Running a business is like riding a roller coaster. Although it is fun and exciting, there will be times when you feel scared and powerless. During the bad times, there isn’t much you can do other than to keep on pushing forward.
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In that spirit, here are 101 quotes that will motivate you to push forward.
- The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It’s as simple as that. 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
- My son is now an ‘entrepreneur’. That’s what you’re called when you don’t have a job. – Ted Turner
- Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy. – Norman Schwarzkopf
- The golden rule for every business man is this: “Put yourself in your customer’s place.” – Orison Swett Marden
- I had to make my own living and my own opportunity! But I made it! Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them! – C.J. Walker
- 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
- Life is too complicated not to be orderly. – Martha Stewart
- The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can’t do. – Dennis Waitley
- Business opportunities are like buses: there’s always another one coming. – Richard Branson
- Leadership is doing what is right when no one is watching. – George Van Valkenburg
- There is no royal, flower-strewn path to success. And if there is, I have not found it. For if I have accomplished anything in life, it is because I have been willing to work hard. – C.J. Walker
- Business is more exciting than any game. – Lord Beaverbrook
- Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized. – Albert Einstein
- We are currently not planning on conquering the world. – Sergey Brin
- If it really was a no-brainer to make it on your own in business, there’d be millions of no-brained, harebrained, and otherwise dubiously brained individuals quitting their day jobs and hanging out their own shingles. Nobody would be left to round out the workforce and execute the business plan. – Bill Rancic
- 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. – Ren Mulford Jr.
- For all of its faults, it gives most hardworking people a chance to improve themselves economically, even as the deck is stacked in favor of the privileged few. Here are the choices most of us face in such a system: Get bitter or get busy. – Bill O’ Reilly
- A man should never neglect his family for business. – Walt Disney
- The only limits are, as always, those of vision. – James Broughton
- To think is easy. To act is difficult. To act as one thinks is the most difficult. – Johann Wolfgang Von Goeth
- I like thinking big. If you’re going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big. – Donald Trump
- Nobody talks about entrepreneurship as survival, but that’s exactly what it is and what nurtures creative thinking. Running that first shop taught me business is not financial science; it’s about trading: buying and selling. – Anita Roddick
- To waken interest and kindle enthusiasm is the sure way to teach easily and successfully. – Tryon Edwards
- Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. – Bill Gates
- Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable. – Coco Chanel
- The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time. – Henry Ford
- The good or ill of a man lies within his own will. – Epictetus
- I have known not a few men who, after reaching the summits of business success, found themselves miserable on attaining retirement age. They were so exclusively engrossed in their day to day affairs that they had no time for friend making. – B.C. Forbes
- The cynic says, “One man can’t do anything”. I say, “Only one man can do anything.” - John W. Gardner
- I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity. – Oprah Winfrey
- If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example. – Ingvar Kamprad
- Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly and get on with improving your other innovations. – Steve Jobs
- You’ve got to say, I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough, I can have it. It’s called perseverance. – Lee Iacocca
- The desire of knowledge, like the thirst for riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it. – Laurence Sterne
- 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
- Well, you know, I was a human being before I became a businessman. – George Soros
- Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. – Dwight Eisenhower
- If you did not look after today’s business, then you might as well forget about tomorrow. – Isaac Mophatlane
- The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas of enthusiasm. – Thomas J. Watson
- Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games. – Babe Ruth
- Being able to touch so many people through my businesses, and make money while doing it, is a huge blessing. – Magic Johnson
- Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness. – James Thurber
- The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same. – Carlos Castaneda
- The great leaders are like the best conductors – they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players. – Blaine Lee
- To think creatively, we must be able to look afresh at what we normally take for granted. – George Kneller
- To the degree we’re not living our dreams; our comfort zone has more control of us than we have over ourselves. – Peter McWilliams
- The enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth-persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. – John F. Kennedy
- Long-range planning works best in the short term. – Doug Evelyn
- The NBA is never just a business. It’s always business. It’s always personal. All good businesses are personal. The best businesses are very personal. – Mark Cuban
- You can fool all the people all the time if the advertising is right and the budget is big enough. – Joseph E. Levine
- A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts. – Richard Branson
- The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity. – Peter F. Drucker
- No enterprise can exist for itself alone. It ministers to some great need, it performs some great service, not for itself, but for others…or failing therein, it ceases to be profitable and ceases to exist. – Calvin Coolidge
- Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly. Taste the relish to be found in competition – in having put forth the best within you. – Henry J. Kaiser
- Winning is not a sometime thing; it’s an all time thing. You don’t win once in a while, you don’t do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. – Vince Lombardi
- 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
- The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools. – Confucius
- The first one gets the oyster; the second gets the shell. – Andrew Carnegie
- Hire character. Train skill. – Peter Schutz
- 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
- Look well to this day. Yesterday is but a dream and tomorrow is only a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well therefore to this day. – Francis Gray
- Surviving a failure gives you more self-confidence. Failures are great learning tools.. but they must be kept to a minimum. – Jeffrey Immelt
- Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. Thoughts are things! And powerful things at that, when mixed with definiteness of purpose, and burning desire, can be translated into riches. – Napoleon Hill
- It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. – Charles Darwin
- Industry is the soul of business and the keystone of prosperity. – Charles Dickens
- I don’t pay good wages because I have a lot of money; I have a lot of money because I pay good wages. – Robert Bosch
- 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
- In business, I’ve discovered that my purpose is to do my best to my utmost ability every day. That’s my standard. I learned early in my life that I had high standards. – Donald Trump
- In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later. – Harold Geneen
- To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business, and your business in your heart. – Thomas Watson, Sr.
