Here’s a collection of 101 inspiring entrepreneur quotes, offering insights into business, innovation, and the entrepreneurial mindset.
These quotes come from successful entrepreneurs, business leaders, and visionaries across various industries.
“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney
“The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.” – Michelangelo
“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” – John D. Rockefeller
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas A. Edison
“If you’re not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late.” – Reid Hoffman
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker
“Chase the vision, not the money; the money will end up following you.” – Tony Hsieh
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain
“Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.” – Guy Kawasaki
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
“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 biggest risk is not taking any risk.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“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
“Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.” – Biz Stone
“The secret to successful hiring is this: look for the people who want to change the world.” – Marc Benioff
“If you’re passionate about something and you work hard, then I think you will be successful.” – Pierre Omidyar
“Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once.” – Drew Houston
“The last 10% it takes to launch something takes as much energy as the first 90%.” – Rob Kalin
“If you can’t feed a team with two pizzas, it’s too large.” – Jeff Bezos
“Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect.” – Jack Dorsey
“It’s not about ideas. It’s about making ideas happen.” – Scott Belsky
“Always deliver more than expected.” – Larry Page
“You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.” – Richard Branson
“The biggest risk is not taking any risk… In a world that’s changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“If you’re not stubborn, you’ll give up on experiments too soon. And if you’re not flexible, you’ll pound your head against the wall and you won’t see a different solution to a problem you’re trying to solve.” – Jeff Bezos
“The most dangerous poison is the feeling of achievement. The antidote is to every evening think what can be done better tomorrow.” – Ingvar Kamprad
“There’s lots of bad reasons to start a company. But there’s only one good, legitimate reason, and I think you know what it is: it’s to change the world.” – Phil Libin
“You have to be very nimble and very open minded. Your success is going to be very dependent on how you adapt.” – Jeremy Stoppelman
“Get five or six of your smartest friends in a room and ask them to rate your idea.” – Mark Pincus
“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
“The value of an idea lies in the using of it.” – Thomas Edison
“Fail often so you can succeed sooner.” – Tom Kelley
“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” – Chinese Proverb
“The secret to successful hiring is this: look for the people who want to change the world.” – Marc Benioff
“If you’re not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late.” – Reid Hoffman
“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.” – Bill Gates
“The only way around is through.” – Robert Frost
“If you’re going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain
“Genius is 1% inspiration, and 99% perspiration.” – Thomas Edison
“To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business.” – J. Paul Getty
“In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative, original thinker unless you can also sell what you create.” – David Ogilvy
“The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.” – Peter Drucker
“The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vidal Sassoon
“Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming.” – Richard Branson
“If you’re not a risk taker, you should get the hell out of business.” – Ray Kroc
“The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.” – Ralph Nader
“The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake – you can’t learn anything from being perfect.” – Adam Osborne
“If you don’t understand the details of your business you are going to fail.” – Jeff Bezos
“Make the customer the hero of your story.” – Ann Handley
“A satisfied customer is the best business strategy of all.” – Michael LeBoeuf
“In business, what’s dangerous is not to evolve.” – Jeff Bezos
“The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows.” – Aristotle Onassis
“Hire character. Train skill.” – Peter Schutz
“The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.” – Bruce Lee
“I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.” – Bill Cosby
“If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late.” – Reid Hoffman
“Success is not final; failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” – Chinese Proverb
“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. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
“If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.” – Steve Jobs
“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” – Colin Powell
“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau
“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” – John D. Rockefeller
“The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.” – Amelia Earhart
“Do what you love to do and give it your very best. Whether it’s business or baseball, or the theater, or any field. If you don’t love what you’re doing and you can’t give it your best, get out of it. Life is too short. You’ll be an old man before you know it.” – Al Lopez
“The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker
“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill
“Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.” – Peter F. Drucker
“In the world of business, the people who are most successful are those who are doing what they love.” – Warren Buffett
“There’s no shortage of remarkable ideas, what’s missing is the will to execute them.” – Seth Godin
“The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows.” – Aristotle Onassis
“To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business, and your business in your heart.” – Thomas J. Watson
“If you don’t drive your business, you will be driven out of business.” – B. C. Forbes
“Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect.” – Jack Dorsey
“The role of a CEO is to enable people to excel, help them discover their own wisdom, engage themselves entirely in their work, and accept responsibility for making change.” – Bill Gates
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.” – 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
“The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away.” – Ronald Reagan
“In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later.” – Harold Geneen
“A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.” – Henry Ford
“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney
“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” – Colin Powell
“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
“The secret to successful hiring is this: look for the people who want to change the world.” – Marc Benioff
“If you’re not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late.” – Reid Hoffman
“The last 10% it takes to launch something takes as much energy as the first 90%.” – Rob Kalin
“Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once.” – Drew Houston
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker
“If you can dream it, you can do it.” – Walt Disney
“The only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“It’s not about ideas. It’s about making ideas happen.” – Scott Belsky
“Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect.” – Jack Dorsey
“Always deliver more than expected.” – Larry Page
“You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.” – Richard Branson
“The biggest risk is not taking any risk… In a world that’s changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.” – Mark Zuckerberg
