Motivational Business Quotes

• The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.

  Peter Drucker

  Inspirational, Motivational, Business

  Peter Drucker (2014). “Innovation and Entrepreneurship”, p.33, Routledge

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• The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.

  Confucius

  Life, Business, Philosophical

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• I like thinking big. If you're going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big.

  Donald Trump

  Inspirational, Success, Business

  FaceBook post by Donald J. Trump from Nov 21, 2016

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• One finds limits by pushing them.

  Herbert Simon

  Motivational, Inspiring, Business

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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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• Every successful business creates or provides something of value that other people want or need at a price they're willing to pay, in a way that satisfies the purchaser's needs and expectations and provides the business sufficient revenue to make it worthwhile for the owners to continue operation.

  Josh Kaufman

  Motivational, Business, Successful

  "The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business". Book by Josh Kaufman, August 28, 2012.

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  You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Nov 16, 2014

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• You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.

  Warren Buffett

  Life, Motivational, Success

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

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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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  The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.

  Lily Tomlin

  Inspirational, Funny, Meaningful

  Quoted in People, 26 Dec. 1977. Although now associated with Tomlin, this saying appears anonymously in Robert Reisner, Graffiti (1971), in the form "Remember, even if you win the rat race - you're still a rat." Rosalie Maggio, in New Beacon Book of Quotations by Women, states that William Sloane Coffin said "Even if you win the rat-race, you're still a rat" as a chaplain at Williams College or Yale University in the 1950s or 1960s.

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• My son is now an 'entrepreneur.' That's what you're called when you don't have a job.

  Ted Turner

  Success, Jobs, Business

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• Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Business

  "Steve Jobs, the Journey Is the Reward". Book by Jeffrey S. Young, 1988.

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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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• People are definitely a company's greatest asset. It doesn't make any difference whether the product is cars or cosmetics. A company is only as good as the people it keeps.

  Mary Kay Ash

  Inspirational, Teamwork, Business

  Mary Kay Ash (1995). “Mary Kay, You Can Have it All: Lifetime Wisdom from America's Foremost Woman Entrepreneur”, Prima Lifestyles

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• In all realms of life it takes courage to stretch your limits, express your power, and fulfill your potential... it's no different in the financial realm.

  Suze Orman

  Inspirational, Business, Power

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• The noblest search is the search for excellence.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Motivational, Success, Business

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• I wasn't satisfied just to earn a good living. I was looking to make a statement.

  Donald Trump

  Motivation, Business, Entrepreneur

  Donald J. Trump, Tony Schwartz (2009). “Trump: The Art of the Deal”, p.47, Ballantine Books

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  Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.

  Steve Jobs

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  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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• You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Dec 02, 2016

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  It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Positive Thinking Every Day: An Inspiration for Each Day of the Year". Book by Norman Vincent Peale. Entry for April 13, 1993.

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• Don't worry about failure; you only have to be right once.

  Drew Houston

  Inspirational, Motivational, Business

  "The Era Of The #fumblebrag" by Caleb Garling, www.wired.com. March 26, 2015.

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