- The absolute fundamental aim is to make money out of satisfying customers. – John Egan
- There are a lot of things that go into creating success. I don’t like to do just the things I like to do. I like to do things that cause the company to succeed. I don’t spend a lot of time doing my favorite activities. – Michael Dell
- I have found no greater satisfaction than achieving success through honest dealing and strict adherence to the view that, for you to gain, those you deal with should gain as well. – Alan Greenspan
- You must be the change you wish to see in the world. – Mahatma Gandhi
- Let’s be honest. There’s not a business anywhere that is without problems. Business is complicated and imperfect. Every business everywhere is staffed with imperfect human beings and exists by providing a product or service to other imperfect human beings. – Bob Parsons
- You need to be aware of what others are doing, applaud their efforts, acknowledge their successes, and encourage them in their pursuits. When we all help one another, everybody wins. – Jim Stovall
- The only way around is through. – Robert Frost
- You only have to do very few things right in your life so long as you don’t do too many things wrong. – Warren Buffett
- The noblest search is the search for excellence – Lyndon B. Johnson
- The man who does not work for the love of work but only for money is likely to neither make money nor find much fun in life. – Charles M. Schwab
- You must remain focused on your journey to greatness. – Les Brown
- Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing. – Theodore Roosevelt
- Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier. – Charles F. Kettering
- Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t, you’re right! – Henry Ford
- You must either modify your dreams or magnify your skills. – Jim Rohn
- Who likes not his business, his business likes not him. – William Hazlitt
- The new source of power is not money in the hands of a few, but information in the hands of many. – John Naisbitt
- The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed. – Henry Ford
- It’s through curiosity and looking at opportunities in new ways that we’ve always mapped our path at Dell. There’s always an opportunity to make a difference. – Michael Dell
- If you work just for money, you’ll never make it, but if you love what you’re doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours. – Ray Kroc
- Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating. – Denis Waitley
- Management is nothing more than motivating other people. – Le Iacocca
- Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it. – Dwight D. Eisenhower
- The most serious mistakes are not being made as a result of wrong answers. The truly dangerous thing is asking the wrong question. – Peter Drucker
- Why did I want to win? Because I didn’t want to lose! – Max Schmelling
- To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business. – J. Paul Getty
- To win without risk is to triumph without glory. – Pierre Corneille
- To succeed… You need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you. – Tony Dorsett
- Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business. – Zig Ziglar
- I wasn’t satisfied just to earn a good living. I was looking to make a statement. – Donald Trump
- Whether it’s Google or Apple or free software, we’ve got some fantastic competitors and it keeps us on our toes. – Bill Gates
Do you know of any other good motivational business quotes?
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Great quotes, Neil; if you don’t mind, I may tweet a few of them. Here’s one of my favorites from Nietzsche (one of the most misunderstood philosophers who ever lived): “[B]elieve me: the secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment is—to live dangerously. Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius! Send your ships into unchartered seas! Live at war with your peers and yourselves!†Cheers, @ScottEdWalker
Tweet away.
This is a GREAT list Neil. I especially like this one:
# There is no royal, flower-strewn path to success. And if there is, I have not found it. For if I have accomplished anything in life, it is because I have been willing to work hard. – C.J. Walker
Would it be okay if I tweet some, or use them for future blog posts? Thanks for posting either way!
You’re free to use anything I have posted!
Thanks so nice of you, I am gonna use them on my website also.
Good link bait my friend. I’m curious as to how well this will take off on social media sites. Perhaps I should do a list post like this?
I didn’t create this post as linkbait, but it will probably do alright on the social web…
You should do list post, readers typically enjoy them.
The only way around is through.
Is my favorite quote. When tough time comes… The tough keep going!
Exactly! There is always … always a way!
Warren Buffett:
“Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked.”
lol. Yah, that’s great! Warren is one amazing business man!
My favorite is:
“Your income is directly related to your philosophy, NOT the economy.” Jim Rohn
Jim Rohn was one of the greatest business minds of our time.
Mr. Rohn passed away on December 5, 2009.
Here’s a short video full of life changing principles by Mr. Rohn.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et9r66Pz7dg
I love it! It applies to us in so many different levels.
“If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us.â€
Jim Rohn is superb
Jim Rohn is awesome. You need to have control over your life or your life will control you. As long as you make the effort the get the ball rolling, it’ll begin to roll.
Wow! I really dig some of these… Personally, I read a lot of business and marketing books. I hi-light passages when I read something I like and I use post-it notes for reference… If I pulled some books off the shelf I’m sure I could come up with a few to share…
Donald Trumps: “The Way to the Top: The Best Business Advice I Ever Received” is filled with quotes that I like!
