Great Motivational quotes for entrepreneurs and leaders...
"Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." - John Wayne
“I choose NOT to be a common man. It’s my right to be uncommon. If I can, I seek opportunity, not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled and dulled by having the state look after me. I want to take the calculated risk to dream and to build, to fail and to succeed. I refuse to live from hand to mouth. I prefer the challenge of life to the guaranteed existence; the thrill of fulfillment to the still calm of utopia. I will never cower to any master, nor bend to any threat. It’s my heritage to stand erect; proud and unafraid to face the world and boldly say: This I have done.” - Theodore Roosevelt
"Speak softly and carry a BIG STICK"-Theodore Roosevelt
“If you’re going through hell, keep going.” –Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." -Maya Angelou
"There is only one way to avoid criticism: Do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing." -Aristotle
"You miss 100 percent of the shots you don't take." -Wayne Gretzky
"Where there is LOVE, There is LIFE." -Mahatma Ghandi
"If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten." -Tony Robbins
“Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once.” –Drew Houston, Dropbox Co-Founder and CEO
"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."
-Chinese proverb
"Do what you can, where you are, with what you have." -Teddy Roosevelt
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference." -Robert Frost
"A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new." -Albert Einstein
"Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him." -Booker T. Washington
“I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.” –Wayne Gretzy, Hockey Star
“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, Entrepreneur
“One can get anything if he is willing to help enough others get what they want.” –Zig Ziglar, Motivational Speaker and Author
"If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else." -Booker T. Washington
"Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it." -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Remember, no one can make you feel inferior without your consent." -Eleanor Roosevelt
“I’ve missed more than 9,000 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, NBA Legendary Basketball MVP
“The secret to successful hiring is this: look for the people who want to change the world.” –Marc Benioff, Salesforce CEO
“If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough.” –Mario Andretti, Legendary Race Car Driver
"The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me." -Ayn Rand
“The way to get started is to quit talking and start doing.” –Walt Disney, Co-Founder, Disney
“It’s hard to do a really good job on anything you don’t think about in the shower.” -Paul Graham, YCombinator co-founder
"I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse." -Florence Nightingale
“Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and triumph: a beginning, a struggle and a victory.” –Mahatma Gandhi, Political and Spiritual Leader
“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.
“Projections are just bullshit. They’re just guesses.” –Jason Fried, Founder, 37Signals
“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.” - Bill Gates
"The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity." -Amelia Earhart
“A hard thing is done by figuring out how to start.” – Rand Fishkin, SEOmoz
"There were times when it was said that I had more determination than talent. This may be said of many. It may also be said that life loves the person who dares to live it." –Maya Angelou
“As long as you’re going to be thinking anyway, think big.” -Donald Trump
“Remember to celebrate milestones as you prepare for the road ahead.” –Nelson Mandela
“What do you need to start a business? Three simple things: know your product better than anyone, know your customer, and have a burning desire to succeed.” –Dave Thomas, Founder, Wendy’s
“Whether you think you can, or think you can’t — you’re right.” –Henry Ford, Ford Motor Company Founder
“You shouldn’t focus on why you can’t do something, which is what most people do. You should focus on why perhaps you can, and be one of the exceptions.” –Steve Case, AOL Co-Founder and CEO
“You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and falling over.” –Richard Branson, Virgin Group Founder
“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” –Babe Ruth, Baseball Legend
“If you’re not a risk taker, you should get the hell out of business.” –Ray Kroc, McDonald’s Founder
“Always look for the fool in the deal. If you don’t find one, it’s you.” -Mark Cuban
"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, and catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover." -Mark Twain
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." -John Lennon
“Always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers.” –Stephen R. Covey, Author
“When you find an idea that you just can’t stop thinking about, that’s probably a good one to pursue.” –Josh James, Omniture CEO and Co-Founder
“Don’t worry about people stealing your design work. Worry about the day they stop.” -Jeffrey Zeldman, A List Apart Publisher
“Waiting for perfect is never as smart as making progress.” –Seth Godin, Author
"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be." -Lao Tzu
"When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it." -Henry Ford
“I suffer from the delusion that every product of my imagination is not only possible, but always on the cusp of becoming real.”– Sean Parker, Napster
"You can't fall if you don't climb. But there's no joy in living your whole life on the ground." -Unknown
“The biggest risk is not taking any risk… In a world that changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.” – Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook
“The most dangerous poison is the feeling of achievement. The antidote is to every evening think what can be done better tomorrow.” -Ingvar Kamprad, IKEA founder
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