One word for success in business

It’s been my observation over the years that the single key element to a successful business is not hard work or innovation or variety.  Hard work doesn’t necessarily make a business successful as not all work is difficult or laborious.  You could put in 16 or 20 hour days in your business and not be successful.  All this kind of «hard work» will do is burn you out.

Innovation is not the key because often too much innovation ignores what works.  That old saw, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it is a good one. My dad loved the breakfast cereal Cheerios.  He liked the taste and that it didn’t get soggy right away while he read the morning paper and also the fact that the bowl he had in 1950 was pretty much the same as the bowl he had in 1990.  It was consistent quality.  The new flavors that came out over the years, innovations if you will, didn’t impress him at all…he stuck with the original.

Variety isn’t always a key to business success as it is possible to diversify your product offerings to the point your business no longer makes a profit…no one buys any one product in great enough quantity.

It’s been my observation that consistency is a true key to business success.

CONSISTENCY is an element not easy to maintain.  As example, are you able to give good customer service on a consistent basis?  Is every product you sell of  consistently good quality?  Can your product or service be counted upon to be of the same [or better] quality from one purchase or use to another?

Using the food service industry as an example, imagine a restaurant that has both dine-in services and take-out delivery services.  What business practices could give this restaurant a reputation for consistent quality of service regarding its take-out delivery services?

1. Providing timely, friendly delivery — every time – the food arrives within the time-frame advertised and/or promised at the time the order is taken; and the food is still warm and is freshly prepared.  A restaurant that provides take-out delivery service that can achieve consistency in this area will both retain customers and gain referral customers.  Providing this type of service over and over again can equal business success.
2. The food is delicious — every single time – there are several elements that can negatively affect this part of the restaurant’s reputation: (1) using less-than fresh ingredients; (2) skimping on ingredients; (3) cooking items ahead of time and keeping them in warming trays…food does go stale.  If you have a favorite recipe at this restaurant and you order it as part of your take-out order multiple times AND if it is delicious each and every time…you can be assured that this restaurant is following good business practices.  Consistently delicious food equals business success.

With consistency, your customers know that with every encounter with your business they will receive:

• friendly, helpful service
• quick and helpful answers to questions and concerns
• products and/or services that deliver what they are supposed to deliver
• follow-through on delivery times and dates
• quality that does not waver from use to use

There are no guarantees in business as in life [except maybe death and taxes] but keeping a watchful eye out for what works in your business and specializing in that gives you your niche…and what your business becomes known for: consistently fine quality and service.

Linda C Smith, http://www.intlnat.com

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• Learn to be successful: SLOW CARE LEARN JUDGE LISTEN

• Sell anything: GIVE

• Get compliments from clients: PRAISE

• Get Creative Ideas : ON

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• To get co-operation from your workers : HORSE

• For continuous progress : MOVE ON

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Starting a business is something millions of people dream about, but few go further than their thoughts. Many are unsure of what are the keys are to success in business.

If you have decided to move forward with this goal and have taken it seriously, you also may be wondering what makes some people succeed at their business while others fail.

Fortunately, there are tons of resources available that can help you figure it all out.

Whether the business you wish to start is building websites, selling cupcakes or financial services, furniture, or IT services, you definitely need to learn all you can about that particular business and business in general.

If you want to greatly increase your chances of success, here are some keys to success in business that apply across board that you should follow.

1. Make Sure You Know Your Competition

One of the keys to success in business is to know your competition.

Don’t be afraid of this step.

If your competition has been around for a while, they have to be doing something right, so it’s best to study what that is.

Yes, they are your competitors, but that doesn’t mean you can’t learn something from them.

They are very likely doing something you can imitate so that you, too, can be successful.

Study and analyze your competition at every opportunity so that you can be successful as well.

2. Make Sure You are Organized

This one is difficult for some people, but you have to be organized if you are the owner of a business.

When you’re organized, you are more likely to complete daily and weekly tasks and stay on top of that “to do” list.

In fact, if you create a to-do list every single day, that alone can help you become more organized.

When you complete one of the items, check it off of your list.

This will help you stay focused as well as be a constant reminder of what you are accomplishing and what you are forgetting.

Eventually, your business will not only survive but grow and thrive as well.

3. Get Creative!

Creativity is one of the keys to success in business.

You need to demonstrate creativity in constantly looking for ways to improve your business and help it stand out from the others.

You have to be open to new ideas and new approaches to doing business.

That starts with admitting that you don’t know everything.

This should lead you to learn continuously.

Continuous learning is a very important part of your job as an entrepreneur, as is self-improvement and self-reflection.

Creativity starts with having an open mind and constantly learning what to do to become a better business owner.

The more you learn, the more ideas will pop into your head.

As a result, you will constantly improve your business skills and therefore, your business.

4. Accept the Fact That You’re Going to Have to Make Sacrifices

You might think that all of the preparations you’ve made before your business opens its doors is a lot of hard work.

The truth is, your work is only beginning.

In fact, you often have to put in more time once your doors are open than you ever did working for someone else.

This means that initially at least, you may be spending less, not more, time with your family and friends.

It doesn’t mean that it is going to be this way forever; it just means that you need to prepare to make a lot of sacrifices until you have been in business for a while.

5. Be Consistent

There’s a saying that says, if you continue to do what you’re doing now, you’ll continue to get the results you’re getting now.

In other words, start doing the right thing for your business, and do it consistently day after day.

Your business is not likely to make money right away, but it is important to remember that if you stick with what works and never give up, your business will eventually be a success.

Being consistent is one of the keys to success in business.

Consistency creates long-term positive habits that, if practiced consistently, will produce the results you were hoping for so that you can eventually make some money.

6. Make Sure You Keep Very Detailed Records at All Times

There is no such thing as your records being too detailed, so make them as detailed as you possibly can.

Record everything in writing, every purchase, every sale, every improvement to the building.

There are many software programs that can help you keep track of everything, and most of them have the capability of producing reports from various points of view.

Ideally, you should be able to print out a report at any time and learn which direction your business is going in.

This is only possible when you keep detailed records.

This includes recording everything either in a written manual or through a competent software package.

7. Don’t Forget About All of the Risks and Rewards

Taking calculated risks is one of the keys to being a success.

For every potential risk,  you should also be asking yourself, “what is the downside?” Your answer to that question should not make you afraid.

Instead, it will give you an idea of the worst-case scenario, which can produce great results in the end.

If you look at the whole picture, in other words, both risks and rewards, it is easier to make the right decision.

If you need help, seek it out from others with more experience, or research it online.

You may decide, after considering what could go wrong, that you don’t want to perform this certain task because the risk simply isn’t worth it.

However, at least you’ll know what your options are, and, once you know your options, it is easier to make the right decision.

8. Remain Focused at All Times

You shouldn’t expect your business to be a success overnight.

The chances of making real money right away are very low because you need time to let people know that you exist.

Stay focused on your short-term goals, and never lose sight of your ultimate goal, which is to be successful.

In the meantime, stay focused on your business, and eventually, you should succeed.

9. Place a Lot of Emphasis on Great Customer Service

Without attention to the customers, your business will always fail.

If you look at the reasons for business failure, you’ll find that most businesses simply didn’t put the customer first.

Consistent, top-notch customer service is the most critical thing you can do to improve your business’s chance of success.

There is no substitute for excellent customer service, so concentrate on this before you even open the doors each day, and, eventually, you’ll move closer to the success you’ve always wanted.

10. Don’t Be Thin-Skinned!

During the course of your business, you will suffer adversity.

The better you handle it, the better it is for both you and your business.

You may have a brand-new product that is taking longer to develop than you thought it would.

You might have a website that isn’t ready to go like you thought it would be.

The bottom line is, these things are going to happen; that is a guarantee.

People will disappoint you, vendors and wholesalers won’t come through, but, at the end of the day, it is your reaction to these things that counts the most.

This is why you should learn to handle the adversity of all types, which can make you a stronger businessperson and a stronger individual.

11. Accept the Fact That Often, Your Best Ideas Will Come When You’re Not at Work

If you have an important decision to make and can’t seem to come up with the best solution, take a shower, take a walk, or listen to some music.

Your best decisions could come while you’re not concentrating on them.

In fact, taking a mental break from the office could increase your creative juices so that, in the end, you come up with a better solution than you would’ve had if you remained in the office and concentrated exclusively on the problem.

12. Be Aware of the Traps That Success Can Put You In

Once you become successful, don’t let it overpower you or allow you to become overly confident.

Success can make a fool out of you if you let it.

As Bill Gates once said success could make successful people feel like they can never lose.

Even if you have been successful for years, that could end without notice for many reasons, including a bad economy.

Success can make you feel undefeatable.

It can even make you think that you are better than your peers.

This doesn’t mean that you can’t enjoy your success.

You can.

It simply means take it with a grain of salt.

People make mistakes.

They make the wrong business decisions.

When this happens, it can be very difficult for an entrepreneur who has never experienced failure.

If you know what failure tastes like, you can pick yourself up and try again.

Many successful business people, in fact, think that the most dangerous thing in the world is for a business owner to never experience failure.

Success isn’t bad, but the results of this success could be bad if you don’t handle it right.

13. Make Sure You Unplug from Everything Once a Week

To stay focused, you have to remain clear-headed.

One of the best ways to do this is to unplug from everything at least once a week.

This means to unplug from your cell phone, computer, tablet, and everything else.

You need at least one day a week to concentrate on things other than your business.

If your business is open seven days a week, consider taking off one day a week and leaving a manager in charge.

If that is impossible, at least unplug for an hour or more once a week.

Unplugging from the digital world on a regular basis is good for the soul, and, in the end, it will make you much more creative.

14. Never Stop Learning

This is one of the keys to success in business that many entrepreneurs forget about.

No one knows everything.

This is a good thing to always keep in mind.

Learn about your business, marketing, promotion, the world in general, and anything you can.

Just make sure you are continuously learning something.

The more you learn, the better you will be at any business you’re a part of.

Learning is easier than ever nowadays.

Take a night class, an online class, or take an occasional trip to the library.

All of these tasks will result in learning more than you knew before, which can contribute to your business’s success more than you thought.

15. Always Have a “Plan B”

Setbacks are a part of every entrepreneur’s life, but what can set you apart is your ability to respond in the right way to these setbacks.

For example, if you feel that you need to borrow more money because of extra production or inventory costs, don’t automatically assume that you’ll have to borrow up to your limit.

Research your books and go over your finances with a fine-toothed comb.

