11 Powerful Quotes for Entrepreneurs
When you’re working to build your business, a little motivation never hurts. So we put together a list of eleven quotes for entrepreneurs that you can use to inspire yourself—or your audience. Take a look, and then try them out in your next quote video.
- “If something is important enough, even if the odds are against you, you should still do it.”
–Elon Musk, founder of Tesla, SpaceX, and Neuralink
- “To love what you do and feel that it matters, how could anything be more fun?”
–Katharine Graham, first female publisher of a major American newspaper, The Washington Post
- “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, founder of Facebook
- “A satisfied customer is the best business strategy of all.”
–Michael LeBoeuf, business author and former management professor at the University of New Orleans
- “Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.”
–Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft
- “Failure should not be seen as a failure but as a challenge.”
–Tadashi Yanai, founder of Fast Retailing and Uniqlo
- “If people like you, they’ll listen to you, but if they trust you, they’ll do business with you.”
–Zig Ziglar, motivational speaker and author
- “Speak up, take risks, and ask—nurture your tenacity.”
—Ofelia Melendrez, U.S. VP and General Manager, Southern California Region McDonald’s USA
- “Price is what you pay; value is what you get.”
–Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, businessman, and philanthropist
- “To give real service, you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.”
–Douglas Adams, author
- “I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them.”
–Madam C.J. Walker, first American woman to become a self-made millionaire
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