Need some motivation? Quotes are a great way to stay motivated! Check out our list of top quotes below!

"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful."
Albert Schweitzer
Source: Multiple biographies and publications about Schweitzer.

"Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great."
John D. Rockefeller
Source: "Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr." by Ron Chernow.

"The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new."
Socrates
Source: Ancient Greek literature.

"Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable."
Coco Chanel
Source: Chanel's numerous interviews and biographies.

"The biggest risk is not taking any risk."
Mark Zuckerberg
Source: Mark Zuckerberg's interview with Y Combinator's Jessica Livingston for Startup School.

"I can't do it" never yet accomplished anything; "I will try" has performed wonders."
George P. Burnham
Source: Various motivational literature.

"Whether you think you can, or think you can't — you're right."
Henry Ford
Source: "Henry Ford: Critical Evaluations in Business and Management" by John Cunningham Wood.

"Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work."
Steve Jobs
Source: Steve Jobs' Stanford Commencement Address, 2005.

"To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business, and your business in your heart."
Sr. Thomas Watson
Source: Various biographies on Watson's leadership at IBM.

"Risk more than others think is safe. Dream more than others think is practical."
Howard Schultz
Source: Howard Schultz's book, "Pour Your Heart Into It."

"There’s no shortage of remarkable ideas, what’s missing is the will to execute them."
Seth Godin
Source: Seth's Blog and his numerous books.

"The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same."
Colin R. Davis
Source: Interviews and articles on Davis.

"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it."
Henry David Thoreau
Source: Thoreau's various writings and journals.

"Opportunities don't happen. You create them."
Chris Grosser
Source: Various motivational and business publications.

"Don't be afraid to assert yourself, have confidence in your abilities, and don't let the bastards get you down."
Michael Bloomberg
Source: "Bloomberg by Bloomberg" autobiography.

"Success is not in what you have, but who you are."
Bo Bennett
Source: "Year to Success" by Bo Bennett.

"The best way to predict the future is to create it."
Peter Drucker
Source: Drucker's numerous books on management.

"If you’re passionate about something and you work hard, then I think you will be successful."
Pierre Omidyar
Source: Interviews with the founder of eBay.

"Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming."
Richard Branson
Source: "Losing My Virginity" by Richard Branson.

"Every problem is a gift — without problems we would not grow."
Anthony Robbins
Source: "Awaken the Giant Within" by Anthony Robbins.

"Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm."
Winston Churchill
Source: Churchill's speeches and biographies.

"If you just work on stuff that you like and you’re passionate about, you don’t have to have a master plan with how things will play out."
Mark Zuckerberg
Source: Zuckerberg's various interviews.

"Chase the vision, not the money; the money will end up following you."
Tony Hsieh
Source: "Delivering Happiness" by Tony Hsieh.

"The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something."
Nolan Bushnell
Source: "Finding the Next Steve Jobs" by Nolan Bushnell.

"Don’t try to be original, just try to be good."
Paul Rand
Source: Paul Rand's essays on design.

"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have."
Thomas Jefferson
Source: Various biographies on Jefferson.

"If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time."
Steve Jobs
Source: Interviews and biographies on Steve Jobs.

"The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary."
Vidal Sassoon
Source: Vidal Sassoon's interviews and memoirs.

"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."
Confucius
Source: Ancient Chinese literature.

"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."
Walt Disney
Source: Biographies on Walt Disney.

"Don’t worry about being successful but work toward being significant and the success will naturally follow."
Oprah Winfrey
Source: Oprah Winfrey's interviews and "The Oprah Winfrey Show."

"Fail often so you can succeed sooner."
Tom Kelley
Source: "The Art of Innovation" by Tom Kelley.

"In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity."
Sun Tzu
Source: "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu.

"If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary."
Jim Rohn
Source: Jim Rohn's seminars and publications.

"What do you need to start a business? Three simple things: know your product better than anyone, know your customer, and have a burning desire to succeed."
Dave Thomas
Source: Founder of Wendy's, Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption.

