Entrepreneurship Quotes

Fear is the disease. Hustle is the antidote

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late

Risk more than others think is safe. Dream more than others think is practical.

Inside every problem lies an opportunity

I skate to where the puck is going to be, not to where it has been.

You have to see failure as the beginning and the middle, but never entertain it as an end

Entrepreneurship is neither a science nor an art. It is a practice.

Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them

It’s more fun to be a pirate than to join the navy.

Adventure is worthwhile in itself

You jump off a cliff and you assemble an airplane on the way down

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose

Success is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm

Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.

It's not about ideas. It's about making ideas happen

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

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently

Entrepreneurship is about turning what excites you in life into capital, so that you can do more of it and move forward with it

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it

The most important thing is to be passionate and ready to work hard. If you’re not, other people will outperform you

The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake—you can’t learn anything from being perfect

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing

Entrepreneurship is jumping off a cliff and building your wings on the way down.

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

I never lose. I either win or learn

The world doesn’t reward perfection, it rewards productivity.

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once.

Chase the vision, not the money. The money will end up following you.

If you double the number of experiments you do per year, you’re going to double your inventiveness

Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment

If you are persistent, you will get it. If you are consistent, you will keep it

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood

In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield

The only thing worse than starting something and failing… is not starting something

Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough

If you’re not a little embarrassed by your first product release, you’ve launched too late.

The riskiest thing we can do is just maintain the status quo

Success is not about having the best ideas, but rather it’s about making your ideas happen.

Embrace what you don’t know, especially in the beginning, because what you don’t know can become your greatest asset.

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why

If you’re changing the world, you’re working on important things. You’re excited to get up in the morning

You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.

Make every detail perfect, and limit the number of details to perfect

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.

When you innovate, you’ve got to be prepared for everyone telling you you’re nuts

The best entrepreneurs know how to listen. Sometimes the hardest thing to do is listen, especially to things you don’t want to hear.

I’m not afraid of dying, I’m afraid of not trying

Entrepreneurship is about being able to face failure, manage failure and succeed after failing

If you cannot feed a team with two pizzas, it’s too large

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.

Don’t be the person who asks, 'Why isn’t someone doing this?' Be the person who takes action and does it.

You get in life what you have the courage to ask for

Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats

Fall in love with the problem, not the solution

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

Waiting for perfect is never as smart as making progress

I knew that if I failed I wouldn’t regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is not trying

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take

Screw it, let’s do it.

As long as you’re going to be thinking anyway, think big

You don't need to have a 100-person company to develop that idea

You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do

Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming

If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough.

Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again

Fortune sides with him who dares

Make something people want includes making a company that people want to work for

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

It’s not about money or connections – it’s the willingness to outwork and outlearn everyone when it comes to your business

The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer

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.

Don’t worry about people stealing your design work. Worry about the day they stop

The most dangerous poison is the feeling of achievement. The antidote is to every evening think what can be done better tomorrow

Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Ideas are commodity. Execution of them is not

Don’t find customers for your products, find products for your customers

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower

The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes

Don’t worry about funding if you don’t need it. Today it’s cheaper to start a business than ever

Dream big by setting yourself seemingly impossible challenges. You then have to catch up with them

Do what you love and success will follow. Passion is the fuel behind a successful career

In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative, original thinker unless you can also sell what you create.

In the end, a vision without the ability to execute it is probably a hallucination

Entrepreneurs are willing to work 80 hours a week to avoid working 40 hours a week

The common question that gets asked in business is, why? That’s a good question, but an equally valid one is, why not?

Vision without execution is hallucination

The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.

Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great

The last 10 percent it takes to launch something takes as much energy as the first 90 percent

The value of an idea lies in the using of it.

The difference between successful people and others is how long they spend time feeling sorry for themselves.

When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for people telling you that you are nuts