Donald is definitely a badass businessman. I hope this collection of quotes can pump and push you forward.
“Get busy living or Get busy dying”
– The Shawshank Redemption
Exactly! You only have one life to live, so enjoy it to the fullest. As a human being, we naturally have the ability to grow, it’s what keeps us moving forward. Why not accelerate the learning/taking action process to get what you want sooner… right?
Accelerate the process but not forget to still live your life. If we start thinking about money and start a business as soon as we get out of college we tend to miss some of the beautiful things in life. It’s like starting a family. You get married, you have children and after that everything that you do is for your children and you just skipped a part of life.
It all depends on your motives Catalin… for many family, kids, etc. aren’t important. They would rather focus on building a successful future rather than living the “white picket fence” American dream
I don’t even think about starting a family if I know that I can not offer my children all what they need. I don’t see the point in getting married and having children if you can’t raise them properly and offer the the right education. It’s nonsense. I see lots of young couples who have kids and they don’t have money to feed them. That is cruelty from my point of view. Of course, this depends on the level of education they received.
You’re right and more often than not, people are just ignorant and have yet to get exposure to what’s out there.
some families and people don’t always make the decision to have children and they do the best they can and make the best of a not ideal situation. I find your comments rude unnecessary. If everyone had the choice to raise their families with money then of course that would be the case but not everyone makes decisions based on money…xo
Good point, I understand. To each their own
I don’t think Neil’s comments are rude… they are actually well thought of and they are in fact reaching out to his circle of followers, the ones who are money hungry and want success for their business. If that’s not the case, then a parenting blog would be his main topic.
Thanks, they weren’t intended to come across that way.
Everything they need, That is setting the bar higher than necessary
After talking to a guy about the book Founders at Work. He couldn’t figure out a common thread that defined them. Your first quote captures what I told him.
“The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.”
They all took the first step. Great Post. Great Blog. I’m going to start reading you.
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It’s true that it all starts with a dream… but the reality is that almost everyone on the planet dreams in 1 way or another. The select few who make it happen actually take action.
Dreams and most of the times ideas are a commodity. A dime a dozen. It is all about execution, and taking the first step.
Of course, there’s obviously a lot of stuff to say about taking the first wrong step.
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Step 1. Dream
Step 2. Execute
It’s a two step process and most people don’t take the leap of faith to the second step.
In the words of Seth Godin “There’s no shortage of remarkable ideas, what’s missing is the will to execute them.”
I like it… everyone can dream, but very few will actually take action.
Most people remain stuck on dreaming and that is why they fail in their life. Having the courage to take action is very important. You can dream for as long as you want but don’t forget to start acting at some point.
Like I always say… everyone can dream, but very few people take action. That’s why most people in this world are next to broke!
The thing is that at this point every market is almost saturated. It’s hard to innovate anymore and this is why many people don’t dare to start a new business as they saw others failures already.
Innovation isn’t necessary… you can always just duplicate what others are doing by trying to make it better.
But as I said, you have to innovate at some level for people to have a reason to choose you.
My motto (self made):
“Only the best failures ever succeed.”
My other version of the same motto:
“Hurry up and fail, so you can start succeeding.”
Another one I heard of is fail forward fast!
Very inspiring guys, thanks for sharing a bit of your life experience with people like me, people that are only initiating there professional life and eager for advices and inspiration to continue and actually succeed in this corporate/business world
I love it! It’s so true, the most successful people have failed over and over again.
Every failure gives you the opportunity to learn and grow. I believe you learn more from your failures than you do your successes.
Oddly enough, “failure” or “failing” is one of the most common fears among people… it’s right up there with heights, spiders, and public speaking!
People fear failing because they feel embarrassed… failure is actually just a sign of taking action. It’s also something that help bring you 1 step closer to success.
The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time. – Henry Ford.
So true, you just need to make sure someone else is not that competitor but you
Very true… The type of people who have the focus that Henry Ford has do very well in life.
I loved the Bill Gates ones, specially the way people think Microsoft and Apple are at war.
Competition is great for consumers… but it at least gives corporations a run for their money.
What these motivtional quotes have in common is that try to inspire you to take action or be a better leader.
Exactly… the more you know and the quicker you apply them, the faster you’ll notice results.
Hi Neil, I have two quotes that have stuck with me since I was a child.
The first is from my father, Glen Myers: “It will all work out in the end – it’s just a matter of WHOSE!”
The second one is from Archie Bunker from the TV show, All in the Family: “Next time you get a kindly impulse Edith, stifle it!”
Sometimes you just have to use humor to get back on track!
Cheers!
Thanks for sharing that Cheryl… humor does play a great role in building success so you should always find every day to have fun
I just love motivational quotes because they are great for keeping the mind inspired and motivated.
Mark
They are… that’s why I decided to post this. The more inspired and motivated you are, the easier it will be to push yourself forward.
inspirational quotes.. thank you neil..
Hi Neil, thanks for the motivational business quotes. Nothing like a good quote to get me going when spirits flag.
