Starting a business can be tough and challenging. Here is a list of inspirational business quotes that will boost your confidence so that you can lead your business with determination and passion.
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Inspirational Business Quotes
1. “Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.” – Farrah Gray
2. “If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.” – Steve Jobs
3. “A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.” – Henry Ford
4. “If you don’t drive your business, you will be driven out of business.” – B. C. Forbes
5. “Never give up. Today is hard and tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine.” – Jack Ma
6. “You never achieve real success unless you like what you are doing.” – Dale Carnegie
7. “Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.” – Bill Gates
8. “Launching a business is essentially an adventure in problem-solving.” – Richard Branson
9. “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follow.” – Steve Jobs
10. “A company is only as good as the people it keeps.” – Mary Kay Ash
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11. “The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.” – Peter Drucker
12. “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” – Colin Powell
13. “Failure doesn’t mean you are a failure it just means you haven’t succeeded yet.” – Robert H. Schuller
14. “Great companies are built on great products.” – Elon Musk
15. “Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.” – Henry Ford
16. “Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming.” – Richard Branson
17. “Don’t just make money, make a difference.” – Grant Cardone
18. “Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning.” – Robert Kiyosaki
19. “The purpose of business is to create and keep a customer.” – Peter Drucker
20. “Work like there is someone working 24 hours a day to take it all away from you.” – Mark Cuban
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21. “If you don’t understand the details of your business you are going to fail.” – Jeff Bezos
22. “Always deliver more than expected.” – Larry Page
23. “There’s no abiding success without commitment.” – Tony Robbins
24. “The best way of learning about anything is by doing.” – Richard Branson
25. “A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well.” – Jeff Bezos
26. “The biggest risk is not taking any risk… In a world that is changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.” – Mark Zuckerberg
27. “The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.” – Andrew Carnegie
28. “Never go into business purely to make money. If that’s the motive you’re better off doing nothing.” – Richard Branson
29. “Never give up. Great things take time.” – Unknown
30. “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs
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31. “You don’t have time and money because you don’t invest time and money.” – Grant Cardone
32. “The biggest mistake people make in life is NOT making a living at doing what they most enjoy.” – Malcolm S. Forbes
33. “Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir people’s blood. Make big plans and aim high in hope and work.” – Daniel H Burnham
34. “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill
35. “Sometimes success isn’t about making the right decision, it’s more about making some decision.” – Robin Sharma
36. “Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.” – Peter F. Drucker
37. “You don’t build a business. You build people and people build the business.” – Zig Ziglar
38. “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney
39. “A big business starts small.” – Richard Branson
40. “Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
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41. “When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.” – Elon Musk
42. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.” – Steve Jobs
43. “If people like you they’ll listen to you, but if they trust you they’ll do business with you.” – Zig Ziglar
44. “If you’re not scared a lot you’re not doing very much.” – Robin Sharma
45. “If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.” – Jim Rohn
46. “You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.” – Richard Branson
47. “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vidal Sassoon
48. “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain
49. “If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.” – Jim Rohn
50. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
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51. “Money and success demand attention. Ignore either and you will have neither.” – Grant Cardone
52. “The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.” – Colin R. Davis
53. “Number one reason people fail in life is because they listen to their friends, family, and neighbors.” – Napoleon Hill
54. “Don’t start a company unless it’s an obsession and something you love. If you have an exit strategy, it’s not an obsession.” – Mark Cuban
55. “A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.” – Richard Branson
56. “The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.” – Peter Drucker
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