42 Quotes From Highly Successful Entrepreneurs That Will Inspire Greatness In You

culled from:www.lifehack.org
Successful quotes from entrepreneurs who have made it are sure to inspire you to go to the next level with your own business. Many successful entrepreneurs share very common characteristics.

Successful Quotes That Will Inspire Greatness:

“When you reach an obstacle, turn it into an opportunity. You have the choice. You can overcome and be a winner, or you can allow it to overcome you and be a loser. The choice is yours and yours alone. Refuse to throw in the towel. Go that extra mile that failures refuse to travel. It is far better to be exhausted from success than to be rested from failure.” - Mary Kay Ash, founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics

“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

“Innovation is the specific tool of entrepreneurs, the means by which they exploit change as an opportunity for a different business or a different service. It is capable of being presented as a discipline, capable of being learned, capable of being practiced. Entrepreneurs need to search purposefully for the sources of innovation, the changes and their symptoms that indicate opportunities for successful innovation. And they need to know and to apply the principles of successful innovation.” - Peter F. Drucker, “The Father of Modern Management”

“The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance. Remember, the greatest failure is to not try. Once you find something you love to do, be the best at doing it.”
Debbi Fields, founder of Mrs. Fields Cookies

“Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise. They willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets.” - Victor Kiam, best known for his “I liked it so much, I bought the company” ads for Remington electric shavers

“If it really was a no-brainer to make it on your own in business there’d be millions of no-brained, harebrained, and otherwise dubiously brained individuals quitting their day jobs and hanging out their own shingles. Nobody would be left to round out the workforce and execute the business plan.” - Bill Rancic, winner on Donald Trump’s “The Apprentice”

“Nobody talks about entrepreneurship as survival, but that’s exactly what it is and what nurtures creative thinking. Running that first shop taught me business is not financial science; it’s about trading: buying and selling.” - Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop

“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

“My son is now an ‘entrepreneur’. That’s what you’re called when you don’t have a job.” - Ted Turner, broadcasting entrepreneur

“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, creator of a popular line of African-American hair care products and America’s first black female millionaire

“Capital isn’t that important in business. Experience isn’t that important. You can get both of these things. What is important is ideas.” - Harvey Firestone, founder of Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.

“The key is to just get on the bike, and the key to getting on the bike… is to stop thinking about ‘there are a bunch of reasons I might fall off’ and just hop on and peddle the damned thing. You can pick up a map, a tire pump, and better footwear along the way.” - Dick Costolo, founder of Feedburner.com

“I made a resolve then that I was going to amount to something if I could. And no hours, nor amount of labor, nor amount of money would deter me from giving the best that there was in me. And I have done that ever since, and I win by it. I know.” - Colonel Sanders, founder of KFC

“Don’t ever let anyone tell you that something is too competitive. Once you subtract the people who don’t work very hard, or the people who aren’t as good as you, your competition shrinks dramatically.” - Maggie Mason, founder of Mighty Goods

“Life is really simple as far as I’m concerned. There is no luck, you work hard and study things intently. If you do that for long and hard enough you’re successful.” - Jason Calacanis, founder of Weblogs, Inc.

 

“It doesn’t matter how many times you fail. It doesn’t matter how many times you almost get it right. No one is going to know or care about your failures, and neither should you. All you have to do is learn from them and those around you because all that matters in business is that you get it right once. Then everyone can tell you how lucky you are.” - Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, co-founder of Broadcast.com, founder of HDNet

“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, venture capitalist, CEO of Garage Technology Ventures

“One of the unique things we small companies have over the big guys is the ability to establish personal relationships. Big companies really can’t do that. You read about effective organizations, learning organizations, lean and mean organizations, but small companies can be virtuous. We as small companies can have virtue because we as small companies are basically the embodiment of one or two people, and people can have virtue, while organizations really can’t.” - Jim Koch, founder of Boston Beer Company

“We are really competing against ourselves, we have no control over how other people perform.” - Pete Cashmore, Founder Of Maskable

“When you’re ready to quit, you are closer than you think.” - Bob Parsons, Founder Of Go Daddy

“Timing, perseverance and 10 years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.” - Biz Stone,Twitter

“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

“Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.” - Robert T. Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad

“Whatever you’re thinking, think bigger.”  - Tony Hsieh, Co-founder Zappos

“Your reputation is more important than your paycheck, and your integrity is worth more than your career.” - Angelo Sotira, Co-founder DeviantArt

“When you’re a one man show, you have to focus on the most important thing to get done today.” - Noah Everett, Founder of Twitpic

“The way to get started is quit talking and start doing.”- Walt Disney, Co-founder Disney

 “Always deliver more than expected.” - Larry Page, Co-founder, Google

“The most dangerous poison is the feeling of achievement. The antidote is to every evening think what can be done better tomorrow.” - Ingvar Kamprad, Founder, IKEA

“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.” “The way to get started is quit talking and start doing.” - Walt Disney, Co-founder, Disney

 “Always deliver more than expected.” - Larry Page, Co-founder, Google

“The most dangerous poison is the feeling of achievement. The antidote is to every evening think what can be done better tomorrow.” - Ingvar Kamprad, Founder, IKEA

“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, Founder, Mary K Cosmetics