You may be able to cut out some expenses that will reduce the amount you intend to borrow.

In other words, look at all of your alternatives, not just one.

Don’t assume that there is only one way out.

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16. Consider Yourself Already Successful

Chances are that if you can picture yourself being a successful entrepreneur, you are going to achieve that goal a lot sooner.

The opposite is also true.

If you think that you are going to fail or not make much progress, that is exactly what will happen.

Regardless of your talent or how hard you work, what you think is going to greatly affect the outcome.

Your attitude can affect everything from developing a creative idea to dealing with the people in your organization and even concentrating on analytical issues.

Thinking “failure” stops you dead in your tracks.

In turn, you are less able to focus on your goals and develop creative ideas.

There are, however, tips that help you “think” success, and below are a few of them.

• Celebrate all of your achievements
• Learn from and Shrug off all setbacks;
• Have a five-year success plan
• In tough situations, always brainstorm possible solutions
• Be continuously open to new ideas
• Always operate with integrity and honesty
• Always keep in mind that it’s you who ultimately controls your chances of success – not others
• Keep yourself in great shape physically
• Make sure you always have a support system
• Keep in mind that with each day, you have new opportunities to succeed.

Starting a business can be nerve-wracking.

Learn from other businesses’ successes, even if they are competitors.

Keep researching and learning what to do to become successful in your business.

Most importantly, never give up.

These are just a few keys to a successful business that will help you in your journey.

What other keys to success in business can you think of?

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When you hear the phrase “secret to success”, what comes to mind? 

In this video, I’ll explain:

• One word that explains my long-term success
• How adjusting your mindset can make a huge difference
• What I mean — and don’t mean — when I use this word (it might surprise you!)

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How to be Successful

When some people hear “secret to success,” they think you have to have big-name connections. Others think it’s years and years of experience or high-level training. Still others assume it’s just dumb luck and lots of startup capital. 

If you know my story, you know I didn’t have any of these things when I was getting started. I was working from home and struggling big-time. So what made the difference?

I can tell you in one word what the secret to my success is.
And it might not be what you think.

In this video, I want to talk about the one thing that has made all the difference for me and continues to be the key to my long-term thriving.  

It’s not a fancy business “hack” … and it definitely doesn’t involve any kind of cutthroat zero-sum competition. In fact, it’s quite the opposite!

The best part? It doesn’t require anything other than a switch in mindset to start experiencing the benefits right away.

I love sharing this information, because I know it can really help people make a significant turnaround in how they see themselves, their work, and their path to success. I hope it will give you a new perspective on what can be possible in your business, one conversation at a time. 

As always, I’d love to hear from you. If you have follow-up questions or want to share your own experience, leave your comment below and let me know what you think! 

Starting a business is tough. And not just practically or financially—but emotionally, too. Which is why these top inspirational business quotes are so valuable.

Each of these quotes is a bite-sized morsel of wisdom, capable of injecting that much-needed hit of inspiration, encouragement, and motivation.

So, when you’re exhausted, frustrated, anxious, worried, or just plain freaking out, read these inspirational business quotes for some remarkable ideas.

But don’t just scan through them. Try to think about how each one applies to your business.

Read. Re-read. Reflect. Apply.

OK, let’s dive into the top business quotes!

Best business quotes of all time

These motivational business quotes are game changers. Get ready for some inspiration and action-packed advice.

1. “The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old but on building the new.” —Socrates, father of Western philosophy (Click to tweet)
2. “Always deliver more than expected.” —Larry Page, co-founder of Google (Click to tweet)
3. “Don’t take too much advice. Most people who have a lot of advice to give—with a few exceptions—generalize whatever they did. Don’t over-analyze everything. I myself have been guilty of over-thinking problems. Just build things and find out if they work.” —Ben Silbermann, founder of Pinterest (Click to tweet)
4. “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” —John Quincy Adams, sixth president of the United States (Click to tweet)

1. “Every time we launch a feature, people yell at us.” —Angelo Sotira, co-founder of deviantART (Click to tweet)
2. “Be undeniably good. No marketing effort or social media buzzword can be a substitute for that.” —Anthony Volodkin, founder of Hype Machine (Click to tweet)

1. “What do you need to start a business? Three simple things: know your product better than anyone, know your customer, and have a burning desire to succeed.” —Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy’s (Click to tweet)
2. “If you can’t feed a team with two pizzas, it’s too large.” —Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon (Click to tweet)
3. “If people like you, they’ll listen to you, but if they trust you, they’ll do business with you.” —Zig Ziglar, author, salesman, and motivational speaker (Click to tweet)
4. “If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late.” —Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn (Click to tweet)
5. “The value of an idea lies in the using of it.” —Thomas Edison, co-founder of General Electric (Click to tweet)
6. “The stars will never align, and the traffic lights of life will never all be green at the same time. The universe doesn’t conspire against you, but it doesn’t go out of its way to line up the pins either. Conditions are never perfect. ‘Someday’ is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you. Pro and con lists are just as bad. If it’s important to you and you want to do it ‘eventually,’ just do it and correct course along the way.” —Tim Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Work Week (Click to tweet)
7. “Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect.” —Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter (Click to tweet)
8. “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. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.” —Steve Jobs, co-founder, chairman and CEO of Apple Inc. (Click to tweet)
9. “Always look for the fool in the deal. If you don’t find one, it’s you.” —Mark Cuban, AXS TV chairman and entrepreneur (Click to tweet)
10. “Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.” —Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft (Click to tweet)
11. “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, founder of Facebook (Click to tweet)
12. “If you define yourself by how you differ from the competition, you’re probably in trouble.” —Omar Hamoui, co-founder of AdMob (Click to tweet)
13. “Wonder what your customer really wants? Ask. Don’t tell.” —Lisa Stone, co-founder and CEO of BlogHer (Click to tweet)
14. “When you find an idea that you just can’t stop thinking about, that’s probably a good one to pursue.” —Josh James, CEO and co-founder of Omniture (Click to tweet)
15. “It’s not about ideas. It’s about making ideas happen.” —Scott Belsky, co-founder of Behance (Click to tweet)
16. “Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.” —Golda Meir, fourth Prime Minister of Israel (Click to tweet)
17. “There’s nothing wrong with staying small. You can do big things with a small team.” —Jason Fried, 37signals founder and co-author of Rework (Click to tweet)
18. “The fastest way to change yourself is to hang out with people who are already the way you want to be.” —Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn (Click to tweet)
19. “Chase the vision, not the money. The money will end up following you.” —Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos (Click to tweet)
20. “The most dangerous poison is the feeling of achievement. The antidote is to every evening think what can be done better tomorrow.” —Ingvar Kamprad, founder of IKEA (Click to tweet)
21. “Nothing works better than just improving your product.” —Joel Spolsky, co-founder of Stack Overflow (Click to tweet)
22. “Get five or six of your smartest friends in a room and ask them to rate your idea.” —Mark Pincus, CEO of Zynga (Click to tweet)
23. “Money is like gasoline during a road trip. You don’t want to run out of gas on your trip, but you’re not doing a tour of gas stations.” —Tim O’Reilly, founder and CEO of O’Reilly Media (Click to tweet)
24. “Get big quietly so you don’t tip off potential competitors.” —Chris Dixon, investor at Andreessen Horowitz (Click to tweet)
25. “Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” —Steve Jobs, co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc. (Click to tweet)
26. “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, US author, political activist, and lecturer (Click to tweet)
27. “Don’t try to be original, just try to be good.” —Paul Rand, graphic designer (Click to tweet)
28. “Always think outside the box and embrace opportunities that appear, wherever they might be.” —Lakshmi Mittal, chairman & CEO of ArcelorMittal (Click to tweet)
29. “Don’t worry about people stealing your design work. Worry about the day they stop.” —Jeffrey Zeldman, entrepreneur and web designer (Click to tweet)
30. “The last 10% it takes to launch something takes as much energy as the first 90%.” —Rob Kalin, founder of Etsy (Click to tweet)
31. “If you’re interested in the living heart of what you do, focus on building things rather than talking about them.” —Ryan Freitas, co-founder of About.me (Click to tweet)
32. “Best startups generally come from somebody needing to scratch an itch.” —Michael Arrington, founder and co-editor of TechCrunch (Click to tweet)
33. “Some people dream of success, while other people get up every morning and make it happen.” —Wayne Huizenga, prolific US business person. (Click to tweet)
34. “Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.” —Guy Kawasaki, entrepreneur and co-founder of Alltop (Click to tweet)
35. “An entrepreneur is someone who has a vision for something and a want to create.” —David Karp, founder, and CEO of Tumblr (Click to tweet)
36. “Get a mentor in the applicable field if you’re at all unsure of what you’re looking for.” —Kyle Bragger, founder of Forrst and co-founder of Exposure (Click to tweet)
37. “Every day that we spent not improving our products was a wasted day.” —Joel Spolsky, co-founder of Stack Overflow (Click to tweet)
38. “Anything that is measured and watched improves.” —Bob Parsons, founder of GoDaddy (Click to tweet)
39. “Stay self-funded as long as possible.” —Garrett Camp, founder of Expa, Uber, and StumbleUpon (Click to tweet)
40. “Don’t play games that you don’t understand, even if you see lots of other people making money from them.” —Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos (Click to tweet) 
41. “Timing, perseverance, and 10 years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.” —Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter (Click to tweet)
42. “Human beings have an innate inner drive to be autonomous, self-determined, and connected to one another. And when that drive is liberated, people achieve more and live richer lives.” —Daniel Pink, author (Click to tweet)
43. “Fortunes are built during the down market and collected in the upmarket.” —Jason Calacanis, founder of LAUNCH Ticker (Click to tweet)
44. “It’s more effective to do something valuable than to hope a logo or name will say it for you.” —Jason Cohen, founder of Smartbear Software (Click to tweet)
45. “No more romanticizing about how cool it is to be an entrepreneur. It’s a struggle to save your company’s life—and your own skin—every day of the week.” —Spencer Fry, co-founder of CarbonMade (Click to tweet)
46. “You can’t make anything viral, but you can make something good.” —Peter Shankman, founder of HARO (Click to tweet)
47. “Don’t worry about funding if you don’t need it. Today, it’s cheaper to start a business than ever.” —Noah Everett, founder of Twitpic (Click to tweet)
48. “Data beats emotions.” —Sean Rad, founder of Tinder (Click to tweet)
49. “I never dreamed about success, I worked for it.” —Estee Lauder, founder of Estee Lauder Cosmetics (Click to tweet)
50. “I try not to make any decisions that I’m not excited about.” —Jake Nickell, founder and CEO of Threadless (Click to tweet)
51. “See things in the present, even if they are in the future.” —Larry Ellison, co-founder of Oracle (Click to tweet)
52. “You don’t need to have a 100-person company to develop that idea.” —Larry Page, co-founder of Google (Click to tweet)
53. “Ideas are commodity. Execution of them is not.” —Michael Dell, chairman, and CEO of Dell (Click to tweet)
54. “A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.” —Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company (Click to tweet)
55. “All humans are entrepreneurs not because they should start companies but because the will to create is encoded in human DNA.” —Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn (Click to tweet)
56. “The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.” —Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft (Click to tweet)
57. “In the end, a vision without the ability to execute it is probably a hallucination.” —Steve Case, co-founder of AOL (Click to tweet)
58. “Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create.” —Oprah Winfrey, media proprietor (Click to tweet)
59. “No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you’re playing a solo game, you’ll always lose out to a team.” —Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn (Click to tweet)
60. “Don’t be cocky. Don’t be flashy. There’s always someone better than you.” —Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos (Click to tweet)
61. “Embrace what you don’t know, especially in the beginning, because what you don’t know can become your greatest asset. It ensures that you will absolutely be doing things different from everybody else.” —Sara Blakely, founder of SPANX (Click to tweet)
62. “Diligence is the mother of good luck.” —Benjamin Franklin, a Founding Father of the United States (Click to tweet)
63. “A person who is quietly confident makes the best leader.” —Fred Wilson, co-founder of Union Square Ventures (Click to tweet)
64. “Risk more than others think is safe. Dream more than others think is practical.” —Howard Schultz, interim CEO of Starbucks (Click to tweet)

