100 Entrepreneurship Quotes to Keep You Driven
The entrepreneurial path is rarely linear. It’s a mix of long nights, bold decisions, and lessons that textbooks can’t teach.
What keeps many entrepreneurs going is a sense of mission and sometimes, just the right piece of advice at the right time.
This handpicked collection of entrepreneurship quotes captures the drive, grit, and creative spirit that push people to build something out of nothing.
Let their words fuel your next step.
Top Entrepreneurship Quotes
The best way to predict the future is to create it. ~ Peter Drucker
If you’re not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late. ~ Reid Hoffman
The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that’s changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks. ~ Mark Zuckerberg
Chase the vision, not the money; the money will end up following you. ~ Tony Hsieh
Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard. ~ Guy Kawasaki
If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary. ~ Jim Rohn
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. ~ Walt Disney
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.
It’s not about ideas. It’s about making ideas happen. ~ Scott Belsky
Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success. ~ Biz Stone
The secret to successful hiring is this: look for the people who want to change the world. ~ Marc Benioff
If you’re going through hell, keep going. ~ Winston Churchill
I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance. ~ Steve Jobs
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once. ~ Drew Houston
The most dangerous poison is the feeling of achievement. The antidote is to every evening think what can be done better tomorrow. ~ Ingvar Kamprad
You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over. ~ Richard Branson
The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It’s as simple as that. ~ Nolan Bushnell
What good is an idea if it remains an idea? Try. Experiment. Iterate. Fail. Try again. Change the world. ~ Simon Sinek
Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people won’t so you can spend the rest of your life like most people can’t. ~ Anonymous
Startup Vision Quotes
Make something people want. ~ Paul Graham
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. ~ Steve Jobs
If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late. ~ Reid Hoffman
The value of an idea lies in the using of it. ~ Thomas Edison
The most valuable businesses of coming decades will be built by entrepreneurs who seek to empower people rather than try to make them obsolete. ~ Peter Thiel
A startup is a company designed to grow fast. ~ Paul Graham
The secret to getting ahead is getting started. ~ Mark Twain
The best startups generally come from somebody needing to scratch an itch. ~ Michael Arrington
If you can’t feed a team with two pizzas, it’s too large. ~ Jeff Bezos
Don’t try to be original, just try to be good. ~ Paul Rand
Startups don’t fail because they lack a product; they fail because they lack customers and a profitable business model. ~ Steve Blank
The only thing worse than starting something and failing is not starting something. ~ Seth Godin
If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on. ~ Sheryl Sandberg
Fail often so you can succeed sooner. ~ Tom Kelley
A vision without a strategy remains an illusion. ~ Lee Bolman
Vision without execution is hallucination. ~ Thomas Edison
The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity. ~ Peter Drucker
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. ~ Chinese Proverb
A goal without a plan is just a wish. ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Venture Growth Quotes
Growth is never by mere chance; it is the result of forces working together. ~ James Cash Penney
Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough. ~ Mark Zuckerberg
The fastest way to change yourself is to hang out with people who are already the way you want to be. ~ Reid Hoffman
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. ~ African Proverb
The only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks. ~ Mark Zuckerberg
In a world that’s changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks. ~ Mark Zuckerberg
If you double the number of experiments you do per year you’re going to double your inventiveness. ~ Jeff Bezos
The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer. ~ Nolan Bushnell
Sustaining a successful business is a hell of a lot of work, and staying hungry is half the battle. ~ Wendy Tan White
You don’t need to have a 100-person company to develop that idea. ~ Larry Page
If you’re passionate about something and you work hard, then I think you will be successful. ~ Pierre Omidyar
The biggest risk is not taking any risk. ~ Mark Zuckerberg
If you just work on stuff that you like and you’re passionate about, you don’t have to have a master plan with how things will play out. ~ Mark Zuckerberg
Always deliver more than expected. ~ Larry Page
The question I ask myself almost every day is, ‘Am I doing the most important thing I could be doing?’ ~ Mark Zuckerberg
If you’re competitor-focused, you have to wait until there is a competitor doing something. Being customer-focused allows you to be more pioneering. ~ Jeff Bezos
Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. ~ John D. Rockefeller
The best ventures really do require constant vigilance and iteration. ~ Sam Altman
Startups are not for everyone. But when it works, the impact on the world can be profound. ~ Sam Altman
The most important single thing is to make yourself known to people. ~ Jay Abraham
Entrepreneurial Mindset Quotes
The mind is everything. What you think you become. ~ Buddha
Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t – you’re right. ~ Henry Ford
Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage. ~ Niccolò Machiavelli
The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me. ~ Ayn Rand
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. ~ Mark Twain
I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. ~ Thomas Edison
Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. ~ Winston Churchill
The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. ~ Vidal Sassoon
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. ~ Steve Jobs
The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus. ~ Bruce Lee
Opportunities don’t happen. You create them. ~ Chris Grosser
Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning. ~ Robert Kiyosaki
If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time. ~ Steve Jobs
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
What would you do if you weren’t afraid? ~ Sheryl Sandberg
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. ~ Henry Ford
The only way to do great work is to love what you do. ~ Steve Jobs
Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently. ~ Henry Ford
The entrepreneur builds an enterprise; the technician builds a job. ~ Michael Gerber
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will. ~ Vince Lombardi
Founder Wisdom Quotes
Stay hungry, stay foolish. ~ Steve Jobs
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. ~ Bill Gates
If you’re going to put your product in beta – put your business model in beta with it. ~ Joe Kraus
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently. ~ Warren Buffett
The secret to successful hiring is this: look for the people who want to change the world. ~ Marc Benioff
If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not making decisions. ~ Catherine Cook
Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect. ~ Jack Dorsey
You don’t need to have a 100-person company to develop that idea. ~ Larry Page
If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late. ~ Reid Hoffman
The best way to predict the future is to invent it. ~ Alan Kay
Don’t worry about people stealing your design work. Worry about the day they stop. ~ Jeffrey Zeldman
You can’t ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they’ll want something new. ~ Steve Jobs
If you do build a great experience, customers tell each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful. ~ Jeff Bezos
I knew that if I failed I wouldn’t regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is not trying. ~ Jeff Bezos
The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams. ~ Oprah Winfrey
I’m convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance. ~ Steve Jobs
If you’re not a risk taker, you should get the hell out of business. ~ Ray Kroc
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. ~ Walt Disney
If you can dream it, you can do it. ~ Walt Disney
The most dangerous poison is the feeling of achievement. The antidote is to every evening think what can be done better tomorrow. ~ Ingvar Kamprad