Here are my favorites:
“When you reach for the stars, you may not quite get one, but you won’t come up with a handful of mud either.” Leo Burnett
“A calm sea does not make a skilled sailor.” and
“Whatever you do, or dream, begin it now… Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now.”
Goethe
My Favorite:
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. – Thomas A. Edison
More from this great hard working man:
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/t/thomas_a_edison.html
One more good one:
I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.
– Thomas A. Edison
That’s a quote that’s used all the time, but it never gets old
It just comes to show you that you should NEVER GIVE UP.
It’s so true… anyone can think of an idea, but very few people can actually spend the time to make it happen.
Rock bottom looks like me last Thursday night. Oh, the joys of tequila poppers!
lol, you should of taken a picture of it.
this goes right along with the 10 dumbest moments in business. http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/biz2/0701/gallery.101dumbest_2007/index.html *from your facebook fan page
lol, great article to share with everyone… thanks
Failure is allowing fear to prevent you from trying something new.
Your goal is to just fail forward as fast as you can… the faster you can push yourself the easier it will be.
Yeah, I am totally agree with you, Neil Patel. Only failure can helping us to make change mind and action to correct path of success. I have always learn from failure and mistake i have done it before. My life try to be simple , easy, I don’t want trouble no money everyday.
Well a simple life would leave you with a lot less stress… that’s for sure. Good job on learning from your failures… you’ll if you truly did by not making the same mistake.
What you never had and can’t have you’ll never miss, but what you have in your grasp and squander you’ll truely miss.
Sincerely,
Someone who has never been, yet.
It took me a second to get that, but it makes sense. If you’re unaware of something, it wouldn’t fathom you compared to knowing about it effecting your greatly.
My personal fav (not in the list):
The secret to Success is that there are no secrets.
Woody Alen said it best: “85% of Success is just showing up.”
and so on and so on..
lol… I love it! I agree with that… they’re really no secrets. Also, what Woody says is VERY VERY true…
thanks for the input.
Hi Neil ,
Indeed , those are extremely motivational Quotes .
I just have a suggestion , next time when you have so many points in a single article , try breaking it up into Part 1 & Part 2 .
Because , people generally have the tendency to start reading from the begining & then if it is too long , they either skip the middle ones or the last ones
Regards
Girija
Hmmm, that’s very valid for an article like this … thanks. These should be broken down in some type of categorical segments.
Hi,
Neil Patel, your every step is really useful for motivation. I have read few of your articles but this post is really informative. According to me there’s not a business anywhere that is without problems. Business is complicated and imperfect. Every business everywhere is staffed with imperfect human beings and exists by providing a product.
You missed one.
“Keep it simple, stupid.”
Don’t over complicate things and you’ll have more free time and cash in the bank.
An oldy but a goody. Kissmetrics is based of that
If people would just stop making their life so complicated, things would begin to flow much more smoothly.
Great list , I love quotes… and yeah the social media space will eat this up. I posted the Steve Jobs commencement interview once on my blog. People loved it. Great speech. Youtube: steve jobs commencement.
You’ve compiled a list of really cool quotes, I’d also add additional one by Henry Ford:
“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” — Henry Ford.
Out of the list you posted I really enjoyed the one about “buses” by Richard Branson and about competitors by … Henry Ford.
That’s a great quote about how you can create demand on a new product. Very cool! Thanks for sharing it!
Hey Neil,
My favorite quote: Winning is not a sometime thing; it’s an all time thing. You don’t win once in a while, you don’t do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. – Vince Lombardi
Kind of says it all about my perspective on business, I’m sure you would agree.
Sincerely,
Jay Jalodomisa
Exactly Jay… you can’t just win once and then your done… you need to keep pushing till the very end. If you can do it over and over again, you’ll begin to naturally attract it.
Great job Neil
These motivational tips are worth reading for not only business men but everyone.
Thanks Varinder… yes it can be applied in any industry.
I like rule number 4. This is what every business should do in order to be successful. Feed their customers right.
Unfortunately this is very true: #36: Well, you know, I was a human being before I became a businessman. – George Soros
Money change people in most unexpected ways.
It does… and hopefully when it does, you’re able to change for the better. Just be conscious about your decisions and don’t let your ego or pride get in the way.
#50: You can fool all the people all the time if the advertising is right and the budget is big enough. – Joseph E. Levine
Again, this is wrong. People will eventually find out that you lied to them and you will loose them as customers at some point.
#90: If you work just for money, you’ll never make it, but if you love what you’re doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours. – Ray Kroc
This is very true. Not doing something that you like will get you to the point when you will get bored and start to hate what you are doing and this is not productive.
When it comes to advertising, it’s way too easy to be deceitful when you have the mega bucks… (not saying it’s a good idea…)
#90 is powerful… it’s a way to give yourself natural motivation.
Great job Neil
These motivational tips are worth reading for not only business men but everyone.
These are not just business tips but day to day tips also with the main focus on money
I’m glad you view it like that Catalin… My goal is to provide you with information that simply compels you to take action and move forward.
Thanks bud… They can be applied in every aspect of any type of life.
A useful selection to consider (then action).
Thank you for your efforts.