Inspirational quotes about life

Let’s continue our list with some of the top inspirational quotes about life. Every now and then, everyone needs to hear about the positive side of life and the potential it has to offer. These inspirational quotes about life will help empower you to succeed.

1. “Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.” —Charles R. Swindoll, author, educator, and radio preacher
2. “If you can dream it, you can do it.” — Walt Disney, co-founder of the Walt Disney Company
3. “However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.” —Stephen Hawking, English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author
4. “When I’m old and dying, I plan to look back on my life and say, ‘Wow, that was an adventure,’ not, ‘Wow, I sure felt safe.’” —Tom Preston-Werner, co-founder of Github
5. “Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.” —Les Brown, motivational speaker, author, and former politician
6. “The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.” ―Oprah Winfrey, media proprietor
7. “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” —Les Brown, motivational speaker
8. “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney, co-founder of the Walt Disney Company
9. “Lean forward into your life. Begin each day as if it were on purpose.” ―Mary Anne Radmacher, author
10. “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” ―Maya Angelou, poet, singer, and civil rights activist
11. “Do not let the memories of your past limit the potential of your future. There are no limits to what you can achieve on your journey through life, except in your mind.” ―Roy T. Bennett, author
12. “You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.” ―Oprah Winfrey, media proprietor
13. “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” ―George Bernard Shaw, playwrighter
14. “A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.” —Charles Darwin, naturalist, geologist and biologist
15. “Education costs money. But then so does ignorance.” —Sir Claus Moser, statistician
16. “The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.”—Michael Jordan, former professional basketball player

Inspirational quotes about success

Success doesn’t happen overnight. You have to take each day as an opportunity to meet your potential and to improve. Here’s a list of our favorite inspirational quotes about success to get your day started.

1. “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” —Henry David Thoreau, essayist, poet, and philosopher
2. “People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the tendency is to get on a downward spiral that can even become a self-fulfilling prophecy.” —Tony Robbins, life and business strategist, and author
3. “The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.” —Colin R. Davis, conductor for the London Symphony Orchestra
4. “Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really: Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn’t at all. You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it, so go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because remember, that’s where you will find success.” —Thomas J. Watson, former president of IBM, political figure, and philanthropist
5. Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” —Winston Churchill, prime minister of Great Britain during World War II
6. “Today’s accomplishments were yesterday’s impossibilities.” —Robert H. Schuller, motivational speaker
7. “Success is the sum of small efforts—repeated day in and day out.” —Robert Collier, author
8. “Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don’t wish it were easier; wish you were better.” —Jim Rohn, business philosopher
9. “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” —Colin Powell, US statesman and retired four-star general in the United States Army

When you’re struggling, inspirational quotes like these can really make a difference. 

1. “A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.” —David Brinkley, newscaster
2. “Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.” —William Feather, publisher and author
3. “Try not to become a man of success. Rather, become a man of value.” —Albert Einstein, theoretical physicist
4. “Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion.” —Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos
5. “I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one.” —Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft 
6. “I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.” —G. K. Chesterton, writer, poet, and philosopher
7. “If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.” —Steve Jobs, co-founder, chairman and CEO of Apple Inc.
8. “Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.” —Conrad Hilton, founder of the Hilton Hotels chain

Quotes about not giving up

Never give up. Keep chasing your dreams. Life will be hard at times, and the strength lies in not giving up. Take a look at the best inspirational quotes about not giving up.

1. “If you can’t fly, then run. If you can’t run, then walk. And, if you can’t walk, then crawl. But whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.” —Martin Luther King Jr., leader of the US civil rights movement
2. “I got lucky because I never gave up the search. Are you quitting too soon? Or are you willing to pursue luck with a vengeance?” —Jill Konrath, speaker, author and thought leader
3. “Fall seven times, stand up eight.” —Japanese proverb
4. “The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere.” —Barack Obama, 44th president of the United States
5. “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” —Thomas Edison, entrepreneur and inventor
6. “The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” —Winston Churchill, prime minister of Great Britain during World War II

Inspirational quotes like these do a great job at channeling some positive momentum. 

1. “You have to believe in yourself when no one else does—that makes you a winner right there.” —Venus Williams, professional tennis player
2. “We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.” —Maya Angelou, poet, singer, and civil rights activist
3. “Strength shows not only in the ability to persist, but in the ability to start over.” —F. Scott Fitzgerald, fiction writer
4. “Let me tell you the secret that has led to my goal. My strength lies solely on my tenacity.” —Louis Pasteur, biologist, microbiologist and chemist
5. “Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.” —Earl Nightingale, radio speaker and author
6. “You do what you can for as long as you can, and when you finally can’t, you do the next best thing. You back up but you don’t give up.” ―Chuck Yeager, former US Air Force officer
7. “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.” —Samuel Beckett, Irish avant-garde novelist and playwright
8. “It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.” —Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft

Quotes about working hard

Hard work helps to turn dreams into reality. These top quotes about working hard will help you get the job done.

1. “So often people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard.” —Caterina Fake, co-founder of Flickr
2. “If you’re passionate about something and you work hard, then I think you will be successful.” —Pierre Omidyar, founder and chairman of eBay
3. “I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” —Thomas Jefferson, Founding Father and President of the United States
4. “When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.” —Paulo Coelho, lyricist and novelist
5. “A dream does not become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination, and hard work.” —Colin Powell, US statesman and retired four-star general in the United States Army
6. “There is simply no substitute for hard work when it comes to achieving success.” —Heather Bresch, CEO of Mylan
7. “Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.” —Pelé, professional footballer
8. “No great achiever—even those who made it seem easy—ever succeeded without hard work.” —Jonathan Sacks, author and politician
9. “The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.” —Harry Golden, writer
10. “There is no substitute for hard work.” —Thomas Edison, entrepreneur and inventor
11. “It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” —Babe Ruth, professional baseball player

Quotes about challenges

We all face challenges in life. They can either make you or break you. We’ve compiled a list of our favorite quotes about challenges that will encourage you to keep going.

1. “Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” —John D. Rockefeller,  oil industry business magnate
2. “If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.” —Jim Rohn, entrepreneur, author, and motivational speaker
3. “Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me.” —Arianna Huffington, co-founder of The Huffington Post and founder of Thrive Global
4. “You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along. You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” —Eleanor Roosevelt, known as “First Lady of the World” for her human rights advocacy
5. “If you can push through that feeling of being scared, that feeling of taking a risk, really amazing things can happen.” —Marissa Mayer, former president and CEO of Yahoo!
6. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” —Theodore Roosevelt, 26th president of the United States
7. “Challenges are what make life interesting, and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” —Joshua J. Marine, author
8. “Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.” —Michael Jordan, former professional basketball player

These quotes about challenges have some pretty sound advice.

1. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” —Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa, political leader, and philanthropist
2. “I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” —Stephen Covey, educator, author, and businessman
3. “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” —Martin Luther King, Jr., leader of the civil rights movement
4. “Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional.” —Roger Crawford, public speaker, author, and certified tennis professional
5. “Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they’re supposed to help you discover who you are.” —Bernice Johnson Reagon, song composer, and social activist
6. “When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened, or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back.” —Paulo Coelho, lyricist and novelist
7. “There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed.” —Ray Goforth, director of strategy and partnerships at Spredfast

Quotes about overcoming failure

There will be days when things don’t go as planned. You may feel defeated and let down. But that’s a part of life. It’s how you deal with the failures in life that makes you who you are. Here’s a list of our favorite quotes about overcoming failure that will motivate you to forget past mistakes and take a giant stride forward.

1. “It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.” —Herman Melville, novelist
2. “Do not be embarrassed by your failures; learn from them and start again.” —Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group
3. “It doesn’t matter how many times you fail. It doesn’t matter how many times you almost get it right. No one is going to know or care about your failures, and neither should you. All you have to do is learn from them and those around you, because all that matters in business is that you get it right once. Then everyone can tell you how lucky you are.” —Mark Cuban, entrepreneur, owner of Landmark Theaters and Chairman of AXS TV
4. “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, founder, and CEO of Amazon
5. “The only thing worse than starting something and failing … is not starting something.” —Seth Godin, author, entrepreneur, and blogger
6. “Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once.” —Drew Houston, founder and CEO of Dropbox
7. “Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.” —Og Mandino, author
8. “Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” —George Addair, real-estate developer
9. “Don’t worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try.” —Jack Canfield, author, motivational speaker, corporate trainer, and entrepreneur
10. “Many of life’s failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”  —Thomas Edison, entrepreneur and inventor
11. “The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.” —Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company
12. “Failure is success if we learn from it.” —Malcolm Forbes, entrepreneur and former publisher of Forbes magazine
13. “Failure is so important. We speak about success all the time. It is the ability to resist failure or use failure that often leads to greater success. I’ve met people who don’t want to try for fear of failing.” —J.K. Rowling, novelist
14. “I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” —Michael Jordan, former professional basketball player

Funny quotes to cheer you up

Everyone has a bad day once in a while. These inspirational quotes are guaranteed to inspire you and bring a smile to your face.

