Being an entrepreneur can be challenging some days. For most, it’s more of a calling than a job. The words of great business leaders showcase the tools they have used to inspire themselves and the philosophies and rules by which they live. Here, we’ve compiled twenty of the best quotes from entrepreneurs to keep you inspired. Hint: these would make great Instagram shares!
1. “Life is too short to be working for someone else’s dream.”
- Unknown
2. “Winners never quit and quitters never win.”
- Vince Lombardi
3. “The best way to predict the future is to create it.”
- Peter Drucker
4. “Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.”
- Thomas Edison
5. “Follow your passion — and if you don’t know what it is, realize that one reason for your existence on earth is to find it.”
- Oprah Winfrey
6. “Fearlessness is not the absence of fear. It’s the mastery of fear. It’s about getting up one more time than we fall down.”
- Ariana Huffington, co-founder of The Huffington Post
7. “People respond well to those who are sure of what they want.”
- Anna Wintour, editor-in-Chief, American Vogue
8. “I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.”
- Estee Lauder
9. “Don't be intimidated by what you don't know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else."
- Sara Blakely, founder, Spanx
10. “Nothing will work unless you do.”
- Maya Angelou
11. “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.
12. “Success isn’t about the end result. It’s about what you learn along the way.”
- Vera Wang
13. “Never take no personally. Sometimes people tell you no for a reason that has nothing to do with you. You must keep going.”
- Sofia Vergara
14. “Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.”
- Steve Jobs
15. “You have to see failure as the beginning and the middle but never entertain it as an end.”
- Jessica Herrin, founder and CEO of Stella & Dot
16. “The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.”
- Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari
17. “Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”
- Winston Churchill
18. “Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.”
- Dale Carnegie
19. “Wonder what your customer really wants? Ask. Don’t tell.”
- Lisa Stone, co-founder and CEO, BlogHer
20. “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
