Entrepreneurship Quotes - Page 2

S.T.O.P. = Start To Open Possibilities

There is no faster way to garner the lasting respect of employees, partners, and consumers than to become the embodiment of an ideal.

When I told my sister, who was a fashion designer in college, what I wanted to do, she said I was crazy. But once I got started, I couldn't turn back. Kimberly Goodwin, Snapping Turtle Kids

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

You dive deeper, you strip away the cleverness and the words become more important than your ego and that's when you know it's real, when it's good.

Data may disappoint, but it never lies.

If you allow yourself to be bogged down and lose your enthusiasm, you are dead in the water. But if you remain optimistic, cheerful and committed to your goal, there’s nothing that can stop you.

Earning is a product of learning. You're only one letter away from earning more.

If you want to succeed in life you have to blaze your own paths

The true ENTREPRENEUR is a risk taker, not an excuse maker.

A career is just a longer trip with a whole lot more baggage.

Yes, content is king but excellence is his queen. ~ Onyi Anyado.

No matter what the industry you choose to ultimately invest all your time and energy in, be sure you're the owner, founder, and CEO. Remember, if you don't own it, you can't control it nor can you depend on it.

My decision isn't as important as the freedom to decide. And my income isn't as important as what I do to earn it.

Pivoting is not the end of the disruption process, but the beginning of the next leg of your journey.

Making a product is just an activity, making a profit on a product is the achievement.

Don't wait. Start stuff.

A common mistaken conclusion made by companies is they think ‘people are cheap’ and want only the best price. That’s only true if you’re only giving them the same dismal choices with no differentiation and thus no value. That is the exact point when consumers start to look at price.

You need to choose your association according to your vision.

The presence of the Lord destroys a life of struggle. You will struggle until you encounter His presence.

When you don't have the pressure of pleasing someone else and do something because you love doing it, that's when the best works are born.

Simplicity is complex. It's never simple to keep things simple. Simple solutions require the most advanced thinking.

One of the best ways to attract capital is to outperform the competition.

Business is a game like baseball or golf or anything else. I enjoy being a student of the game, and reading, and learning, and going to conferences, whether it’s building custom homes or selling or servicing medical equipment. A good entrepreneur can be a good entrepreneur in any industry because if you’re a good student of the game, the rules and the lessons are very much the same. And that’s the fun part about it.

To broaden your thinking, you have to expand the scope of your mind and imagination

You are not permitted to live and die as a non-entity because you have encountered the greatness that is associated with Christ.

You will have more regrets for the things you didn't try than the ones you tried and didn't succeed at.

Attention deficit is no longer the supposed domain of Generation Y’s who were brought up on a diet of social media and new technology. A recent study revealed 65 percent of 55-64 year olds surf, text and watch television simultaneously.

Humans are born to build something outrageous.

Creativity will only cease when people stop thinking

Catch a customer with emotion and you will have a customer for a day; but, capture a customer with value and you will keep a customer for a lifetime. I truly believe in good, old-fashioned values when it comes to business. That is what timelessness is made of! At the end of the day, the question is, “Do you want to build a good hut for a day or do you want to build a good fortress for a lifetime?” Quality, value, understanding the needs of your clientele— that’s how you build a legacy. Connect with people, because you can never underestimate just how many people out there are yearning for any form of good interpersonal connection that they can find and when you can provide that as a brand name, you can allow the person behind your business to shine through. That’s how timelessness is created. It’s not created by luring people into a myth; it’s created by making connections, by remembering people’s names, by being genuinely interested in everybody.

Making something is HardMaking something you don't even CARE ABOUT isEVEN HARDER .

So cheer up Beloved; for your God is able, He is the maker of all things.

Not having a recognised brand & trying to stand out in the market is like going to the market without any goods.

At the end of the day, if you’re wasting your time by not investing in yourself, you’re going to waste away—and that would be the greatest waste of all.

Age did not have to prohibit or inhibit a woman’s ability to make money or a living. Age did not diminish a woman’s usefulness as a self-employed person or entrepreneur. Age did not limit the ways in which a woman made money through self-employment or entrepreneurship.

The challenge for the entrepreneur is to find your passion and make fear history.

The best big idea is only going to be as good as its implementation.

My best ideas come in the shower, where I’m showered with water, but also ideas.

Stop nourishing other people’s ideas and beliefs in your life. Take up your own idea and endeavor to accomplish it.

Watch, listen, and learn. You can’t know it all yourself. Anyone who thinks they do is destined for mediocrity.

You can say anything to anyone, but how you say it will determine how they will react.

The naysayer has a place in your life, but if that is someone that you are considering to be your friend, do they truly add value in your life?

There's no such thing as a superhero, but together we can world in a new direction.

A careless risk undertaken thoughtlessly or in pursuit of a thrill is recklessness, but a hazard confronted for the glory of God is a different matter altogether.

Don't blow off another's candle for it won't make yours shine brighter.

Business is the school of life. Success in business requires success in living.

Entrepreneur, stay hungry, stay humble & stay hopeful.

The true cost of following your dreams isn't what you sacrifice when you chase them, it's what you lose when you don't

People relate to people, and if your brand feels like people, they’ll relate to you, too.

Commitment shows up before results do!

Goals and dreams are the entrepreneur’s mental energy. However, the same goals and dreams that drive his behavior will also drive him to an early grave if he doesn’t take care of his physical energy through a mix of exercise and relaxation. Energy manipulation is the ability to feed the mind with dreams and sustain the body so it will keep up with those dreams.

You don't need to go running from pillar to post looking for what God looks like.

The goal - at least the way I think about entrepreneurship - is you realize one day that you can't really work anyone else. You have to start your won thing. It almost doesn't matter what the thing is. We had six different business plan changes, and then the last one was PayPal.If that one didn't work out, if we still had the money and the people, obviously we would not have given up. We would have iterated on the business model and done something else. I don't think there was ever clarity as to who we were until we knew it was working. By then, we'd figured out our PR pitch and told everyone what we do and who we are. But between the founding and the actual PayPal, it was just like this tug-of-war where it was like, "We're trying this, this week." Every week you go to investors and say, "We're doing this, exactly this. We're really focused. We're going to be huge." The next week you're like, "That was a lie.

Sometimes in life, it has to be enough to be proud of yourself, even if no one else notices.

Blessed are the misfits who make their own rules and stick to them for they shall inherit peace of mind

Logic and reason are the naphthalene balls we use to pack them away into a sandook called 'Someday'. But when that day comes we are too old, too poor, too tired or too lazy.

Don't let any situation intimidate you anymore, don't accept defeat anymore.

A business person is all about solving problems.

The art the wealthy use in business is to jump.