The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. – Walt Disney
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. – Henry Ford
Almost everyone who has had an idea that’s somewhat revolutionary or wildly successful was first told they’re insane. – Larry Page
Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Once you decide to work for yourself, you never go back to work for somebody else
You can’t be an entrepreneur for other people. You can’t start a company for other people. You have to love it more than you ever thought of loving something that wasn’t a human being. The demands will kick you down and rob your life – but yet, it is so rewarding. – Blake Lively
I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. – Michael Jordan
The next day after I got fired, literally the next day, I started a new company. – Michael Bloomberg
If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward. – Martin Luther King Jr.
Everyone has an idea, what sets people apart is execution. – Shane Parrish
Just like an artist can look at a blank canvas, and from that, create a masterpiece, founders do the same. – Steve Blank
The entrepreneur is not really interested in doing the work; he is interested in creating the way the company operates. In that regard, the entrepreneur is an inventor. He or she loves to invent, but does not love to manufacture or sell or distribute what he or she invents – Michael Gerber
Side projects create the greatest companies because they begin as freedom machines, labors of love and truth vehicles. Precious time is traded to pursue something pure. – Brian Norgard
Those with brains and balls become artisans/entrepreneurs. – Nassim Nicholas Taleb
I quit being afraid when my first venture failed and the sky didn’t fall down. – Al Neuharth
Done is better than perfect. – Sheryl Sandberg
I have a message for all the founders in the country – don’t be a slave to these VCs. They act like the East India Company and make everyone a slave. – Ashneer Grover
Every restaurant you ate at, every car you’ve drove, every book you’ve read, every movie you’ve watched, every podcast you’ve heard, started as an idea in someone’s mind, then they made it appear. They aren’t smarter, luckier or better than you, they just took a chance on themselves. – Chris Johnson
Stupid people go to college but “smart people own them”. – Chetan Bhagat
Where one person sees a crisis, another can see opportunity. – Ryan Holiday
The strongest thing you can cultivate as an entrepreneur is to not rely on luck but cultivating an ability to recognize fortunate situations when they are occurring. – Jack Dorsey
If your consumer app isn’t being used while someone sits on the toilet, it’s probably not going to work. – Brian Norgard
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. – Albert Einstein
It does not matter how slowly you go, as long as you don’t stop.
The most important thing that entrepreneurs should do is pick something they care about, work on it, but don’t actually commit to turning it into a company until it actually works. – Mark Zuckerberg
Make your product easier to buy than your competition, or you will find your customers buying from them, not you. – Mark Cuban
Don’t take too much advice. Most people who have a lot of advice to give – with a few exceptions – generalize whatever they did. Don’t over-analyze everything. I myself have been guilty of over-thinking problems. Just build things and find out if they work. – Ben Silbermann
Think P.I.G. – that’s my motto. P stands for Persistence, I stands for Integrity, and G stands for Guts. These are the ingredients for a successful business and a successful life – Linda Chandler
There’s lots of bad reasons to start a company. But there’s only one good, legitimate reason, and I think you know what it is: it’s to change the world. – Phil Libin
If hard work is the key to success, most people would rather pick the lock. – Claude McDonald
Focus on doing one thing. Really well. As specific as possible. Don’t over-intellectualize it. Just make something people want. – Daniel Gross
Being an entrepreneur isn’t really about starting a business. It’s a way of looking at the world: seeing opportunity where others see obstacles, taking risks when others take refuge. – Michael Bloomberg
Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again. – Richard Branson
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. – Bill Gates
If you are looking out for a business opportunity then keep any eye on problems people around you are facing.
My son is now an ‘entrepreneur.’ That’s what you’re called when you don’t have a job. – Ted Turner
I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance. – Steve Jobs
No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you’re playing a solo game, you’ll always lose out to a team – Reid Hoffman
There’s nothing wrong with staying small. You can do big things with a small team. – Jason Fried
If you don’t know what to do with your life, do something that saves lives. The world is full of of people in need, be the part of their life that fills that need. – Sanjeev Saxena.
So often people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard. – Caterina Fake
The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new. – Socrates
For every successful entrepreneur you hear about on TV, there are 999 failed one eating canned sardines for dinner. – Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The thing most people don’t pick up when they become an entrepreneur is that it never ends. It’s 24/7. – Robert Kiyosaki
An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he’ll quickly learn how to chew it. – Roy Ash
I hate how many people think, “glass half-empty when their glass is really four-fifths full. I’m grateful when I have one drop in the glass because I know exactly what to do with it. – Gary Vaynerchuk
It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up. – Babe Ruth
I have had some great successes and great failures. I think every entrepreneur has. I try to learn from all of them. – Kevin O’Leary
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; its about trading: buying and selling – Anita Roddick
Honesty and integrity are by far the most important assets of an entrepreneur. – Zig Ziglar
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