It’s important to push forward with your business, especially during the tough times. Find strength and motivation to help you do so in the following 21 quotes.
- “To any entrepreneur: if you want to do it, do it now. If you don’t, you’re going to regret it.” Catherine Cook
- “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” Albert Einstein
- “Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.” Langston Hughes
- “If you just work on stuff that you like and you’re passionate about, you don’t have to have a master plan with how things will play out.” Mark Zuckerberg
- “Genius is 1% inspiration, and 99% perspiration.” Thomas Edison
- “Risk more than others think is safe. Dream more than others think is practical.” Howard Schultz
- “Success is how high you bounce after you hit bottom.” General George Patton
- “Never give in–never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.” Winston Churchill
- “Perfection is a road, not a destination.” Burk Hudson
- “You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take.” Wayne Gretzky
- “When you cease to dream you cease to live” Malcolm Forbes
- “The secret to successful hiring is this: look for the people who want to change the world.” Marc Benioff
- “As long as you’re going to be thinking anyway, think big.” Donald Trump
- “If you’re not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late.” Reid Hoffman
- “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” Chinese proverb
- “Winners never quit and quitters never win.” Vince Lombardi
- “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” Confucius
- “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life…Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice.” Steve Jobs
- “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” Henry Ford
- “Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.” Bill Gates
- “Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover.” Mark Twain
Which one of these quotes gives you the most motivation? Do you have another favorite quote that inspires you? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
By Samantha Haupt