1. “People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing—that’s why we recommend it daily.” —Zig Ziglar, author
2. “I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.”—Lily Tomlin, actress
3. “The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.” —Will Rogers, performer
4. “I didn’t fail the test. I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.” —Benjamin Franklin, Founding Father of the United States
5. “When I hear somebody sigh, ‘Life is hard,’ I am always tempted to ask, ‘Compared to what?’” —Sydney Harris, journalist
6. “The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs … one step at a time.” —Joe Girard, salesman
7. “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” —Thomas Edison, entrepreneur and inventor
8. “You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.” —Sam Levenson, humorist
9. “Listen, smile, agree, and then do whatever you were gonna do anyway.“ —Robert Downey Jr., actor
10. “Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.” —Dale Carnegie, writer
11. “Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” —Will Rogers, performer

Movies have a certain memorable aspect about them. They have a unique way of teaching us lessons that stay in our memory. Whether it’s by making us smile, or by moving us to tears, movies have a magic about them. Here are some of the best inspirational quotes from movies.

1. ”Nobody is gonna hit as hard as life, but it ain’t how hard you can hit. It’s how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. It’s how much you can take, and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done.” —Rocky, Rocky Balboa
2. “Don’t ever let somebody tell you you can’t do something, not even me. All right? You dream, you gotta protect it. People can’t do something themselves, they wanna tell you you can’t do it. If you want something, go get it. Period.” —Chris Gardner, The Pursuit of Happyness
3. “The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.” —Jordan Belfort, The Wolf of the Wall Street
4. “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.” —Gandalf, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
5. “Great men are not born great, they grow great.” —Vito Corleone, The Godfather
6. “Some people can’t believe in themselves until someone else believes in them first.” —Sean Maguire, Good Will Hunting
7. “Why do we fall, sir? So that we can learn to pick ourselves up.” —Alfred, Batman Begins
8. “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” —Ferris Bueller, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
9. “After a while, you learn to ignore the names people call you and just trust who you are.” —Shrek, Shrek the Third
10. “Our lives are defined by opportunities, even the ones we miss.” —Benjamin Button, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
11. “What we do in life echoes in eternity.” —Maximus, Gladiator
12. “Sometimes it is the people who no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine.” —Alan Turing, The Imitation Game
13. “Every man dies, but not every man really lives.” —William Wallace, Braveheart
14. “Someone I once knew wrote that we walk away from our dreams afraid that we may fail, or worse yet, afraid we may succeed.” —Forrester, Finding Forrester
15. “It is not our abilities that show what we truly are. It is our choices.” —Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
16. “There should be no boundaries to human endeavor. We are all different. However bad life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. While there’s life, there is hope.” —Stephen Hawking, The Theory of Everything
17. “The accident is your training. Life is a choice. You can choose to be a victim or anything else you’d like to be.” —Socrates, Peaceful Warrior
18. “In this lifetime, you don’t have to prove nothing to nobody, except yourself. And after what you’ve gone through, if you haven’t done that by now, it ain’t gonna never happen.” —Fortune, Rudy
19. It’s supposed to be hard. If it wasn’t hard, everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great.” —Jimmy Dugan, A League of Their Own
20. “Oh yes, the past can hurt. But you can either run from it, or learn from it.” —Rafiki, The Lion King
21. “No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.” —John Keating, Dead Poets Society
22. “You mustn’t be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling.” —Eames, Inception
23. “Find a truly original idea. It is the only way I will ever distinguish myself. It is the only way I will ever matter.” —John Nash, A Beautiful Mind

Quotes about work

No matter what day of the week it is, this list of inspirational quotes about work will help you get through the day.

1. “If you are working on something that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed. The vision pulls you.” —Steve Jobs, co-founder, chairman and CEO of Apple Inc.
2. “Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo Da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.” —H. Jackson Brown Jr., US author
3. “The more I want to get something done ,the less I call it work.” —Richard Bach, writer
4. “Don’t count the days, make the days count.” —Muhammad Ali, professional boxer
5. “A year from now you may wish you had started today.” —Karen Lamb, author
6. “Someday is not a day of the week.” —Janet Dailey, author
7. “What we fear of doing most is usually what we most need to do.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson, essayist, philosopher, and poet
8. “Make each day your masterpiece.” —John Wooden, basketball player
9. “Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.” —Aristotle, father of Western philosophy

OK, that’s a lot of business quotes!

If you haven’t already, make sure to bookmark this page of business quotes now and return to it to create better habits and to help escape the rat race every time you need a hit of inspiration or motivation.

One other thing:

Did you notice some of the recurring themes throughout these business quotes?

Things like:

• Work hard
• Belief in yourself
• Focus on quality

So, which of these business quotes stood out most to you? Comment below!

You found our list of motivational success quotes for work.

Success quotes are inspirational sayings that motivate people to work hard and achieve goals. For example “Success is never accidental.” – Jack Dorsey and “Failure is success in progress.” – Albert Einstein. The purpose of these phrases is to provide motivation and inspiration, help listeners withstand hardship and strive for greatness.

These sayings are a subset of inspirational quotes for work and hard work quotes. You can use these phrases to boost staff morale, motivate teams and choose motivational work songs.

This list includes:

• inspirational success quotes
• short success quotes
• business success quotes
• team success quotes
• success and failure quotes
• success and hard work quotes
• the key to success quotes
• quotes on achievement

Here we go!

Inspirational success quotes

1. “All our dreams can come true; if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney
2. “However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.” – Stephen Hawking
3. “People begin to become successful the minute they decide to be.” – Harvey MacKay
4. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela
5. “Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’!” – Audrey Hepburn
6. “Success isn’t overnight. It’s when everyday you get a little better than the day before. It all adds up.” – Dwayne Johnson
7. “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
8. “The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” – Oprah Winfrey
9. “Do what you can, with what you’ve got, where you are.” – Teddy Roosevelt
10. “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill
11. “Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.” – Amelia Earhart
12. “Victory is sweetest when you’ve known defeat.” – Malcolm S. Forbes
13. “Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.” – Mahatma Gandhi
14. “Energy and persistence conquer all things.” – Benjamin Franklin
15. “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” – Thomas A. Edison
16. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
17. “It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.” – Herman Melville
18. “A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.” – Charles Schwab
19. “In most things success depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.” – Montesquieu
20. “There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there — you must go beyond them.” – Bruce Lee

Short success quotes

1. “Fortune befriends the bold.” – Emily Dickinson
2. “Success is survival.” – Leonard Cohen
3. “There is little success where there is little laughter.” – Andrew Carnegie
4. “There is no substitute for victory.” – Douglas MacArthur
5. “They succeed, because they think they can.” – Virgil
6. “It takes 20 years to make an overnight success.” – Eddie Cantor
7. “Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.” – John F. Kennedy
8. “If you have no critics you’ll likely have no success.” – Malcolm X
9. “Success is never accidental.” – Jack Dorsey
10. “Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” – Suzy Kassem
11. “The best revenge is massive success.” – Frank Sinatra
12. “Men are born to succeed, not to fail.” – Henry David Thoreau
13. “Success is the child of audacity.” – Benjamin Disraeli
14. “Impatience never commanded success.” – Edwin H. Chapin
15. “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” – Milton Berle
16. “Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.” – Bill Gates
17. “Failure is success in progress.” – Albert Einstein

Business success quotes

1. “If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.” – John D. Rockefeller
2. “Success in management requires learning as fast as the world is changing.” – Warren Bennis
3. “You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it.” – Oprah Winfrey
4. “The secret of success in every field is redefining what success means to you. It can’t be your parent’s definition, the media’s definition, or your neighbor’s definition. Otherwise, success will never satisfy you.” – RuPaul
5. “Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.” – Albert Einstein
6. “When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.” – Elon Musk
7. “Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.” – Confucius
8. “Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.” – Abraham Lincoln
9. “​​Success isn’t about the end result, it’s about what you learn along the way.” – Vera Wang
10. “Find something you’re passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.” – Julia Child
11. “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau
12. “Success is only meaningful and enjoyable if it feels like your own.” – Michelle Obama
13. “I couldn’t wait for success, so I went ahead without it.” – Jonathan Winters
14. “Talent alone won’t make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the right time, unless you are ready.” – Johnny Carson

Team success quotes

1. “Success is best when it’s shared.” – Howard Schultz
2. “If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.” – Henry Ford
3. “Success is finding satisfaction in giving a little more than you take.” – Christopher Reeve
4. “Success comes when people act together; failure tends to happen alone.” – Deepak Chopra
5. “The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.” – Aesop
6. “If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.” – Maya Angelou
7. “Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people.” – Steve Jobs
8. “Individual honors come with team success.” – Gilbert Arenas
9. “The secret of the team’s success is easy – unity and hard work.” – David Beckham
10. “The way a team plays as a whole determines its success.” – Babe Ruth
11. “The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.” – Vince Lombardi
12. “There is no such thing as a self-made man. You will reach your goals only with the help of others.” – George Shinn
13. “It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.” – Napoleon Hill

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Success and failure quotes

1. “Success is not a good teacher, failure makes you humble.” – Shah Rukh Khan
2. “Most people give up just when they’re about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown.” – Ross Perot
3. “Failure is success if we learn from it.” – Malcolm Forbes
4. “A minute’s success pays the failure of years.” – Robert Browning
5. “Success is falling nine times and getting up ten.” – Jon Bon Jovi
6. “Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.” – George S. Patton
7. “Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.” – Coco Chanel
8. “Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.” – Truman Capote
9. “I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan
10. “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” – Thomas A. Edison
11. “Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.” – George Bernard Shaw
12. “Sometimes a noble failure serves the world as faithfully as a distinguished success.” – Edward Dowden
13. “Treat failure as a lesson on how not to approach achieving a goal, and then use that learning to improve your chances of success when you try again. Failure is only the end if you decide to stop.” – Richard Branson
14. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
15. “Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward success.” – C. S. Lewis
16. “Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.” – Henry Ford
17. “It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.” – Theodore Roosevelt

