50+ famous motivational and inspirational quotations for entrepreneurs

Published by admin on August 18th, 2009 | Tagged Achievers, Billionaires, Business, Entrepreneurship

Here is a list of some famous quotations which motivate and inspire us to pursue our dreams and acheive something big.

1. “Think big, think fast, think ahead. Ideas are no one’s monopoly.”-Dhirubhai Ambani

2. “Meeting the deadlines is not good enough, beating the deadlines is my expectation.”-Dhirubhai Ambani

3. “Pursue your goals even in the face of difficulties, and convert adversities into opportunities.”-Dhirubhai Ambani

4. “Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t, you’re right.”-Henry Ford

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

6. “Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell and advertise.”-Ted Turner

7. “I have had all of the disadvantages required for success.”-Larry Ellison

8. “When you innovate, you’ve got to be prepared for everyone telling you you’re nuts”-Larry Ellison

9. “You do not require an invitation to make profits.”-Dhirubhai Ambani

10. ”A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship” -John D Rockefeller

11. “Paths are made by walking and walking down beaten paths is for beaten men“-Subhash Chandra of Zee TV

12. “Success breeds complacency, complacency breeds failure, Only the paranoid survive“-By Andrew Grove

13.”I always knew I was going to be rich. I don’t think I ever doubted it for a minute.”-Warren Buffett

14. “If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.”-John D. Rockefeller

15. “If you can count your money, you don’t have a billion dollars.”-J. Paul Getty

16. “No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or “get rich” in business by being a conformist.”-J. Paul Getty

17. “It’s kind of fun to do the impossible”-Walt Disney

18. “Your attitude, not your aptitude, determines your altitude.”-Zig Ziglar

19. “Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.”-Bill Gates

20. “The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.”-Peter Drucker

21. “The best way to predict the future is to create it.”-Peter Drucker

22. “Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming.”-Richard Branson

23. “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”-Steve Jobs

24. “Plans are nothing, Planning is everything”-Dwight D. Eisenhower

25. “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”-Winston Churchill

26. “Never, never, never give up.”-Winston Churchill

27. “Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable.”-Theodore N. Vail

28. “Fall seven times, stand up eight.”-Japanese Proverb

29. “Don’t be afraid your life will end; be afraid that it will never begin.”-Grace Hansen

30. “If you are going through hell, keep going.”-Winston Churchill

31. “Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiam.”-Winston Churchill

32. “You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.”-Winston Churchill

33. “Adversity causes some men to break, others to break records.”-William A Ward

34. “I couldn’t wait for success, so I went ahead without it.”-Jonathan Winters

35. “Always be a first rate version of yourself, instead of a second rate version of somebody else.”-Judy Garland

36. “The journey of a thousand miles begins with but a single step.”-Confucius

37. “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”-Confucius

38. “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”-Confucius

39. “Winners never quit and quitters never win.”-Vince Lombardi

40. “Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.”-Vince Lombardi

41. “Anyone who thinks my story is anywhere near over is sadly mistaken.”-Donald Trump

42. “As long as your going to be thinking anyway, think big.”-Donald Trump

43. “Sometimes your best investments are the ones you don’t make.”-Donald Trump

44. “Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.”-Charles F. Kettering

45. “Impossible only means that you haven’t found the solution yet.”-Anonymous

46. “Success is determined by those who prove the impossible, possible.”-James W. Pence

47. “Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.”-Napoleon Bonaparte

48. “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”-T S Eliot

49. “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”-Albert Einstein

50. “The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.”-Walter Bagehot

51. “If you can dream it, you can do it.”-Walt Disney

52. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”- Thomas Edison

53. “Entrepreneurship is the last refuge of the trouble making individual”-Natalie Clifford Barney

54. “Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning”-Bill Gates

55. “If you don’t have a competitive advantage, don’t compete”-Jack Welch

56. “If you aren’t fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.”-Vince Lombardi

57. “When you cease to dream, you cease to live”-Malcolm Forbes

58. “Formal education will make you a living, self education will make you a fortune”-Jim Rohn

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13 Responses to “50+ famous motivational and inspirational quotations for entrepreneurs”

  1. first home buyerNo Gravatar Says:

    Its very worthy to read this post. You are right that these are most insprational question.

  2. BetterNo Gravatar Says:

    reading these quotes has made me realise that am no diffrent from them

  3. India BusinessNo Gravatar Says:

    WOW!!!
    These are gems worthy of a read every hour. Great compilation I must say.

  4. RiaNo Gravatar Says:

    Very cool post… I love all these quotes especially “My son is now an “entrepreneur.” That’s what you’re called when you don’t have a job.”.. LOL… Thanks for this post… Really enjoyed a lot.

  5. adminNo Gravatar Says:

    Yes that is great quotation, one of my favourites.

  6. first home buyerNo Gravatar Says:

    After reading these quotations and analyzing these i found that these are best.

  7. Water filterNo Gravatar Says:

    These quotations are not only for entrepreneurs but we can also learn a lot from these.

  8. used tiresNo Gravatar Says:

    What awesome quotes, there are alot of great quotes, that it is so hard for me to choose which is my favorite, hehe =D

    Till then,

    Jean

  9. Robert S WilliamsNo Gravatar Says:

    Life is that distance between birth and death.. I give it 100 years. Now you know how much time you have left. Don’t procrastinate. Later is now..

  10. SEO ManchesterNo Gravatar Says:

    details,
    details,…
    things to do,
    things to get done,
    don’t bother me with details,
    just tell me when they’re done.

    James Lionel Price said that-although a fictional character-i do find this quote really amusing.

  11. Our Blog LogNo Gravatar Says:

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

    Thats not inspirational , its just really really funny =]

  12. srirajNo Gravatar Says:

    beautiful collection.

    one of my thoughts;
    the word impossible is there in my dictionary, that is why i know it means i m possible

  13. berryNo Gravatar Says:

    great collection