These are my favorite quotes that inspire my entrepreneurial spirit; I hope they do the same for you. They can all be found on my quotes page as well.
To me, entrepreneurship is about freedom. Inspiring the desire and drive to achieve freedom is what these quotes do for me.
Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater benefit.
-Napoleon Hill
See Istanbul, Port Said, Nairobi, Budapest. Write a book. Smoke too many cigarettes. Fall off a cliff but get caught in a tree halfway down. Get shot a few times in a dark alley on a Moroccan Midnight. Love a beautiful woman.
-Ray Bradbury
In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.
-Shunryo Suzuki-Roshi
Many a man fails to become a thinker for the sole reason that his memory is too good.
-Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
You live longer once you realize that any time spent being unhappy is wasted.
-Ruth E. Renkl
Screw it, Let’s do it!
-Richard Branson
If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to meet it!
-Jonathan Winters
Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.
-Les Brown
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
-Thomas Edison
A goal is a dream with a deadline.
-Napoleon Hill
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I think, therefore I am.
People who say it cannot be done, should not interrupt those that are doing it.
I really like the quote, Frank! Thanks!
I have a few:
Ideas without action are worthless – Helen Keller
Start where you are, use what you have, do what you can – Arthur Ashe
The harder you work the luckier you get – Gary Player