Success and hard work quotes

1. “Much effort, much prosperity.” – Euripides
2. “There is no success without hardship.” – Sophocles
3. “In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.” – Miguel de Cervantes
4. “Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.” – Booker T. Washington
5. “Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.” – William Feather
6. “Success is the sum of small efforts – repeated day in and day out.” – Robert Collier
7. “Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.” – Dwayne Johnson
8. “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” – Colin Powell
9. “The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vince Lombardi
10. “Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
11. “My powers are ordinary. Only my application brings me success.” – Isaac Newton
12. “To follow, without halt, one aim: that’s the secret of success.” – Anna Pavlova
13. “I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” – Estée Lauder
14. “Work hard in silence, let your success be your noise.” – Frank Ocean

The key to success quotes

1. “Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.” – J. Paul Getty
2. “Action is the foundational key to all success.” – Pablo Picasso
3. “True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful.” – Paul Sweeney
4. “The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty.” – Zig Ziglar
5. “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Albert Schweitzer
6. “All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.” – Mark Twain
7. “I attribute my success to this – I never gave or took any excuse.” – Florence Nightingale
8. “Every skill you acquire doubles your odds of success.” – Scott Adams
9. “Success has a simple formula: do your best, and people may like it.” – Sam Ewing
10. “A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success.” – Joyce Brothers
11. “Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.” – Alexander Graham Bell
12. “There are people who make things happen, there are people who watch things happen, and there are people who wonder what happened. To be successful, you need to be a person who makes things happen.” – Jim Lovell
13. “The secret of my success is a two word answer: Know people.” – Harvey S. Firestone
14. “For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.” – Walter Scott
15. “The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda.” – John C. Maxwell
16. “The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.” – Ayn Rand
17. “Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.” – Oscar Wilde
18. “The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well.” – John D. Rockefeller Jr.

Quotes on achievement

1. “Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
2. “Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.” – Benjamin Franklin
3. “Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.” – Bruce Lee
4. “Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.” Dale Carnegie
5. “What’s money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.” – Bob Dylan
6. “Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.” – Napoleon Hill
7. “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” – Helen Keller
8. “Comfort is the enemy of achievement.” – Farrah Gray
9. “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney
10. “High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.” – Charles Kettering
11. “There is no shortcut to achievement. Life requires thorough preparation – veneer isn’t worth anything.” – George Washington Carver
12. “Achievement is talent plus preparation.” – Malcolm Gladwell

Final Thoughts

The road to success can be long and stressful, and most folks could use guidance and encouragement. The quotes on this list are empowering, enlightening, and energizing, and can help hustlers endure the hardships of life and business. You can use these quotes to inspire your teammates or motivate yourself, or you can share with your clients and audience to give an instant pep talk to anyone who might need one. Many of these sayings are short, sweet, and to the point, and work great in several formats including email openings or sign-offs, social media posts, or motivational speeches.

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2. Short Business quotes
3. Motivational business quotes
4. Captions and quotes for businesswomen
5. Business jokes to make you laugh
6. Success captions to inspire you
7. Change in business quotes
8. Business strategy captions and quotes
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10. Business tips and quotes

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1. Business quotes from very famous people

There’s a lot to learn from famous people. They, too, have gone through the ups and downs that we can all learn from.

• “Success is not final; failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
• “Respect is how to treat everyone, not just those you want to impress.” – Richard Branson
• “Every problem is a gift – without problems, we would not grow.” – Anthony Robbins
• “Some people dream of success while other people get up every morning and make it happen.” – Wayne Huizenga
• “Always deliver more than expected.” – Larry Page, Co-Founder of Google

• “Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” – Warren Buffet
• “To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business and your business in your heart.” – Thomas Watson, Jr
• “Chase the vision, not the money. The money will end up following you.” – Tony Hsieh
• “All lasting business is built on friendship.” – Alfred A.Montaper
• “Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision. And relentlessly drive it to completion.” – Jack Welch
• “Never go to business purely to make money. If that’s the motive you’re better off doing nothing.” – Richard Branson
• “Happy employees lead to happy customers, which leads to more profits.” – Vaughn Aust

• “In business, what’s dangerous is not to evolve.” – Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon
• “Business has only two functions – marketing and innovation.” – Peter Drucker
• “Stopping advertising to save money is like stopping your watch to save time.” – Henry Ford
• “Success is not final; failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston S. Churchill
• “Don’t take too much advice. Most people who have a lot of advice to give — with a few exceptions — generalize whatever they did. Don’t over-analyze everything. I myself have been guilty of over-thinking problems. Just build things and find out if they work.” — Ben Silbermann, founder of Pinterest
• “Be undeniably good. No marketing effort or social media buzzword can be a substitute for that.” — Anthony Volodkin, founder of Hype Machine
• “What do you need to start a business? Three simple things: know your product better than anyone, know your customer, and have a burning desire to succeed.” — Dave Thomas, Founder of Wendy’s
• “If you can’t feed a team with two pizzas, it’s too large.” – Jeff Bezos

• “Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect.” — Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter
• “If people like you, they’ll listen to you, but if they trust you, they’ll do business with you.” — Zig Ziglar, author, salesman, and motivational speaker
• “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. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.” — Steve Jobs, co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc.
• “If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late.” — Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn
• “Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.” — Bill Gates, Co-Founder of Microsoft

• “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, Founder of Facebook
• “Wonder what your customer really wants? Ask. Don’t tell.” — Lisa Stone, Co-Founder, and CEO of BlogHer
• “There’s nothing wrong with staying small. You can do big things with a small team.” — Jason Fried, 37signals founder and co-author of Rework
• “The fastest way to change yourself is to hang out with people who are already the way you want to be.” — Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn Co-founder
• “Get five or six of your smartest friends in a room and ask them to rate your idea.” — Mark Pincus, CEO of Zynga
• “Money is like gasoline during a road trip. You don’t want to run out of gas on your trip, but you’re not doing a tour of gas stations.” — Tim O’Reilly, founder, and CEO of O’Reilly Media

• “Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” — Steve Jobs, co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc.
• “Don’t try to be original, just try to be good.” — Paul Rand, Graphic Designer
• “Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.” — Guy Kawasaki, entrepreneur, and co-founder of Alltop
• “Every day that we spent not improving our products was a wasted day.” — Joel Spolsky, co-founder of Stack Overflow
• “Don’t play games that you don’t understand, even if you see lots of other people making money from them.” — Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos
• “The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.” — Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft
• “Only take advice from people who have done what you want to do.” – Elon Musk
• “Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.”— Biz Stone, Co-Founder of Twitter

• “You have to be patient, persevere and ultimately never, ever, give up no matter how long it takes to get the change you are seeking.” – Dandapani
• “If you don’t get out of the box you’ve been raised in, you won’t understand how much bigger the world is.” – Angelina Jolie
• “You’ll never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.” – John Maxwell
• “If you don’t believe you are the best, then you will never achieve all that you are capable of.” – Cristiano Ronaldo
• “The only difference between a rich person and poor person is how they use their time.” – Robert Kiyosaki
• “The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does.” – Napoleon Hill”When you learn how much you’re worth, you’ll stop giving people discounts.” – Hellen Keller

• “We are never in lack of money. We lack people with dreams, who can die for those dreams.” – Jack Ma
• “Things aren’t scary. Sometimes people are just scared. We often confuse the two.” – Chris Hadfield
• “The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.” – Warren Buffet
• “A company shouldn’t get addicted to being shiny, because shiny doesn’t last.” – Jeff Bezos
• “The secret of business is to know something nobody else knows.” – Aristotle Onassis
• “There is no shortage of remarkable ideas. What’s missing is the will to execute them.” – Seth Godin
• “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” – Melton Berle
• “I told my son, ‘You don’t need to be the top 3 in your class. Being in the middle is fine as long as your grades aren’t too bad. Only this kind of person has enough free time to learn other skills.” – Jack Ma

2. Short business quotes

Sometimes we all just want to keep it short and simple. Here are a few short business quotes you can check out.

• Make more moves and lesser announcements.
• Business is a combination of war and sport.
• Opportunities don’t happen. You create them.
• Be okay with change.
• Every boss started as a worker.
• Risk takers are money makers.
• Defeat is when you give up on yourself.

• Make passion your paycheck.
• Every master was once a beginner.
• Business grows when they are well-loved.
• Quality is not an act. It is a habit.
• The first rule of business, stay out of mine.
• Work HARD. Dream BIG.

• If dreams don’t scare you, they are too small.
• “Don’t be evil.” – Larry Page
• Start your day with a smile.
• You’re already a success.
• Stretch your awareness with what’s possible.
• “Carpe per diem – seize the check.” – Robin Williams

• Be a rainbow in somebody else’s cloud.
• Few things are doing well.
• Yes. Doing your job is part of your job.
• I hate Maths but I love counting money.
• Don’t beat a dead horse.
• If it’s stupid but works, it isn’t stupid.
• Go the extra mile. It’s never crowded.

• Girls compete. Women empower.
• Change is a process is not an event.
• When in doubt, choose change.
• Divas don’t do drama, we do business.
• Enthusiasm changes everything.
• Being alone has power a very few can handle.
• Make your own magic.

3. Motivational business quotes

There would be moments that we lose track of our goals. And during these times, all we need is a little push. Stay motivated with these motivational quotes.

• In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.
• Handle your business without people knowing your business.
• You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.
• Business opportunities are like buses. There’s always another one coming.
• Don’t create customers for your products. Create products for your customers.
• A satisfied customer is the best business strategy of all.

• Failure slaps you in public. While success hugs you in private.
• Business owners: Sometimes we win. Sometimes we learn.
• Never depend on a single income. Make an investment to create a second source.
• Marketing is no longer about the stuff you make, but about the stories, you tell.
• Instead of baby showers, let’s host business showers. When a friend starts a business, we all come together, celebrate them and bring resources for their business start.
• To be successful, you don’t need a beautiful face and a heroic body. What you need is a skillful mind and ability to perform.
• If they don’t know you personally, don’t take it personal.

• A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
• You are out of business if you are not available on search.
• Extraordinary service is the result of anticipating the need and providing the solution before the customer requires it.
• Don’t work 8 hours for a company then go home and not work on your goals. You’re not tired, you’re uninspired.
• What’s the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable.
• The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine.
• “Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching around for what it gets.” – Henry Ford
• Small minds discuss people. Average minds discuss events. Great minds discuss ideas.

• Write a business plan. It’s great to have ideas but you need a plan. No plans, no fans.
• Rich people buy luxuries last. While the poor and middle-class tend to buy luxuries first.
• Before you put a price tag on your product, make sure it has quality.
• So many of us get caught in trying to do things the “right way” that we don’t stop to look for the way that works for us.
• Don’t think about saving money. Think about making more money.
• You’re not just recruiting employees, but are sowing the seeds of your reputation.
• A winner is a loser who tried one more time.

