Entrepreneurship quotes

Richard Branson

Steve Jobs

Bill Gates

Jeff Bezos

"Your reputation is more important than your paycheck, and your integrity is worth more than your career."

- Ryan Freitas-

"Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do."

-Steve Jobs-

"Every time we launch a feature, people yell at us."

-Angelo Sotira-

"For a successful entrepreneur it can mean extreme wealth. But with extreme wealth comes extreme responsibility. And the responsibility for me is to invest in creating new businesses, create jobs, employ people, and to put money aside to tackle issues where we can make a difference."

-Richard Branson-

"Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming."

-Richard Branson-

"Complexity is your enemy. any fool can make something complicated. it is hard to keep things simple."

-Richard Branson-

"Entrepreneurship is about turning what excites you in life into capital, so that you can do more of it and move forward with it."

-Richard Branson-

"Money is like gasoline during a road trip. You don’t want to run out of gas on your trip, but you’re not doing a tour of gas stations."

-Tim O’Reilly-

"If you can’t feed a team with two pizzas, it’s too large."

-Jeff Bezos-

"Don’t worry about people stealing your design work. Worry about the day they stop."

-Jeffrey Zeldman-

"Chase the vision, not the money, the money will end up following you."

-Tony Hsieh-

"The value of an idea lies in the using of it."

-Thomas Edison-

"Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect."

-Jack Dorsey-

"The most dangerous poison is the feeling of achievement. The antidote is to every evening think what can be done better tomorrow."

-Ingvar Kamprad-

"Always look for the fool in the deal. If you don’t find one, it’s you."

-Mark Cuban-

"It’s not about ideas. It’s about making ideas happen."

-Scott Belsky-

"There’s nothing wrong with staying small. You can do big things with a small team."

-Jason Fried-

"Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once."

-Drew Houston-

"Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do"

-Steve Jobs-

"It’s almost always harder to raise capital than you thought it would be, and it always takes longer. So plan for that."

-Richard Harroch-

"Get five or six of your smartest friends in a room and ask them to rate your idea."

-Mark Pincus-

"If there’s something you want to build, but the tech isn’t there yet, just find the closest possible way to make it happen."

-Dennis Crowley-

"Fail often so you can succeed sooner."

-Tom Kelley-

"Nothing works better than just improving your product."

-Joel Spolsky-

"It’s not that we need new ideas, but we need to stop having old ideas."

-Edwin Land-

"We are currently not planning on conquering the world."

-Sergey Brin-

"Don’t try to be original, just try to be good."

-Paul Rand-

"If you’re interested in the living heart of what you do, focus on building things rather than talking about them."

-Ryan Freitas-

"Get big quietly, so you don’t tip off potential competitors."

-Chris Dixon-

"Entrepreneur is someone who has a vision for something and a want to create."

-David Karp-

"Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve."  

-Mary Kay Ash-

"It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up." 

-Babe Ruth-

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into smaller manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one." 

-Mark Twain-

"Make your team feel respected, empowered and genuinely excited about the company’s mission." 

-Tim Westergen-

"Trust your instincts." 

-Estée Lauder-

"You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and falling over." 

-Richard Branson-

"Even if you don’t have the perfect idea to begin with, you can likely adapt." 

-Victoria Ransom-

"If you’re passionate about something and you work hard, then I think you will be successful." 

-Pierre Omidyar-

"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-

"Wonder what your customer really wants? Ask. Don’t tell." 

-Lisa Stone-

"I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance." 

-Steve Jobs-

"High expectations are the key to everything." 

-Sam Walton-

"Never, never, never give up." 

-Winston Churchill-