Also thanks for the link to Steve Jobs commencement speech.
I found this very touching and plan to add it to my you tube favorites and face book page and send a link to my 22 yo daughter.
Lol… exactly… The action is the most important part! Glad you liked the speech!
This one by Warren Buffett always rings true:
“Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre.”
Time can be something in your favor or completely against you….it just depends on what situation you’re in.
nice quote from warren buffett, Time is Money.
Exactly, it’s simple but it makes sense.
Debbi Fields is right. Its better to try something rather than sit idle without doing what you love to do.
Right, because if you just sit and idle, than you will simply end up regretting the rest of your life on what could have been.
Business is more exciting than any game. – Lord Beaverbrook.
Its really exciting than any other game but it may also be detrimental than boxing.
Business in real life is more exciting than any type of game out there… real money and real lives are at stake.
hmmmm, 1st quote is so great, get to work rather than saying tomorrow etc.
Yes, take action now…. not later. That’s simply because later is really hours and hours from now.
Bill gates quote is not bad indeed.
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. I have also experience this with my customers when they are not satisfied with something, we learn lots of things with them.
Exactly what Bill says….. Giving the best customer service brings up your credibility by faaaaaaar.
Is my favorite quote. When tough time comes… The tough keep going!
When it rains it pours.. .sounds negative but the positive is that as soon as the storm is done, the sun comes shining out.
Failure is allowing fear to prevent you from trying something new.
It comes to the idea of feeling comfortable with feeling uncomfortable.
Peter F. Drucker is right. A good entrepreneur always looks for change and uses it as an opportunity for his benefit.
They see change as a tool they can use leverage with… clever.
Its better not to miss the 1st bus, else you will lose time. Business opportunities are to be seized once they come.
Well, it is better if you don’t miss it, but then again missing one opportunity can lead to a better one.
Try to learn new things everyday. That the thirst for knowledge everyone should have.
Learning new things is a fix you should never stop.
I would add this quote:
“Life is like a dog sled team – if you ain’t the lead dog, the scenery never changes.”
hmm that is interesting, not the best I’ve heard, but it makes sense. Thanks for sharing.
My personal fav (not in the list):
The secret to Success is that there are no secrets.
Woody Alen said it best: “85% of Success is just showing up.â€and so on and so on..
Yes, that’s one of my favorite quotes! People keep looking for the magic pill…. little do people know, there is none!
Kung Fu Panda FTW!
“The secret ingredient to my secret ingredient soup… The secret ingredient is… Nothing! … To make something special you just have to believe that it’s special.”
lol…. yeah I love that. It’s so powerful!
Peter F. Drucker is right. A good entrepreneur always look..s for change and uses it as an opportunity for his benefit.
Yes… they always need to adapt and overcome… everything changes all the time…. nothing ever stays the same. So you need to keep adapting.
Great sating by Henry Ford. We should be careful of those competitors who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time.
Yes… it’s good to know about your competitors, but stop focusing all of your time learning about them because it’s just preventing you from doing what you want.
Can anyone clarify the saying below:
Leadership is doing what is right when no one is watching.
I really don’t understand it.
It means that even if you don’t have a “boss” watching you (so you can show off) you are still being a leader.
all individual have to be respected as an individual. If one does not have this quality to respect others, then that person needs to change his attitude.
You need to respect others, it’s the golden rule. Not doing so will just bite you in the butt.
Great selection of quotes, Neil! I featured your site in my blog today, at http://johnmcdonnell.wordpress.com/. I love motivational quotes, because they condense practical wisdom into a sentence or two. You picked some winners there!
Thanks John! It’s amazing how a simple quote can completely change someone’s emotion.
I just love motivational quotes because they are great for keeping the mind inspired and motivated.
Yes, it’s interesting how they can have such a huge impact on our mindset at any given time. That’s why it’s important to read them whenever you feel like you’re in the gutter.
Great selection of quotes there! By the way, is it a custom template you use on this blog? It’s a great template.
Thesis theme…. with a few mods.
Really nice and motivating quotes. I feel some of these quotes are really practical and can help add lot of value to ones’ business. E.g. the quote about improving ur own business and not thinking about the competition.
I don’t really agree with first quote. I have my own quote:
“Dream big and work hard”
Besides I agree with Albert E. (#13)
You can dream big and work hard yes, but for most it becomes a bit intimidating.
I like the second one:
My son is now an ‘entrepreneur’. That’s what you’re called when you don’t have a job. – Ted Turner
All unemployed people should be called like that. However, they act in other ways of life…
lol…. yeah it’s funny and does sound a lot nicer
I have no respect for warren buffet, why would you say that because i learned the truth about him.
He doesnt want to audit the federal reserve bank. What does that mean? That means he has invested in these corrupt banks thats why he is so rich. He has insider knowledge about these banks, so he invested as such and made more money then he would have actually made.
He is in simple terms a fraud. Robert Kiyoaski now that is a business man
You need to remember that those are all alleged attacks… whether they’re true or not, the man makes wise decisions and anyone can learn a ton from him.
Level 4 investors and below listen to warren buffet. Now that isnt a bad thing but his advice is so widespread that it works only if your looking to make small profits.