• In today’s competitive marketplace, ‘good’ is expected, but only ‘excellent’ is rewarded.
• The goal is never just to win but to become a master of the game.
• Eat well, read books, study yourself, expand your mind, do better and get better. Last but not the least, remember you are your greatest investment.
• 99% of failures come from people who have a habit of making excuses.
• When you have money in your hand, only you forget who you are. But when you do not have any money in your hand, the whole world forgets who you are. That’s life.
• The trick is to win in private but let them think you’re losing in public.
• Nobody cares about your story until you win. So first win!

• Impatient traders are attracted to money while money is attracted to patient traders.
• No one looks back at their life and remembers the night they got plenty of sleep.
• Marketing is telling the world you’re a rock star. Content marketing is showing the world you are one.
• I like when money makes a difference but don’t make you different.
• Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.
• The best advice I can give self-employed folks: Never undermine your value.
• The only time you should look back is to see how far you’ve come.

• Knowing when not to bet is as important as knowing what bets are probably worth making.
• Law of Attraction: Your mind is a magnet. If you think of blessings, you attract blessings. And if you think of problems, you attract problems. Always cultivate good thoughts and remain positive.
• We cannot become what we want to be by remaining what we are.
• “Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.” – Conrad Hilton
• If plan A didn’t work, the alphabet has 25 more letters! Stay cool.
• Customer’s don’t measure you on how hard you tried. They measure you on what you deliver.” – Steve Jobs
• We only live once. Wrong! We only die once. We live everyday.

4. Captions and quotes for businesswomen

Who says business is only for men? If the boys can, certainly do the girls. Get the girl power through these wonderful businesswoman captions and quotes.

• Get comfortable with being alone. It will empower you.
• Behind every successful woman is a tribe of other successful women who have her back.
• “On my own, I will just create and if it works, it works. And if it doesn’t, I’ll create something else I don’t have any limitations on what I think I could do or be.” – Oprah
• Cheers to all the hard-working women. Keep working toward your dreams and always stay amazing.
• Business women are changing. We build digital empires. Business women make money from our phones. We change the world with WiFi.
• Strong women don’t have attitudes. They have standards and boundaries.
• “If people are doubting how far you can go, go as far that you can’t hear them anymore.” – Michelle Ruiz
• “You can find an intelligent, incredible leader in a woman as easily as you can in a man.” – Whitney Wolfe Herd

• “People who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” – Rob Siltanen
• Change is vital. Improvement is a logical form of change.
• She is clothed in strength and dignity and she laughs without fear of the future.
• It’s easy to spot the strong women. They’re the ones lifting each other. Not tearing each other down.
• You can become strong and powerful and beautiful.
• “Sometimes you gotta be a beauty and a beast.” – Nicki Minaj
• “A strong woman looks a challenge in the eye and gives it a wink.” – Gina Carey
• A strong man can handle a strong woman. A weak man will say she has an attitude.
• A successful woman is one who can build a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at her.
• Behind every successful woman is herself.

• It is hard to be a woman. You must think like a man, act like a lady, look like a young girl and work like a horse.
• When you mature into a badass businesswoman, expect to outgrow most of the people around you. There is no point carrying dead weight on your hike to the top.
• “Every success is a tale of constant adaption, revision, and change.” – Richard Branson
• “Whatever makes you uncomfortable is your biggest opportunity for growth.” – Bryant McGill
• “There is nothing stronger than a broken woman who has rebuilt herself.” – Hannah Gadsby
• “Women are not always what we seem to be. What our reputations would tell you. Nor do we only exist in reference to our fathers, husbands, and sons.” – Ruth Downie
• “I think men are afraid to be with a successful woman because we are strong. We know what we want and we are not fragile enough.” – Shirley Bassey
• “It’s not your job to like me. It’s mine.” – Byron Kate

• “We need to get women to the point where they aren’t apologizing. It is time to take ownership of our success.” – Tory Burch, CEO, and Designer of Tory Burch
• “Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail.” – Oprah Winfrey, Entrepreneur, Producer and Philanthropist
• “I’m a businesswoman who goes to work every single day.” – Tyra Banks
• “My view on issues is based on common sense, and my experience as a mother of four children, as a sole parent, and as a businesswoman running a fish and chip shop.” – Pauline Hanson
• “I don’t like the word ‘businesswoman. Perhaps ‘committed mother’ would be the best description.” – Steffi Graf
• Empowered women, empowers women.

• “If you can’t make it better, you can laugh at it.” – Erma Bombeck
• When they go low, we go high.
• “You are more powerful than you know; you are beautiful just as you are.” – Melissa Etheridge
• The quality of your thinking determines the quality of your life.
• “There are only two options: Make progress or make excuses.” – Vivek Johore
• “In a world that changes really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.” – Mark Zuckerberg
• “Don’t be the girl who fell. Be the girl who got back up.” – Jenette Stanley
• “My biggest challenge every day is to be a great mother and a great businesswoman.” – Tory Burch
• “A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform.” – Diane Mariechild
• I compete with no one. If what I do threatens you that’s your problem.

• “The most effective way to do it is to do it.” – Amelia Earhart
• You are allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress.
• “The shift in lifelong learning is absolutely essential. As the pace of technological change quickens, we need to be sure that employees are keeping up with the right skills to thrive in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. That applies to both technical and soft skills. There will be changes in both areas.” – Zvika Krieger
• The entrepreneur always searches for change. Responds to it and exploits it as an opportunity.
• Business is the only mechanism on the planet today powerful enough to produce the changes necessary to reverse global environments and social degradation.
• “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” – Alice Walker
• A strong woman stands up for herself. A stronger woman stands for everybody else.

• “Whenever one or more components of a company’s business model changes, new business models are created for supporting companies. The changes might involve niches served, new marketing angles or improved value propositions.” – Marc Ostrofsky
• Just when you think you haven’t got anything left, take a deep breath and take one more step. It could be the one thing that changes everything.
• A woman may be a mother, a sister, a businesswoman, or she may own a business. Women do many things, and we must do it with grace and style.
• “Women need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away.” – Barbara De Angelis
• My best successes came on the heels of failures.
• “You have what it takes to be a victorious, independent, fearless woman.” – Tyra Banks

• In my darkest days, I realized that the small but mighty group of women in my life had become the ‘Knight in Shining Armour’ the fairy tale told me would arrive.
• “It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.” – Madeleine Albright
• “In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.” – Sheryl Sandberg
• Self – belief is everything. Whether you want to start a law firm or a jewelry business, women get pushback, societally. People will be like, “This is a bad idea.” You have to have enough self-belief to see where you’re gonna end up and not let anybody derail you.
• “I don’t care what you think about me. I don’t think about you at all.” – Coco Chanel
• Embrace the truth even when it’s wrapped in sandpaper.
• You are the first investor in your business.
• “I just love bossy women. To me, bossy is not a pejorative term at all. It means someone’s passionate and engaged and ambitious and doesn’t mind leading.” – Amy Poehler
• No matter what, expect the unexpected. And whenever possible be the unexpected.

• “Being a parent is a huge part of who I am, and of course I share that with other women. I’m not just a businesswoman. I’m my sons’ mother and my husband’s wife – although I never post about him on social media because he’d probably divorce me if I did! But I think by showing who I am as a mom and as a business owner, I show other women that we’re all balancing those two worlds.” – Elle Macpherson
• “All I can do is follow my instincts because I’ll never please everyone.” – Emma Watson
• Whatever comes, let it come. What stays, let it stay. And what goes, let it go.
• You know what? I’m going to be a mom, and that’s going to be my work and my love of my life.” Which to me, is just as ambitious of a job and a journey.” – Kate Hudson
• “A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.” Melinda Gates
• “What I love the most that I really want to talk about is that there are women in business. They are incredibly focused on creating their own businesses and going out there. That’s going to be their life, whether they have kids or not. And then there are women who have children that kind of nobly say, “
• “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who us going to stop me.” – Ayn Rand

5. Business jokes to make you laugh

Business doesn’t have to be so serious all the time. Catch a good laugh at these funny business jokes.

• Our Accounting system was flawless until the boss put in his 2 cents worth. Now all our records are off by 2 cents.
• The boss returned from lunch in a good mood and called the whole staff to listen to a couple of jokes he had picked up. Everybody, but one girl laughed uproariously. “What’s the matter?” grumbled the boss. “Haven’t you got a sense of humor?” “I don’t have to laugh,” she replied. “I’m leaving Friday.”
• Dad: I want you to marry a girl of my choice.
  Son: No!
  Dad: The girl is Bill Gates’ daughter.
  Son: Then okay.
  Dad goes to Bill Gates.
  Dad: I want your daughter to marry my son.
  Bill: No!
  Dad: My son is the CEO of the World Bank.
  Bill: Then okay.
  Dad goes to the President of the World Bank.
  Dad: Appoint my son as CEO.
  President: No!
  Dad: He is the son-in-law of Bill Gates.
  President: Then okay.
  This is a BUSINESS.
• Jokes often have real meaning or lesson behind them. Business jokes are often funny because these things happen.
• I’ve decided to have myself frozen until science discovers a cure for bad customer service.
• If robbers ever broke into my house and searched for money, I would start searching with them.
• A new business came to see a famous stockbroker. Investor: Can you tell me how much you charge? Stockbroker: Of course, I charge $10,000 per question. Investor: Well that’s a bit steep, isn’t it? Stockbroker: Yes it is and what’s your third question?

• Never lend money to a friend. It’s dangerous. It could damage his memory.
• At first, they will ask you why you’re doing it. Later they will ask how you did it.
• Amazing things will happen when you listen to the customer.
• My boss told me to have a good day so I went home.
• Keep it fast, keep it fair, keep it simple. That’s our motto here at the law firm of Rock, Paper, and Scissors.
• The way I see it, unethical ethics are better than no ethics at all.
• I think we can charge more if we calculate our billable hours in dog years.
• I pretty much live on the Internet, so I wrote down Cyberspace as my legal address.
• This plan will be much easier not to implement than the last plan we didn’t implement.
• I’m not stupid. O course, I’ve got a disaster recovery plan. Unfortunately, it was on my hard drive when it crashed.
• My boss told me to stop acting like a flamingo, so I had to put my foot down.
• A client comes to a bank: My cheque was returned with a remark: “Insufficient funds”. I’d like to know whether it refers to mine or the Bank?
• Send him our thoughest collection letter, threaten him with legal action, and subliminally suggest some type of our bodily harm. But put XOXOXO under my signature to show that we still love him as a customer.

