quotes for entrepreneur

Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, is probably the smartest entrepreneur ever. He is also a man to be looked up to in every aspect because he’s given the world some great inventions and entrepreneurship goals. Apart from being a successful business, his work in the philanthropy department along with his wife is commendable too. His CEO blog, Gates Notes, is spectacular as it disseminates very vital information pertaining to the field for all budding entrepreneurs and will help you learn a variety of things other than just business.

Here are few quotes by Bill Gates which makes him a superstar:

I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition.

If I’d had some set idea of a finish line, don’t you think I would have crossed it years ago?

I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

Don’t compare yourself with anyone in this world. If you do so, you are insulting yourself.

Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping – they called it opportunity.

This is a fantastic time to be entering the business world, because business is going to change more in the next 10 years than it has in the last 50.

Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

It’s fine to celebrate success, but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don’t let yourself be lulled into inaction.

I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot.

Here are the top 10 quotes every entrepreneur should live by. Learn from Steve Jobs, Oprah Winfrey, Tony Robbins, Ted Turner, Anita Roddick, Chris Gardner, Donald Trump, Isadore Sharp, and Trip Hawkins.

1. Steve Jobs, Apple

“Believe that things will work out somehow… follow your intuition and curiosity… trust your heart even when it leads you off the well-worn path… You have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future… The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it… Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”

2. Oprah Winfrey, Harpo

“What I know for sure is that if you want to have success, you can’t make success your goal. The key is not to worry about being successful, but to instead work toward being significant – and the success will naturally follow… If you do work that you love, and work that fulfills you, the rest will come. And, I truly believe, that the reason I’ve been able to be so financially successful is because my focus has never, ever for one minute been money. Would you do your job and not be paid for it? I would do this job, and take on a second job just to make ends meet if nobody paid me. That’s how you know you are doing the right thing.”

3. Tony Robbins, Anthony Robbins Co.

“A real decision is measured by the fact that you’ve taken a new action. If there’s no action, you haven’t truly decided… The most important thing you can do to achieve your goals is to make sure that as soon as you set them, you immediately begin to create momentum. The most important rules that I ever adopted to help me in achieving my goals were those I learned from a very successful man who taught me to first write down the goal, and then to never leave the site of setting a goal without first taking some form of positive action toward its attainment.”

4. Ted Turner, Turner Broadcasting

“All my life people have said that I wasn’t going to make it… You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win.”

5. Anita Roddick, The Body Shop

“Whatever you do, be different – that was the advice my mother gave me, and I can’t think of better advice for an entrepreneur. If you’re different, you will stand out.”

6. Tony Robbins, Anthony Robbins Co.

“For changes to be of any true value, they’ve got to be lasting and consistent. Any time you sincerely want to make a change, the first thing you must do is to raise your standards… If you don’t set a baseline standard for what you’ll accept in life, you’ll find it’s easy to slip into behaviors and attitudes or a quality of life that’s far below what you deserve… Whatever happens, take responsibility… The only thing that’s keeping you from getting what you want is the story you keep telling yourself.”

7. Chris Gardner, Gardner Rich & Co.

“Find something that you love. Something that gets you so excited you can’t wait to get out of bed in the morning. Forget about money. Be happy.”

8. Donald Trump, The Trump Organization

“I was relentless, even in the face of total lack of encouragement, because much more often than you’d think, sheer persistence is the difference between success and failure.”

9. Isadore Sharp, Four Seasons

“Whatever you do, don’t ever use a crutch, and don’t ever think of having an excuse for not having said, ‘Yeah, I did my best.'”

10. Trip Hawkins, Electronic Arts

“One quality of entrepreneurship is just persistence, not giving up because you have road blocks and also not giving in because other people tell you that you’re nuts. You are nuts and you should be proud of it. Stick with what you believe in.”

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12 quotes by the Microsoft founder which makes him the one entrepreneur you should look up to

The top 10 quotes every entrepreneur should live by