Business Owners Quotes

• A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.

  Nolan Bushnell

  Business, Hard Work, Starting Up

  "Mina Bekheet - Cofounder of Oxford Biotech". Enterprising Oxford interview, www.eship.ox.ac.uk.

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• Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

  Bill Gates

  Leadership, Business, Motivation

  Bill Gates (2009). “Business @ the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy”, p.86, Hachette UK

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• Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "From Telegraph to Light Bulb with Thomas Edison". Book by Deborah Headstrom-Page, 2007.

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• Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Success, Graduation

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.

  Zig Ziglar

  Business, Opportunity, Loyal Customers

  "Smarter Branding Without Breaking the Bank: Five Proven Marketing Strategies You Can Use Right Now to Build Your Business at Little Or No Cost". Book by Brenda Bence (p. 91), November 7, 2011.

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• Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Leadership, Art, Business

  Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1960). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1954”, p.477, Best Books on

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• Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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  I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  "I Can't Accept Not Trying : Michael Jordan on the Pursuit of Excellence". Book by Michael Jordan (p. 129), 1994.

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  The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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• If you think you can't, you're right.

  Carol Bartz

  Inspirational, Positive, Smart

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  I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

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

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Excerpts from an Oral History Interview with Daniel Morrow: "Advice for Future Entrepreneurs", americanhistory.si.edu. April 20, 1995.

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• Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming.

  Richard Branson

  Inspirational, Business, Opportunity

  FaceBook post by Richard Branson from May 09, 2016

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• You can go as far as your mind lets you.

  Mary Kay Ash

  Inspirational, Success, Believe

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• Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

  Steve Jobs

  Graduation, Heart, Stanford University

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.

  Coco Chanel

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "Believing in Ourselves: The Wisdom of Women". Book by Armand Eisen (p. 15), 1992.

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  A man should never neglect his family for business.

  Walt Disney

  Inspirational, Family, Inspiring

  "How to Be Like Walt : Capturing the Magic Every Day of Your Life". Book by Pat Williams, 2004.

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

  Walt Disney

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Richard Branson

  Inspirational, Success, Encouraging

  Richard Branson (2010). “Business Stripped Bare: Adventures of a Global Entrepreneur”, Virgin

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• The secret to successful hiring is this: look for the people who want to change the world.

  Marc Benioff

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.

  Norman Schwarzkopf

  Leadership, Business, Character

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• Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Funny, Life, Motivational

  "An Enemy Called Average". Book by John L. Mason, 1990.

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  Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.

  Mary Kay Ash

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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

  Scott Belsky

  Motivational, Business, Young Entrepreneurs

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• Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Life, Graduation

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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