"To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business, and your business in your heart."
Thomas Watson Sr.
Source: Various articles on IBM's history.

"To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business."
J. Paul Getty
Source: "How to Be Rich" by J. Paul Getty.

"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
Source: "The Art of the Start" by Guy Kawasaki.

"A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business."
Henry Ford
Source: Biographies and articles about Ford's business philosophy.

"Don’t play games that you don’t understand, even if you see lots of other people making money from them."
Tony Hsieh
Source: "Delivering Happiness" by Tony Hsieh.

"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure."
Colin Powell
Source: Powell's speeches and interviews.

"I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come indirectly through accident, except the phonograph. No, when I have fully decided that a result is worth getting, I go about it, and make trial after trial, until it comes."
Thomas Edison
Source: "The Diary and Sundry Observations of Thomas Alva Edison" by Thomas Edison.

"Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life."
Steve Jobs
Source: Steve Jobs' Stanford Commencement Address, 2005.

"The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake - you can't learn anything from being perfect."
Adam Osborne
Source: Osborne's interviews and literature.

"When times are bad is when the real entrepreneurs emerge."
Robert Kiyosaki
Source: "Rich Dad Poor Dad" by Robert Kiyosaki.

"I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others... I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.
Thomas Edison
Source: Edison's numerous interviews and journals.

"In the end, a vision without the ability to execute it is probably a hallucination."
Steve Case
Source: Case's interviews and AOL's history.

"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
Source: Founder of Mrs. Fields, Debbi Fields' speeches.

"Your income is directly related to your philosophy, NOT the economy."
Jim Rohn
Source: Jim Rohn's seminars and publications.

"A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new."
Albert Einstein
Source: Widely attributed to Einstein in articles and books about his life and philosophy.

"To win without risk is to triumph without glory."
Pierre Corneille
Source: "Le Cid" by Pierre Corneille.

"Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally."
David Frost
Source: Interviews with David Frost.

"I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work."
Thomas Edison
Source: Edison's journals and interviews.

"It’s not about having the right opportunities. It’s about handling the opportunities right."
Mark Hunter
Source: Various motivational literature.

"In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later."
Harold S. Geneen
Source: Articles about Harold Geneen's leadership at ITT Corp.

"Success is not just about making money. It's about making a difference."
Kathy Ireland
Source: Interviews and speeches by Kathy Ireland.

"I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite."
G. K. Chesterton
Source: Chesterton's essays and writings.

"Always deliver more than expected."
Larry Page
Source: Google's philosophy and interviews with Larry Page.

"Business is more exciting than any game."
Lord Beaverbrook
Source: Interviews and articles on Lord Beaverbrook.

"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader."
John Quincy Adams
Source: Various biographies on John Quincy Adams.

"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful."
Albert Schweitzer
Source: Various biographies and publications about Schweitzer.

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."
Steve Jobs
Source: Biographies and interviews about Steve Jobs.

"It's not about ideas. It's about making ideas happen."
Scott Belsky
Source: "Making Ideas Happen" by Scott Belsky.

"You don't need to have a 100-person company to develop that idea."
Larry Page
Source: Interviews with Larry Page.

"Every accomplishment starts with a decision to try."
Unknown
Source: Common motivational literature.

"The best way to predict the future is to invent it."
Alan Kay
Source: Alan Kay's speeches and writings.

"You must remain focused on your journey to greatness."
Les Brown
Source: Les Brown's motivational seminars.

"Trust because you are willing to accept the risk, not because it’s safe or certain."
Anonymous
Source: Commonly used in motivational seminars and literature.

"If you can dream it, you can do it."
Walt Disney
Source: Various Disney documentaries and biographies.

"Business has only two functions – marketing and innovation."
Milan Kundera
Source: Writings and interviews of Milan Kundera.

"Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking."
William Butler Yeats
Source: Writings and poems by William Butler Yeats.