Level 5 and 6 investors look for advice that makes them wealthy.
Im a level 5 investor based upon the test i took. I fell just short of being a level 6 investor like a buffet. But i can keep moving up.
Absolutely you can. What are you investing in?
Thanks, this quotes can be useful to change the attitude of the people.
I agree and that’s what my intention is
universe is a friendly place, if you keep your mind cool, solutions will come sooner or later
Ask and you shall receive
my favorites are..
The good or ill of a man lies within his own will. – Epictetus
The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity. – Peter F. Drucker
The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed. – Henry Ford
These are all great quotes! Thanks for sharing.
I was looking for this for quite a while, but thank you these quotes were exactly what I was looking for! I am going to retweet this page for you! I went to your linked in but it wouldn’t let me add you to my network…
Thanks again for the business quotes!
This one is my favorite.
There is no royal, flower-strewn path to success. And if there is, I have not found it. For if I have accomplished anything in life, it is because I have been willing to work hard. – C.J. Walker
Just another interesting quote from Bill Gates:
Like almost everyone who uses e-mail, I receive a ton of spam every day. Much of it offers to help me get out of debt or get rich quick. It would be funny if it weren’t so exciting-Bill Gates
Another quote :
My success, part of it certainly, is that I have focused in on a few things-Bill Gates
It’s a great example of keeping your focus on a few things rather than 10 million!
Never giving up is what i stand by. I just made 140$ in less then 24 hours showing you how effective Internet marketing can be if done right
Well good for you, most people won’t make that doing internet marketing in a life time… as sad as that sounds.
Here are some of my favorite:
“There is no such thing as failure, only results!”
– Anthony Robbins
“Success is 90% perspiration and 10% inspiration!”
– Thomas Edison
“Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t, you’re right”
– Henry Ford
Those are all awesome quotes from 3 amazing people. Thanks for sharing.
My son is now an ‘entrepreneur’. That’s what you’re called when you don’t have a job. – Ted Turner ~ this is totally my Dad!
Well, you know, I was a human being before I became a businessman. – George Soros….
I find this quote to be quite thought provoking in these times. Big companies have slashed benefits, don’t hang on to employees, they replace them with younger cheaper ones. Its is sad that companies don’t look out for their employees anymore.
lol, that’s a funny one, thanks for sharing. Yeah they do replace them with younger ones because it’s more often than not… cheaper.
universe is a friendly place, if you keep your mind cool, solutions will come sooner or later..
Thanks…
I would agree with that… Keep a positive mental attitude.
The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time. – Henry Ford
Killer one as well!
Very awesome, thanks for the share. Henry Ford was an amazing man with a very powerful mindset
My son is now an ‘entrepreneur’. That’s what you’re called when you don’t have a job. – Ted Turner
hahah love it! Cannot really talk crap if that business is raking in money though!
My son is now an ‘entrepreneur’. That’s what you’re called when you don’t have a job. – Ted Turner…. I love it that is kinda what my dad said for a few years before he figured out what i do. He really thought I was making it all up.
lol, yeah I like that definition too. For some people, it takes longer than others.
Simply the best collection of quotes for business I’ve seen in a while… Thanks!!!!
Some really inspiring quotes and some made me laugh!!! Will be recommending to my friends(mainly the wanabe entrepreneur) and family.
Haha thanks.
Hi Neil
Thanks for the great collection. Here is one more:
Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.
Peter Drucker
Venkat:
I like it, great quote. I think I’ll use it this week.
I Love your collection of Quotes. You can also check out the daily thought for the day that is published by markamoment. they are some simply super ones.
Awesome, thanks for the heads up.
Great post here Neil. I love this collection. very valuable. Keep it coming
Glad you found it useful, will do
“In business you don’t get paid what you deserve, you get paid what you negotiateâ€. – Shakim Compere (Queen Latifah’s Business Manager)
Definitely, I like that quote.
I don’t know if this already came up, but Quote Nr 37 and Quote Nr 93 are (almost) the same. Why not replace it with one of Seth Godin’s quotes (both from the book “the Dip”):
“If you’re not going to get to #1, you might as well quit Now.”
“The next time you catch yourself being average when you feel like quitting, realize that you have only two good choices: Quit or be exceptional. Average is for losers.”
I like both of those! thanks.
Fantastic and very good motivational business quotes to run a healthy business.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed them!
Hi Neil,
These quotes are real gems. Thanks for putting them on your blog.
Abhishek
Glad you enjoy them Abhishek
To me quotes are like snacks which you need from time to time during the course of the day especially when one is facing lots of difficulties and discouragements of the day.
Here’s one to add on to your list. This was taken from John F.Kennedy speech and I quote ( Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us not fear to negotiate)
I like that one a lot! thanks Timei.
Failures are the steps of success.
They definitely are.
I like this one:
“People who don’t take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.”
Peter Drucker
Yea that is a good one, and typically true.
How about a quote from a true visionary – “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” – Steve Jobs
Great, he certainly did have words of wisdom.
And another quote from Steve Jobs: “Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.” – very true.
Another good one.
If U don’t control your subconscious, it will control U.
