, ‘Let’s go!’ – E.M Kelly

Every noble work is at first impossible. - Thomas Carlyle — Every noble work is at first impossible. – **Thomas Carlyle**

Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. - Steve Jobs — Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. – **Steve Jobs**

Make your product easier to buy than your competition, or you will find your customers buying from them, not you. - Mark Cuban — Make your product easier to buy than your **competition**, or you will find your customers buying from them, not you. – **Mark Cuban**

A real entrepreneur is somebody who has no safety net underneath them. - Henry Kravis — A real entrepreneur is somebody who has no safety net underneath them. – Henry Kravis

Your reputation is more important than your paycheck, and your integrity is worth more than your career. - Ryan Freitas — Your reputation is more important than your paycheck, and your integrity is worth more than your **career**. – Ryan Freitas

Successful entrepreneurs are givers and not takers of positive energy.

Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve. - Mary Kay Ash — Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve. – **Mary Kay Ash**

Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter. - Francis Chan — Our greatest **fear** should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter. – Francis Chan

Don’t play games that you don’t understand, even if you see lots of other people making money from them. - Tony Hsieh — Don’t play games that you don’t understand, even if you see lots of other people making money from them. – Tony Hsieh

You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction. - George Lorimer — You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction. – George Lorimer

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. - Bill Gates — Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of **learning**. – **Bill Gates**

Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company. - Booker T. Washington — Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company. – Booker T. Washington

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way. - John C. Maxwell — A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way. – **John C. Maxwell**

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

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

A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business. - Henry Ford — A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business. – **Henry Ford**

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer — Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. – Albert Schweitzer

It’s more effective to do something valuable than to hope a logo or name will say it for you. – Jason Cohen

When you cease to dream you cease to live. - Malcolm Forbes — When you cease to **dream** you cease to live. – **Malcolm Forbes**

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune. - Jim Rohn — Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune. – **Jim Rohn**

The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake- you can’t learn anything from being perfect. - Adam Osborne — The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake- you can’t **learn** anything from being perfect. – Adam Osborne

The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. - Ralph Nader — The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. – Ralph Nader

Choose a job that you like, and you will never have to work a day in your life. - Confucius — Choose a job that you like, and you will never have to work a day in your life. – Confucius

When you find an idea that you just can’t stop thinking about, that’s probably a good one to pursue. - Josh James — When you find an idea that you just can’t stop thinking about, that’s probably a good one to pursue. – Josh James

It’s not about ideas. It’s about making ideas happen. - Scott Belsky — It’s not about ideas. It’s about making ideas happen. – Scott Belsky

The only thing worse than starting something and failing… is not starting something. - Seth Godin — The only thing worse than starting something and failing… is not starting something. – **Seth Godin**

When I’m old and dying, I plan to look back on my life and say ‘wow, that was an adventure,’ not ‘wow, I sure felt safe.’ - Tom Preston-werner — When I’m old and dying, I plan to look back on my life and say ‘wow, that was an **adventure**,’ not ‘wow, I sure felt safe.’ – Tom Preston-werner

The fastest way to change yourself is to hang out with people who are already the way you want to be. - Reid Hoffman — The fastest way to change yourself is to hang out with people who are already the way you want to be. – Reid Hoffman

In the end, a vision without the ability to execute it is probably a hallucination. - Steve Case — In the end, a vision without the ability to execute it is probably a hallucination. – Steve Case

Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me. - Arianna Huffington — Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me. – **Arianna Huffington**

Risk more than others think is safe. Dream more than others think is practical. - Howard Schultz — Risk more than others think is safe. **Dream** more than others think is practical. – **Howard Schultz**

High expectations are the key to everything. - Sam Walton — High expectations are the key to everything. – **Sam Walton**

Don’t be afraid to assert yourself, have confidence in your abilities and don’t let the bastards get you down. - Michael Bloomberg — Don’t be afraid to assert yourself, have **confidence** in your abilities and don’t let the bastards get you down. – **Michael Bloomberg**

12 Entrepreneur Quotes to Inspire Hard Work (NEVER GIVE UP)

I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance. - Steve Jobs — I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance. – **Steve Jobs**

If you’re passionate about something and you work hard, then I think you will be successful. - Peter Omidyar — If you’re passionate about something and you work hard, then I think you will be successful. – Peter Omidyar

Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect. - Jack Dorsey — Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect. – **Jack Dorsey**

Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard. - Guy Kawasaki — Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard. – Guy Kawasaki

I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one. - Bill Gates — I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one. – **Bill Gates**

So often people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard. - Caterina Fake — So often people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard. – Caterina Fake

It is always the start that requires the greatest effort. - James Cash Penney — It is always the start that requires the greatest effort. – James Cash Penney

If hard work is the key to success, most people would rather pick the lock. - Claude McDonald — If hard work is the key to success, most people would rather pick the lock. – Claude McDonald

Have the end in mind and every day make sure you’re working towards it. - Ryan Allis — Have the end in mind and every day make sure you’re working towards it. – Ryan Allis

When times are bad is when the real entrepreneurs emerge. - Robert Kiyosaki — When times are bad is when the real entrepreneurs emerge. – **Robert Kiyosaki**

Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure. - Napoleon Hill — Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure. – Napoleon Hill

If what you are doing is not moving you towards your goals, then it’s moving you away from your goals. - Brian Tracy — If what you are doing is not moving you towards your goals, then it’s moving you away from your goals. – **Brian Tracy**

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own. - Benjamin Disraeli — The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own. – **Benjamin Disraeli**

Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death. - James F. Byrnes — Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death. – James F. Byrnes

Conclusion

If you’ve ever been told that being an entrepreneur is easy (or have the notion that it is) then I’m sorry, you’ve been lied to.

Books and movies are inclined to talk about success rather than hardships, struggles, and failures.

Nobody likes to talk about the countless of sleepless nights, the fights with co-workers and depression.

The truth about being an entrepreneur is it requires a lot of determination, grit, and hustle. Even with these combinations, there’s still no guarantee that you will succeed in building a multi-million dollar business.

People are attracted to being an entrepreneur because of the inspiration they’ve gotten from other successful businessmen.

The freedom, glamorous lifestyle, profits, and the ability to call the shot.

Being an entrepreneur isn’t easy but the fruits of its labor are the sweetest.

If you can’t accept being a 9-to-5 slave for the rest of your life or can’t stand your terrible boss then perhaps being an entrepreneur might be the best option for you.

Here are the best motivational quotes about being an entrepreneur so you can be inspired to grind and outwork your competitors in your current (or next) endeavor.

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12 Entrepreneur Quotes to Inspire Hard Work (NEVER GIVE UP)

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