25 Motivational Business Quotes to Inspire Success

Building a business requires hard work, dedication, and perseverance. In a world as competitive as the one we live in today, it is easy to start doubting yourself in the process. Times like this are when you need words of affirmation to boost your self-esteem. This will help you start your day on the right note and give you the confidence to conquer your hurdles.

To all the budding entrepreneurs out there looking for a little motivation, let these business quotes from legends like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs inspire you.

1. “Success is not final; failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill

2. “Play by the rules, but be ferocious.” – Phil Knight

3. “Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming.” – Richard Branson

4. “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau

5. “There’s no shortage of remarkable ideas, what’s missing is the will to execute them.” – Seth Godin

6. “Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.” – Theodore Roosevelt

7. “If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.” – Steve Jobs

8. “Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” – Will Rodgers

9. “Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you’re going to do now and do it.” – William Durant

10. “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired and success achieved.” – Helen Keller

11. “The first one gets the oyster, the second gets the shell.” – Andrew Carnegie

12. “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney

13. “Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t, you’re right!” – Henry Ford

14. “Always look for the fool in the deal. If you don’t find one, it’s you.” — Mark Cuban

15. “Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.” — Bill Gates

16. “Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.” — Guy Kawasaki

17. “An entrepreneur is someone who has a vision for something and a want to create.” — David Karp

18. “I never dreamed about success, I worked for it.” — Estee Lauder

19: “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work and learning from failure.” – Colin Powell

20. “Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.” – Babe Ruth

21. “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vidal Sassoon

22. “All humans are entrepreneurs not because they should start companies but because the will to create is encoded in human DNA.” — Reid Hoffman

23. “In the end, a vision without the ability to execute it is probably a hallucination.” — Steve Case

24. “Diligence is the mother of good luck.” — Benjamin Franklin

25. “Risk more than others think is safe. Dream more than others think is practical.” — Howard Schultz