Self-control is a great asset in business.
This is a great list of quotes, both for those seeking success, and those frustrated with the lack of it. Our favorite definitely has to be the one that starts with, “Get off your butt,” because that is where all success begins. It is the process of moving from thinking to doing.
Exactly, in order to get somewhere you have to get moving!
I think I ll be using them for my admission SOPs. Thanks a lot for collecting these and sharing with us. Cheers Neil.
Cool, I hope they help you get in!
Best of luck.
“Leadership is doing what is right when no one is watching.”
All time favorite.
Yep, that is a great one to live by.
My top favorite #32. RIP Steve World misses you and your inventions.
“Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly and get on with improving your other innovations”. – Steve Jobs
A smart man, you have to be able to admit when you are wrong or else your problems will only grow.
wow.. very nice … i love reading those inspirational quotes ..
Thanks Marvin, glad you enjoyed them.
My son is now an ‘entrepreneur’. That’s what you’re called when you don’t have a job. – Ted Turner This is one for all my Dad’s friends. He sais he is proud of me cause I don’t live at home and support myself.
That is a funny one, makes me laugh every time.
Great list of quotes you’ve complied here, and those shared in the comments as well. I’ll definitely be bookmarking this page and coming back often when I need an inspirational quote for my newsletter. Thanks!
Awesome, come back anytime!
Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable. – Coco Chanel This is an all time classic, if you believe that failure is not an option, you can go great distances.
Nice one, I agree. Stop worrying about whether or not you will fail because sooner or later something will go wrong. Just deal with the bad and move on.
a great compilation neil! i’ll slip a few of them in on my college’s Entrepreneurship Development Cell’s page. Hope they will motivate others as they have done so for me.
Thank you Nishant,
I hope they will help you to motivate others as well.
Cool quotes – It’s quotes like these sometimes give me the strenght to keep on pushing thanks Neil
That is great to hear. I will definitely keep at it and same to you!
this is best of the best quotes ever i seen. many quotes have inspired me. Great!
Thanks!
Nice collection there Neil, it’s not hard to notice that many of the business leaders spoke of the power of positive and optimistic thinking, which are very important.
Yep, positive thinking is powerful thinking.
“when you hear a NO’s in life it means you have got closer to hearing a yes” – robin Sharma
Awesome quote, thanks for sharing.
Thanks Neil for putting is up for the public. These are awesome quotes.
Thanks Jamjee, glad you liked them.
Great list of quotes you’ve complied here, and those shared in the comments as well. I’ll definitely be bookmarking this page and coming back often when I need an inspirational quote for my newsletter.
Great, I hope you do.
Another collection of Quotes very inspiring http://www.theflightofambition.com/Stupid_and_Rubbish.pdf
Cool, thanks for sharing.
Not really from a great mind but my dad used to tell me…If you are ‘content with your life then you are not trying hard enough’ and ‘for contentment read lack of ambition’.
Yes he was a tough man!
I like your dad, and I couldn’t agree more.
Really all these quotes are very motivational not only for business man but also for a person who wants to achieve success in his life. I like this one so much-“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”
Yep, that is a good one.
Every day I watch a motivational clip done on interviews of Will Smith….read from my own list of inspirational quotes…and now i’ll be reading on your list.
On we share…
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. – Mahatma Gandhi
Will Smith is a cool guy, I will have to check out some of those clips.
This one is the best –>> My son is now an ‘entrepreneur’. That’s what you’re called when you don’t have a job. – Ted Turner
But is thats EXACTLY it though??!!! I mean who in the world WANTS to have a job? am I right? So being an entrepreneur (most of the time) is doing something you LOVE and working for yourself. Could there be anything better? I think NOT
I don’t think so either.
The golden rule for every business man is this: “Put yourself in your customer’s place. – Orison Swett Marden is my favourite…
I’m doing some Online marketing classes here in Macedonia, and after I formed a few initial groups, the word of mouth brought all the new students, without a penny spent on marketing! I’m actually looking out for new office space this week….
Great quote, thanks for the addition.
Neil, I’ve bookmarked it for life…An excellent quote collection that are very inspiring for me
Thanks Giulia, hope they can be of inspiration or use to you.
The picture at the beginning of the post is so funny. Great quotes!
Glad you like it.
Hi Neil
Thanks for the great collection.
No problem.
Thanks Neil for these quotes. I am using them for my work and for personal motivation as well. Keep up the good work!
I hope you come up with new ones..I will be following you
Thanks again!
Happy to hear it, I will consider doing an updated list in the future.
wonderful quotes and all of them coming from people we look up to!
Thanks, glad you like them.
“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got!” – Alan Scott
Get more startup quotes on facebook.com/StartupQuotes
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for compiling these awesome motivational quotes at one place, they are needed more than ever in this tough time for businesses. Some of them are really inspiring
No problem, glad you like them.
I might of missed it but from the greatest speaker and salesmen of all time my hero Zig Ziglar “you can have everything you want in life if you just help Enough other people get what they want”. You can’t leave that one out. It’s like the golden rule in sales and life in general. Which of course go hand and hand. Happy new year.