• I’d like you to do a presentation on business ethics. If you don’t have time to prepare something, just steal it off the internet.
• Lunch with Lawyers: They gave you 17 sesame seeds on your bun and I only got 16.
• And we got a great incentive plan. The first time you’re late, you’re fired.
• My instincts and intuitions are on opposing sides in this legal strategy.
• Okay, now that we all agree. Let’s all go back to our desks and discuss why this won’t work.
• Tech support says the problem is located somewhere between the keyboard and my chair.
• Install a patch for the update of the new version. If that doesn’t work, install the new version of the update for the patch. If all else fails, install a patch for the new version of the update.
• Sorry about the odor. I have all my passwords tattooed between my toes.
• Money isn’t everything but it keeps the kids in touch.
• I am one step away from being rich. All I need now is money.

• Sometimes, when I say “I’m ok.” What I really want is for someone to hold my hand, look me in the eyes and say, “You’re not okay. Here’s $10,000.”
• Except for the people, the hours, the work, the stress, and the pay. This is the best job I ever had.
• I am the boss because I was the first person to grab the big chair when they delivered the furniture.
• In an interview: “I’m fluent in several languages. I speak schmooze, spin, evasion, bull, and old fashioned common sense.”
• Which is a smarter financial move, investing in hog figures or loading up the freezer with bacon when it’s on sale?
• Any chance you could learn Powerpoint before your next presentation, Jim?
• I don’t like to complain about the customer service of any business but I didn’t appreciate being pushed over by the stockbroker when I asked him to check my balance.
• The boss invites his employee:
  – Do you like warm beer?
  – Of course not.
  – And do you like sweaty women?
  – No.
  – So you will go on holiday during the winter months.
• Essentials of Risk Management:
  1. Don’t do anything wrong today.
  2. Don’t do anything wrong tomorrow.
  3. Repeat.

• How many marketers does it take to screw in a light bulb? None – they’ve automated it!
• How is Christmas like your job? You do all the work and the fat guy in the suit gets all the credit!
• I just started a business where we specialize in weighing tiny objects. It’s a small scale operation.
• “Henry was on his morning walk when he bumped into his friend Paul. Henry: ‘Hey Paul, why do you look so dejected today?’
  Paul: ‘Oh Henry, I’m in trouble. I need cash for the business and I have NO IDEA where to get it from!!’
  Henry: ‘Oh, I’m sure glad to hear that. I was afraid you might think you could borrow it from me!’
• Money only impresses lazy girls. When a woman works hard, a man with money is just a bonus. Not a ladder to upgrade.
• I wish people are like money so you could hold them up to the light to see which ones are real and which ones are fake.
• Who sell the products cheaper – a manufacturer or a distributor? The storehouse guard.

• Who’s the fastest
  Three kids argue, whose father is the fastest. One says:
  – My father is the fastest, he can overtake the arrow that he shot with the arch.
  The second one:
  – My father is even faster – when he hunts, he can gunshot an animal and run-up to the animal before it fells down.
  The third:
  – You don’t understand what speed is. My father works in the municipality. He finishes work at 4:30 pm, but he’s back home by 3:45 pm already.
• What are the four “P”s of Marketing? Please, please, please, please.
• Money can’t buy happiness. You also need high-yield stocks, prime real estate, and a solid credit rating.
• Sam walks into his boss’s office and says ‘Sir, I’ll be straight with you, I know the economy isn’t great, but I have over three companies after me, and I would like to respectfully ask for a raise.’ After a few minutes of huggling the boss finally agrees to a 5% raise, and Sam happily gets up to leave. ‘By the way,’ asks the boss, ‘Which three companies are after you?’
  ‘The electric company, water company, and phone company!’
• A quote from an interview with the head of a growing company. Journalist asks:
  – So how many employees are working in your company?
  – Approximately half of them.
• ‘We need somebody for this role who is responsible.’
  ‘Not a problem, sir. Every time something went wrong in my old job, my manager told me I was always responsible!‘
• They say money talks but mine just waves goodbye.

7. Change in business quotes

There is nothing permanent in this world but change. We all have to be prepared with the changes in our business. Embrace it and learn from it.

• A business that doesn’t change is a business that is going to die.
• “The business changes. The technology changes. The team changes. The team members change. The problem isn’t changed, per se, because change is going to happen; the problem, rather, is the inability to cope with change when it comes.” – Kent Beck
• “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old but on building the new.” – Socrates
• In life, change is inevitable. In business, change is vital.
• You cannot grow unless you are willing to change.
• “Adopt and change before any major trends or changes.” – Jack Ma
• “If your business still needs to change, isn’t it likely that your thinking needs to change first?” – A.J Sheppard
• There are two ways to be happy; change the situation; or change your mindset towards it.
• Change your job, change your life.
• If you change nothing, nothing will change.

• “You change your business plan to anticipate and adapt to changes in the marketplace.” – Jon Feltheimer
• Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.
• “The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.” – Peter Drucker
• Don’t complain about things you’re not willing to change.
• Change does not change tradition. It strengthens it. Change is a challenge and an opportunity, not a threat.
• The world is changing very fast. Big will not beat small anymore. It will be the fast beating the slow.
• I don’t know how to do it so I tried, failed, failed, failed and then got it right.
• What you don’t know will cost you.
• “You will change your life until you change something you do daily.” – John C. Maxwell
• If the plan doesn’t work, change the plan but never the goal.

• Now is the time to absorb information so you create transformation
• “You’ll be happy,” said life. “but first, I’ll make you strong”.
• “Hald baked knowledge gives the illusion of being supreme”.- Khyati Sha
• A journey to a thousand miles begins with a single step.
• “You cannot go beyond your own imagination”. – Mukund Chauhan
• I believe in evolution and I think when it comes to business and the roots of a  business and the fundamentals of business, I don’t think that ever changes, I think the idea of change is an illusion, but in nature, it’s necessary to change and perhaps business is a part of nature. I’m not totally sure.
• “For me, the most fun is change or growth. There are definitely elements of both that I like. Launching a business is kind of like a motorboat: You can go very quickly and turn fast.” – Tony Hsieh
• When we talk about change, we, the business leaders, have to implement it. We have to look at what we’re not doing and what we should be doing.
• “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead

• “Time may change me but I can’t trace time.” – David Bowie
• “Stop being afraid of what could go wrong and start being excited about what could go right.” – Tony Robbins
• “The beauty in this world is that everyone can change it.” – Maurice Levy
• “Change is the law if life. And those who look only to the past and present are certain to miss the future.” – John F. Kennedy
• “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.” – Bill Gates
• “If you do not change the direction, you may end up where you are going.” – Lao Tzu
• “The biggest risk is not taking any risk.” – Mark Zuckerberg

• Exam and grades are temporary but knowledge is permanent.
• “Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” – Joshua J. Marine
• Be content to act and leave the talking to others.
• “Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity, and change.” – Brene Brown
• “An idea that can change the course of the company can come from anywhere.” – Jack Dorsey
• “There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about.” – Margaret J. Wheatley
• “No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.” – Robin Williams
• Game-change doesn’t come from copying others or being a ‘me-too’. It comes from our uniqueness and our courage to follow our hearts.
• “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein

• When you go out into the workplace, you should be looking for things that you can do for your people there. You’ve got no business in the workplace if you’re just there to be there. You’ve got to be looking for changes you can make for the benefit of the people who are working there.
• Failures are part of life. If you don’t fail, you don’t learn. If you don’t learn you’ll never change.
• “To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.” – Henri Bergson
• “The nature of the global business environment guarantees that no matter how hard we work to create a stable and healthy organization, our organization will continue to experience dramatic changes far beyond our control.” – Margaret J. Wheatley
• I’m making changes in my life. So if you don’t hear from me, you are one of them.
• Everyday you have a choice – stay the same or change.
• “Never stop investing. Also, never stop improving. And never stop doing something new. Make it your goal to be better each and every day, in some small way. Remember the Japanese concept of Kaizen. Small daily improvements eventually result in huge advantages.” – Bob Parsons
• Great companies start because the founders want to change the world, not to make a fast buck.
• “A competitive world offers two possibilities. You can lose. Or, if you want to win, you can change.” – Lester Thurow

8. Business strategy captions and quotes

Behind every successful business is an excellent working strategy. Take inspiration from this business strategy captions and quotes.

• Ignite the light within you, it will make your world brighter.
• “Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill
• If the Egyptians can build pyramids without machines, you can also build a business without excuses.
• A few years of grinding. A lifetime of freedom.
• Why do only a few succeed?
  1. They know their why.
  2. They prioritize their health.
  3. They value their sleep.
  4. They focus on education.
  5. They live below their means.
• Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.
• “Like a human being, a company has to have an internal communication mechanism, a ‘nervous system’, to coordinate its actions” —Bill Gates, co-founder Microsoft
• When your body gets tired, say this: “This is where winners are made.”

• “A satisfied customer is the best business strategy of all.” – Michael Leboeuf
• Look for people who are as hungry as you are.
• It’s not your job to try to please everyone.
• Things will get a lot harder when you level-up don’t forget that.
• Don’t limit your change. Challenge your limits.
• “Strategy is simply resource allocation. When you strip away all the noise, that’s what it comes down to. Strategy means making clear cut choices about how to compete. You cannot be everything to everybody, no matter what the size of your business or how deep its pockets.” – Jack Welch
• “A vision without a strategy remains an illusion.” Lee Bolman

• “However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.” – Winston Churchill
• “Circular Strategy is a comprehensive active management of strategy in a business”
  ― Fritz Shoemaker
• “Strategy without process is little more than a wish list.” Robert Filek
• “Let’s execute along this strategy, but know that we’ll probably get some of this wrong, so be open to changing it.“ – A.G. Lafley
• “The best marketing strategy ever: Care.” – Gary Vaynerchuck
• “Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategies are the noise before defeat.” Sun Tzu
• “Cutting prices or putting things on sale is not a sustainable business strategy.” – Howard Schultz
• “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

• “The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.” – Michael Porter
• “You cannot be everything to everyone. If you decide to go north, you cannot go south at the same time.” – Jeroen De Flander
• “If you ain’t the lead dog, the scenery never changes.” – Edmund Wilson
• “Good tactics can save even the worst strategy. Bad tactics will destroy even the best strategy.” – General George S. Patton Jr.
• “Always start at the end before you begin.” – Robert Kiyosaki
• “Strategy is about setting yourself apart from the competition. It’s not a matter of being better at what you do – it’s a matter of being different at what you do.” Michael Porter
• “The pessimist sees difficulties in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.” – Winston Churchill
• “Don’t stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.” – George Burns

• Think like a proton. Always positive.
• “Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.” – Peter Drucker
• “Get the right people on the bus, the wrong people off the bus, and the right people in the right seats…” – James C. Collins
• “Success is 20% skills and 80% strategy. You might know how to succeed, but more importantly, what’s your plan to succeed?” – Jim Rohn
• “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” -Napoleon Bonaparte
• “One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.” – Josh Billings
• “Be real and adjust your strategy according to honest results.” – Charles Caleb Colton
• “Either you run the business, or the business will run you” ― Fritz Shoemaker
• “You cannot be everything to everyone. If you decide to go north, you cannot go south at the same time.” – Jeroen De Flander
• Budgets are like oil tankers – they need time to change course. You don’t want to left standing on the deck of your oil tanker, watching all the opportunities pass you by unable to stop and turn to chase after them.
• Minds are like parachutes; they work best when open.

