50 Business Quotes from some of the best Business Minds

It's to forget that even some of the most successful minds in the world started with just a dream, isn't it?

When you’re exhausted, frustrated, anxious, worried, or you just need a reminder not to give, these inspirational business quotes will have you encouraged, inspired, and ready to take on the world:

1. "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, Founder of Wendy’s

2. “If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late.” — Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn

3. “Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect.” — Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter

4. “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. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.” — Steve Jobs, co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc.

5. “Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.” — Golda Meir, fourth Prime Minister of Israel

6. “The most dangerous poison is the feeling of achievement. The antidote is to every evening think what can be done better tomorrow.” — Ingvar Kamprad, founder of IKEA

7. “Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” — Steve Jobs, co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc.

8. Stay self-funded as long as possible.” — Garrett Camp, founder of Expa, Uber, and StumbleUpon

9. “I never dreamed about success, I worked for it.” — Estee Lauder, founder of Estee Lauder Cosmetics

10. “Ideas are commodities. Execution of them is not.” — Michael Dell, chairman, and CEO of Dell

11. “Whether you think you can, or think you can’t – you’re right.” — Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company

12. “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, co-founder of Microsoft

13. “Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create.” — Oprah Winfrey, media proprietor

14. “Risk more than others think is safe. Dream more than others think is practical.” — Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks

15. “If you can dream it, you can do it.” — Walt Disney, founder of the Disney Brother Studio and Disneyland

16. “However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.” — Stephen Hawking, English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author

17. “The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.”– Michael Jordan, American former professional basketball player

18. “People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the tendency is to get on a downward spiral that can even become a self-fulfilling prophecy.” — Tony Robbins, life and business strategist, and author

19. "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that count.” — Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of Great Britain during World War II

20. “Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don’t wish it were easier; wish you were better.” — Jim Rohn, one of America’s foremost business philosophers

21. "The moment you put a deadline on your dream, it becomes a goal." — Harsha Bhogle, Indian cricket commentator and journalist

22. "You attract what you're ready for." — Unknown

23. "There are only two options: make progress or make excuses." — Unknown

24. "The only way you see results is you stay consistent." — Unknown

25. "Do it for the people who want to see you fail." — Unknown

26. "Make today count. You'll never get it back." — Unknown

27. "Excuses don't get results." — Unknown

28. "If your dreams don't scare you, they are too small." — Richard Branson, British business magnate, entrepreneur, investor, and author

29. "Don't fear failure. Fear being in the exact same place next year as you are today." — Unknown

30. "You will never always be motivated, so you must learn to be disciplined." — Unknown

31. “The Golden Rule for every business is this: put yourself in your customer’s place.” — Orison Swett Marden, American inspirational author

32. “Never Give up. Today is hard and tomorrow will be worse, but the day after Tomorrow will be Sunshine.” — Jack Ma, founder Alibaba Group

33. “If you don’t drive your business, you will be driven out of business.” — B.C. Forbes, financial journalist, and author Forbes Magazine

34. “Great things in business are never done by one person.” — Steve Jobs, founder Apple Inc.

35. “Patience: This is the greatest business asset. Wait for the right time to make your moves.” — J. Paul Getty, British American petrol industrialist

36. “To win big, you sometimes have to take big risks.” — Bill Gates, founder Microsoft Corporation

37. "Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal." — Henry Ford, American industrialist, business magnate, founder of the Ford Motor Company

38. "If the plan doesn’t work, change the plan, but never the goal." — Unknown

39. "It's OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket." — Elon Musk, entrepreneur and business magnate

40. "Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless." — Thomas A. Edison, American inventor, and businessman

41. "I'm too busy working on my own grass to notice if yours is greener." — Unknown

42. "Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure." — George Woodberry, poet

43. "The secret of business, especially these days, is to focus relentlessly on your unfair advantage – the thing you do that others don't." — John Rollwagen, executive

44. "When I was young, I observed that nine out of 10 things I did were failures, so I did 10 times more work." —
George Bernard Shaw, writer, and critic

45. "Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art." — Andy Warhol, American artist, film director, and producer

46. "A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts." — Richard Branson, British business magnate, entrepreneur, investor, and author

47. "Be stubborn about your goals and flexible about your methods." — Unknown

48. "If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary." — Jim Rohn, American entrepreneur, author, and motivational speaker

49. "Opportunities don't happen. You create them." — Chris Grosser, Senior Sales Consultant at Tesla

50. "Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm." — Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of Great Britain (WWII)

About Mark Creedon Mark Creedon is Director of Metropole's Business Accelerator Mastermind and business coach to some of Australia's leading entrepreneurs - each who call him their "unreasonable friend"
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