Yep, that is a good one. Thanks for adding it in the mix.
What a list, made me look att 2013 from a different angle , just made my day with all great quotes from a greater speakers, Thanx Neil and hope you´ll have a great year. lov your blog by the way. cheers
Don’t do something stupid to be noticed
Do something creative to be acknowledged – Jean Pierre van Zyl
These are all excellent quotes, and many of them have a lot of value in general
These are real inspiring, thanks Neil for such a valuable input.
“Education failure doesn’t limit great success”
the number 17 is one of my favorite!
I like the quote of – Steve Jobs “Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly and get on with improving your other innovations.”
I like the quote of – Steve Jobs “Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly and get on with improving your other innovations.”
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Hi …. One day i will also put my successful suggestions over here .,,,, business is an exciting game really
Hi …. One day i will also put my successful suggestions over here .,,,, business is an exciting game really
Nice one
Syed, looking forward to it!
Neil Nice quotes collection. I like it keep sharing….
Thanks!
This quote related to the power of teams (or master mind groups)…
“None of us is as smart as all of us.” – A Japanese Proverb.
Thanks for this, great quote!
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In life, try to get what you like. Or else, you’ll be forced to like what you got!
-Sthitha Pragna
Sthitha, I like that. Thanks for sharing!
Really great collection of quotes. A lot of wise words within this article.
Thanks for reading. A lot of wise words to live by as well
In the prosperous times you put it in your pocket, in the lean times you put it in your heart!
Matt, great quote. Thanks for sharing!
Admittedly, I am a quotes junkie. Thanks for assembling some very insightful and inspirational ones for my day!
Edwin, I think we all love quotes
. Glad I could provide you with some you liked!
these are really nice quotes…..
Thanks for sharing
Anshul, glad you liked them. Let me know if you have any you would like to add to the list!
Very inspirational quots, keeps us motivated.
Thanks
Paul, glad you found it helpful
This is a great inspirational post. Thanks for sharing Neil We all need encouragement.
This is one of my fav quote :
“Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.”
Vijayanand, it’s been tried and tested. You really have to go after your dreams or others will accomplish what you seek to accomplish.
All these quotes are great but the one inspirational person I want to hear a quote from is the main man himself Neil Patel.
Do you have one Neil?
Adam, one I have always liked is: “nothing worth having comes easy” It’s short and simple.
Thank you Neil I’m afraid that one is sadly true I will keep it in my mind when things get tough.
nice quotes,
“There’s a story behind every person. There’s a reason why they’re the way they are. Think about that before you judge anyone.”
Thank you
Ziad, glad you enjoyed them
Great motivational quotes Neil, Loved those
Imtiaz, glad you liked them. Please let me know if you need help with anything
Nice quotes up there. Most times we focus too much on business that we forget some nicer things like health or family. My favourite quote is one coined by me:
“Take care of yourself or someone else will take care of you – and it could be a doctor”
I’m a Nigerian and we hustle and hustle like mad. I guess the average Nigerian doesn’t know what a vacation means.
Neil,
Thanks for putting this list together. A lot of great stuff. I love the quote by Napoleon Hill. Earl Nightingale is another one of my favorite people revisit when I need some motivation.
Richard, glad you liked it
Hi Neil
I read all business quotes ,which you provided in this post and i have bookmarked this post to read these quotes again when i feel Demotivate ,very nice collection
feeling very glad on being here
Naveen, glad I could help
A great and valuable collection here
i can use this as my facebook status updates
THANKS NEIL ^_^
Shaklee, glad I could help. Thanks for the feedback
Hey Neil,
Amazing quotes… really inspirational.
“Hire character. Train skill. – Peter Schutz” This quote is amazing…
Thanks for sharing.
BEst ever quotes.
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Hi Neil, I’m a Registered Dietitian in Israel. Thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge. It’s really helping me with the small marketing activities I’m doing
Isreal, glad I could help. Looking forward to hearing much more from you.
My favorite: You must be the change you wish to see in the world. – Mahatma Gandhi. I created a small list here ? http://www.web3solution.com/our-top-25-favourite-business-quotes/
Sounav, glad you liked it.
This is one of my favorite lists, but…I just noticed that there are only a handful of women who were quoted. (101 quotes, and not even 10 women.) Why is that?
Brie, I’ll incorporate more next time
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Thank you for this wonderful post and your educational articles. i look forward to learn more from you in the areas of social media marketing ” exp how to get customers and how to give them a quality content as you have defined a quality Content to be a content that solve a real problem.
Abdul, glad to help. Looking forward to hearing much more from you and your progress.
Educational articles always provide value — and value leads to ROI
What an amazing list! I am going to come back and check this out every day that I am feeling discouraged!
Danny, glad to help!
Really great quotes…. http://ottmag.com/175-awe-inspiring-albert-einstein-quotes/
Thanks for sharing Ottmag
“Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.”
This is a good tip especially to those fresh to the blogosphere.
Short but very accurate info… Many thanks for sharing this one.
A must read post!
You’re welcome! Quotes are things successful people think and believe. If you can adopt their way of thinking, it’ll help you get so far ahead in life.