100 Entrepreneur Quotes

About 100 Quotes on Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurs have a myriad of sayings about entrepreneurship, used to inspire themselves or others. Among all these quotes, the most memorable for me is Musk's: “Starting a business is like chewing glass and staring into the abyss.” Such an experience is something only those involved can truly understand. Besides this, there are many other quotes from the internet, books, and other channels that resonate deeply with me, especially useful when chewing glass. Here, I’ve compiled and shared them for mutual encouragement:

1. Innovation & Creativity

Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. — Mark Twain
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. — Steve Jobs
When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor. — Elon Musk
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. — Margaret Mead
Your brand is what other people say about you when you're not in the room. — Jeff Bezos
Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming. — Richard Branson

2. Challenges & Perseverance

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts. — Winston Churchill
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. — Thomas Edison
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the ones who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them. — George Bernard Shaw
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. — Nelson Mandela
The only way out is through. — Robert Frost
Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. — Helen Keller

3. Leadership & Management

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. — Peter Drucker
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way. — John C. Maxwell
Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don't want to. — Richard Branson
Leadership is not about being in charge. It is about taking care of those in your charge. — Simon Sinek
Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others. — Jack Welch
Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. — Warren Buffett

4. Risk & Courage

The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all. — Richard Branson
Feel the fear and do it anyway. — Susan Jeffers
A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for. — John A. Shedd
The biggest risk is not taking any risk... In a world that's changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks. — Mark Zuckerberg
If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative. — Woody Allen
The greatest adventure is what lies ahead. — Herman Melville
It is never too late to be what you might have been. — George Eliot
The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can. — Neil Gaiman
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. — Mark Twain

5. Success & Motivation

Your discontent is your largest asset. — Bill Gates
Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing. — Warren Buffett
The biggest risk is not taking any risk... In a world that's changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks. — Mark Zuckerberg
You have to believe in yourself when no one else does - that makes you a winner right there. — Oprah Winfrey
Today is cruel. Tomorrow is crueler. And the day after tomorrow is beautiful. — Jack Ma
Only the paranoid survive. — Andy Grove
Perseverance is priceless. — Jeff Bezos
When others are complaining, you should see an opportunity. — Elon Musk

6. Learning & Growth

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. — Henry Ford
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. — Mark Twain
Once you stop learning, you start dying. — Albert Einstein
Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn. — Benjamin Franklin
Success is about making your life a special version of unique that fits who you are - not what other people want you to be. — Sophia Amoruso
It's what you learn after you know it all that counts. — John Wooden
Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one. — Malcolm Forbes
Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself. — John Dewey
In a fixed mindset, you believe your qualities are carved in stone. In a growth mindset, you believe your qualities can be cultivated. — Carol Dweck
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. — Mahatma Gandhi

7. Teamwork & Partnership

Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success. — Henry Ford
Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results. — Andrew Carnegie
None of us is as smart as all of us. — Ken Blanchard
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships. — Michael Jordan
Great things in business are never done by one person. They're done by a team of people. — Steve Jobs
The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team. — Phil Jackson
Respect is how to treat everyone, not just those you want to impress. — Richard Branson
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. — Helen Keller
Business is war. I go out there, I want to win. — Kevin O'Leary
The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team. — John Wooden

8. Decision Making & Strategy

Change before you have to. — Jack Welch
The best way to predict the future is to create it. — Peter Drucker
Don't give up, don't take anything personally, and don't take no for an answer. — Sophia Amoruso
Bad companies are destroyed by crisis, good companies survive them, great companies are improved by them. — Andy Grove
Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing. — Warren Buffett
The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do. — Michael Porter
It’s far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price. — Warren Buffett
The most effective way is to learn to deal with failure. — Eric Ries
Business is war. I go out there, I want to win. — Kevin O'Leary
People don't buy what you do; they buy why you do it. — Simon Sinek