"To think creatively, we must be able to look afresh at what we normally take for granted."
George Kneller
Source: Various publications on creativity.

"Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners."
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Source: "Rich Dad Poor Dad" by Robert Kiyosaki.

"The golden rule for every businessman is this: 'Put yourself in your customer's place.'"
Orison Swett Marden
Source: "Pushing to the Front" by Orison Swett Marden.

"Success usually comes to those who are too busy looking for it."
Henry David Thoreau
Source: Thoreau's various writings and journals.

"If you can push through that feeling of being scared, that feeling of taking a risk, really amazing things can happen."
Marissa Mayer
Source: Interviews with Marissa Mayer.

"The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something.
Nolan Bushnell
Source: "Finding the Next Steve Jobs" by Nolan Bushnell.

"It takes more than capital to swing business. You’ve got to have the A. I. D. degree to get by — Advertising, Initiative, and Dynamics."
Isaac Asimov
Source: Writings and interviews of Isaac Asimov.

"A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts."
Richard Branson
Source: "Losing My Virginity" by Richard Branson.

"To succeed… You need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you."
Tony Dorsett
Source: Interviews with Tony Dorsett.

"It’s necessary to find a mentor who can invest time to know your personal capabilities and business model."
Nigel Davies
Source: Business interviews and articles.

"You are not your resume, you are your work.
Seth Godin
Source: Seth Godin's blog and books.

"For maximum attention, nothing beats a good mistake."
Unknown
Source: Commonly used in business seminars.

"To be successful, you must act big, think big and talk big."
Aristotle Onassis
Source: Various biographies about Onassis.

"Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you’re not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.
David Rockefeller
Source: David Rockefeller's memoirs and interviews.

"The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency."
Bill Gates
Source: "Business @ the Speed of Thought" by Bill Gates.

"In the world of business, the people who are most successful are those who are doing what they love."
Warren Buffett
Source: Interviews and shareholder letters by Warren Buffett.

"You have to believe in yourself when no one else does – that makes you a winner right there."
Venus Williams
Source: Interviews with Venus Williams.

"The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary."
Vidal Sassoon
Source: Interviews and articles about Vidal Sassoon.

"The most successful people are those who are good at plan B."
James Yorke
Source: Various scientific publications.

"To be successful in real estate, you must always and consistently put your clients' best interests first. When you do, your personal needs will be realized beyond your greatest expectations."
Anthony Hitt
Source: Real estate publications and interviews.

"The biggest risk is not taking any risk... In a world that is changing quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks."
Mark Zuckerberg
Source: Interviews with Mark Zuckerberg.

"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have."
Thomas Jefferson
Source: Various biographies on Thomas Jefferson.

"The entrepreneur builds an enterprise; the technician builds a job."
Michael Gerber
Source: "The E-Myth Revisited" by Michael Gerber.

"Wonder what your customer really wants? Ask. Don’t tell."
Lisa Stone
Source: Interviews and articles about Lisa Stone.

"The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same."
Colin R. Davis
Source: Quotes compilations.

"The only way around is through."
Robert Frost
Source: Robert Frost's poems and writings.

"In carrying out e-commerce, the most important thing is to keep doing what you are doing right now with passion, to keep it up."
Jack Ma
Source: Interviews with Jack Ma.

"If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business."
B. C. Forbes
Source: Writings and articles by B. C. Forbes.

"Ideas in secret die. They need light and air or they starve to death."
Seth Godin
​Source: Seth Godin's blog and books.
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​Running a small business comes with its share of challenges and triumphs. Sometimes, a little motivation is all you need to keep moving forward. Our collection of 100 motivational quotes offers words of wisdom from successful entrepreneurs and thought leaders to inspire and empower you. Whether you're navigating obstacles or celebrating milestones, these quotes will fuel your passion and drive your business to new heights. Embrace the power of positive thinking and let these motivational quotes guide you on your entrepreneurial journey.


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