• If you don’t understand the details of your business you are going to fail.
• There is no failure except in no longer trying.
• “First you need to learn that you remove the “L”.
• “Without a clear strategy in place, tools won’t make any difference to you”. – Ian Cleary
• “Strategy 101 is all about choices: you can’t be all things to all people.” – Michael Porter
• “Strategy is just a winning value proposition, that is, a product or service that customers simply want more than the other options out there.” – Jack Welch
• “Persistence is what makes the impossible possible, the possible likely, and the likely definite” – Robert Half
• “Strategy is a pattern in a stream of decisions” – Henry Mintzberg
• Entrepreneurship is not about how far you can go, but how long you can stay without quitting.
• I am strong because I know my weakness.

• “My model for business is The Beatles. They were four guys who kept each other’s kind of negative tendencies in check. They balanced each other, and the total was greater than the sum of the parts.” – Bill Gates
• “The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.” – Prof. Michael Porter
• “Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory, tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” – Sun Tsu, Ancient Chinese Military strategist
• “You may not be interested in strategy, but a strategy is interested in you.” – Leon Trotsky
• “To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is SINCERITY and INTEGRITY.” – Douglas Adams
• Sales go up and down. Service stays forever.
• “Globalization means that business strategy and business ethics cannot be separated from each other.” – Ofra Strauss
• If you are not taking care of your customer, your competitor will.
• You don’t need a digital strategy, you need a business strategy for the digital age.
• If you have many rear-view mirrors, it will be very difficult to see the road ahead.
• “That’s how I see business: Great things in business are never done by one person, they’re done by a team of people.” – Bill Gates

• When building a new strategy, don’t ever let people seduce you with the line, ‘But that’s always been budgeted for.’
• “The best time to make up your mind about people is never.” – Katherine Hepburn
• “The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.” – Hans Hoffman
• “Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.” – Peter Drucker
• Strategy execution is all about realizing the full potential of your strategy – and not limiting yourself to only 50, 60 or 70 percent.
• I have never seen a successful project run by a bad project manager.
• Body language can’t save you when someone is reading your strategy document.
• Trust is the most valuable asset for brands.
• Everyone has the same 24 hours. Make them count.
• “Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” – Harriet Beecher Stowe

• No goal commitment equals no performance, whatever else you try.
• “The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don’t define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.” —Denis Watley
• “In life, as in football, you won’t go far unless you know where the goalposts are.” —Arnold H. Glasgow
• Real commitment means doing everything in your power to get things done.
• “The result of bad communication is a disconnection between strategy and execution” —Chuck Martin, former Vice President IBM
• Don’t measure your performance by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished within your capabilities.

9. Funny captions for business

In difficult times and struggling moments, sometimes all we need is a break. And funny captions are just the perfect thing. Because, why not?

• Success is like being pregnant. Everyone says congratulations but nobody knows how many times you’re fucked.
• Sometimes I feel like giving up then I realize I have a lot of motherfuckers to prove wrong.
• No girl will choose six-packs over six cars so stop going to the gym and go to work.
• I choose a lazy person to do a hard job because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.
• Smart motherfuckers know when to play stupid in front of people.
• He who smiles in a crisis has found someone to blame.
• I don’t have a solution, but I do admire the problem.
• My biggest professional ambition is to get a desk where no one can see my computer monitor but me.
• “If you are going through hell, keep going. Why would you stop in hell?” – Steve Harvey

• Not giving a fuck is better than revenge.
• Ignore your failures like how your crush ignores you.
• Maybe I was born a loser but I will die a fucking legend.
• There’s a guy at my office that we all make fun of because he’s clueless. Today I found out it’s me.
• We need to draw the line on unethical behavior. But let’s draw it with an Etch-a-Sketch and don’t be afraid to shake it a little.
• When people asked, “What do you do”? Answer: “Whatever it takes”.
• “No funny business. I’ll scream and dead or not it will hurt your ears”. – Penelope Fletcher
• “I used to sell furniture for a living. The trouble was, it was my own.” – Les DawsonWhatever you do, always give 100%. Unless you’re donating blood.

• People who wonder whether the glass is half empty or half full are missing the point. The glass is refillable.
• I heard you’re a player. Nice to meet you, I’m the coach.
• Don’t think of yourself as an ugly person. Think of yourself as a beautiful monkey.
• I’m returning your nose dear, I found it in my business.
• The problem with a rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.
• “A budget tells us what we can’t afford, but it doesn’t keep us from buying it.” – William Feather
• Remember the secret of selling is ‘sincerity’ – once you can fake that, you’ve got it made.
• “Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway.” – Warren Buffett
• Good Morning! Drink water and mind your business today.

• I always tell new hires, don’t think of me as your boss, think of me as a friend who can fire you.
• It’s not how good your work is, it’s how well you explain it.
• We have enough youth. How about a fountain of “Smart”?
• I started with nothing and I still have most of it.
• Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
• “What’s your biggest weakness?”
• I thought I wanted a career, turns out I just wanted paychecks.
• The probability of someone watching you is proportional to the stupidity of your action.
• To err is human, to blame it on someone else shows management potential.
• Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.
• Laugh at your problems, everybody else does.
• Give me ambiguity or give me something else.
• I pretend to work as long as they pretend to pay me.
• With a calendar, your days are numbered.
• Anything that could go wrong often does – as well as a thing or two that couldn’t possibly.
• The only thing worse than seeing something done wrong is seeing it done slowly.
• ‘You all worked really hard this year, I’m giving you all a check for $2,000. If you work the same next year, I’ll sign them’.
• Nothing ruins a Friday more than realizing it’s actually Tuesday.

• I asked the corporate wellness officer:
  “Can you teach me yoga?”
  He asked, “How flexible are you?”
  I said, “I can’t make Tuesdays.”

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• When an employment application asks who is to be notified in case of emergency I always write, “A very good doctor”.
• A man can do more than he thinks he can, but he usually does less than he thinks he does.
• If you can stay calm while all around you is chaos, then you probably haven’t completely understood the situation.
• A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
• I didn’t say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.
  “I’m really honest.”
  “That’s not necessarily a bad thing, you know.”
  “‘I don’t really care what you think.”
• Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted.
• Just about the time when you think you can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends.
• I don’t mind coming to work, it’s the 8-hour wait to go home I can’t stand.
• You’re never too old to learn something stupid.
• When it comes to work, change is inevitable, except from the vending machine.

10. Business tips and quotes

We all want our businesses to grow and be successful. Learn from these beautiful business tips and do what is best.

• Lesson 1: The rich don’t work for money.
• If you can’t convince them, confuse them.
• Be humble. Be hungry. And always be the hardest worker in the room.
• Be strong but not rude. Humble but not timid. Proud but not arrogant. Be kind, not weak.
• You can’t bake a cake without all of the ingredients.
• My mentor said, “Let’s go do it.” Not “You do it.” How powerful when someone says, “Let’s”.
• “Find a job you like and you add five days to every week.” – H. Jackson Brown

• Always feed the goose that lays the golden eggs.
• When you focus on you, you grow. When you focus on shit, shit grows. Read that again.
• If at first, you don’t succeed, redefine success.
• A setback is a setback for a comeback.
• It is easy to stand with the crowd. It takes courage to stand alone.
• It’s good to learn from your mistakes. It’s better to learn from other people’s mistakes.
• Put yourself in your customer’s shoes.
• Use this downtime to reflect on your strengths and weaknesses.
• What’s the one secret business analyst won’t tell you? They can present 1 answer in 5 different ways for 5 different questions.
• “The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.” – Oscar Wilde

• One of the best lessons you can learn in life is to master how to remain calm.
• Stop telling people more than they need to know.
• Excuses are the currency that allows you not to act.
• The skills are cheap. Passion is priceless.
• You can work for a boss or you can be the boss.
• Make it a privilege to have your company.
• The same boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It’s about what you’re made of not the circumstances.
• “All your dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney

• You say I dream so big I say you think too small.
• Die with memories, no dreams.
• “You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.” – Charles de Gaulle
• “Failure is nothing more than a chance to revise your strategy.” Anonymous
• If you don’t know where you want to be in the next 5 years. You are already there.
• A job is a job. Whether you are a doctor or a cleaner. You have no right to mock someone just because you are earning money more than the other person.
• Don’t be afraid to start over again. This time you are not starting from scratch. You are starting from experience.
• Once in a while blow your own mind.
• “You can’t sell anything if you can’t tell anything.” – Beth Comstock
• “Whatever you are, be a good one.” – Abraham Lincoln

• “Any time is a good time to start a company.” – Ron Conway
• “Without customers, you don’t have a business. You have a hobby.” – Don Peppers and Martha Rogers
• “People don’t buy from a website. They buy from people. Let them see who you are.” – Mark Schaefer
• Mindset is what separates the best from the rest.
• If work isn’t fun, you’re not working on the right team.
• “If you hire people just because they can do a job, they’ll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they’ll work for you with blood, sweat, and tears.” – Simon Sinek
• Saying you don’t have time to improve your thoughts and your life is like saying you don’t have the time to stop for gas because you’re too busy driving. Eventually, it will catch up with you.
• You are never too old and it’s never too late.

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