On this page I will continue to share what I consider to be the best business quotes ever.  

I hope you enjoy and are inspired.  These quotes inspire me and I wish the same for you.

“In all realms of life it takes courage to stretch your limits, express your power, and fulfill your potential.  It’s no different in the financial realm.” ~ Suze Orman

“A step in the wrong direction is better than staying on the spot all our life.  Once you’re moving forward you can correct your course as you go.  Your automatic guidance system cannot guide you when you’re standing still.”  ~ Maxwell Maltz

“It’s always to early to quit.”  ~ Norman Vincent Peale

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement.  Nothing can be done without hope
and confidence.” ~ Helen Keller

“Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now.”  ~ Denis Waitley

 

“The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.”  ~ Andre Maurois

 

“Act as if what you do makes a difference.  It does.” ~ William James

“Fall seven times, stand up eight.”  ~ Japanese Proverb

“With the new day comes new strengths and new thoughts.”  ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

“Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.” ~ August Rodin

“The best reason to start an organization is to make meaning; to create a product or service to make the world a better place.”  ~ Guy Kawasaki

 “Our attitude is the crayon that colors our world.”  ~ Allen Klein

“If we were to make the conscious and frequent effort of treating others with consideration  the effects on us and on society as a whole would be amazing.” ~ Henry Charles Link

“If you find you are weak in persistence, surround yourself with a Mastermind Group.” ~ Napolean Hill, Think and Grow Rich

“Knowing is not enough, we must apply.  Willing is not enough, we must do.” ~ Johann Goethe

“Our greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude.” ~ Victor Frankl

“The mark of a successful organization isn’t whether or not it has problems, its whether it has the same problems it had last year.” ~ John Foster Dulles

“With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident, and more and more successful.”  ~ Mark Victor Hansen

“Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.” ~ Kyle Chandler

 

“Confidence is contagious; so is lack of confidence.”  ~ Vince Lombardi

“Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.”  ~  Peter F. Drucker

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.  Live the life you have imagined.”  ~ Henry David Thoreau

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.  If you daven’t found it yet, keep looking.  Don’t settle.” ~ Steve Jobs

“When you compete with a person, you only have to be as good or better that the person to win.  If you compete with yourself, there is no limitation to  how good you can be.” ~ Chu Chin-Ning

“A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.” ~ Henry Ford

 

“Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product.  Paradoxically, the one sure way not to be happy is deliberately to map out a way of life in which one would please oneself completely and exclusively.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

“Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.”  ~ Dwight Eisenhower

“The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.”  ~ Confucius

“All our dreams can come true –  if we have the courage to pursue them.”  ~ Walt Disney

“Life is like riding a bicycle.  To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”  ~ Albert Einstein

“Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.” ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”  ~ Aesop

“Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.”  ~ Zig Ziglar

“If you’re not listening, you’re not learning.”  ~ Lyndon Baines Johnson

“Choose a job that you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.”  ~ Confucius

“Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes.  It is best to admit them quickly and get on with improving your other innovations.”  ~ Steve Jobs

“Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.  Thoughts are things!  And powerful things at that, when mixed with definiteness of purpose, and burning desire, can be translated into riches.”  ~ Napoleon Hill

“Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited abou it.  The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.”  ~ Zig Ziglar

“I have known not a few men who, after reaching the summits of business success, found themselves miserable on attaining retirement age.  They were so exclusively engrossed in their day to day affairs that they had no time for friend making.”  ~ B.C Forbes

“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

“I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it.”  ~Pablo Picasso

“Put if before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it and, above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light.”  ~ Joseph Pulitzer, Editor

“Yesterdays home runs don’t win today’s games.”  ~ Babe Ruth

“One thing is certain in business, you and everyone around you will make mistakes.”  ~ Richard Branson

“Being able to touch so many people through my businesses and make money while doing it, is a huge blessing.”  ~ Magic Johnson

“The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.”  ~ Oprah Winfrey

“The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that unlock the door to personal excellence.”  ~ Confucius

“Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears.”  ~ Arthur Koestler

“Try not to be come a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.”  ~ Albert Einstein

“Cultivation of a growth mindset starts with an understanding that greatness is largely about work.”  ~ Jonathan Fields

“Life is like photography.  You ned the negatives to develop.”  ~ Unknown

 

“Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.”  ~ Robert H Shuller

“To create one’s world in any of the arts takes courage.”  ~ Georgia O’Keeffe

“If content is king, then conversion is queen.”  ~ John Munsell

 

 “Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.”  ~ Brian Tracy, Eat that Frog

 “Every artist was first an amateur.”  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold; the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul.”  ~ Democritus

“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”  ~Albert Einstein

“If you can get the inside right, the outside will fall into place.”  ~ Eckhart Tolle

“One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth.  Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.”  ~ Abraham Maslow

“To fly we have to have resistance.”  ~ Maya Lin

Hire character.  Train skill.”  ~ Peter Schutz

“Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.”  ~ Joshua J Marine

Either you run the day or the day runs you.”  ~ Jim Rohn

“Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master.  For this reason mastery demands all of a person.”  ~ Albert Einstein

“Hard work does not go unnoticed, and someday the rewards will follow.”  ~ Allan Rufus

“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself if the service of others.”  ~ Mahatma Gandhi

“Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.”  ~ Steve Jobs

“The starting point of all achievement is desire.  Keep this constantly in mind.  Weak desire brings weak results, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat.”  ~ Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

“Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.”  ~ Napoleon Hill

“Don’t wait.  The time will never be just right.”  ~ Napoleon Hill

“Unless we take that first step into the unknown, we will never know our own potential.”  ~ Allan Rufus

“The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does.”  ~ Napoleon Hill

“The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge.”  ~ Napoleon Hill

“Great results cannot be achieved at once, and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk– step by step.”  ~ Samuel Smiles

“Action is the real measure of intelligence.”  ~ Napoleon Hill

“The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude.”  William James

“Do not wait: the time will never be ‘just right’.  Start where you stand, and work whatever tools you may have at your command and better tools will be found as you go along.”  ~ Napoleon Hill

“Inaction breeds doubt and fear.  Action breeds confidence and courage.  If you want to conquer fear, do not site home and think about it.  Go out and get busy.”  ~ Dale Carnegie

“When you believe you can… you can!”  ~ Maxwell Maltz

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.  The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”  ~ Thomas Edison

“The way you overcome shyness is to become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid.”  ~ Lady Bird Johnson

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

“The starting point of all achievement is DESIRE.  Keep this constantly in mind.  Weak desire brings weak results, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat.”  ~ Napoleon Hill

“The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human can alter his life by altering his attitude.  ~ William James

“Opportunity… it often comes disguised in the form of misfortune or temporary defeat.”  ~ Napoleon Hill

“Why worry?  If you’ve done the very best you can, worrying won’t make it any better.”  ~ Walt Disney

“I have not failed.  I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”  ~ Thomas A. Edison

“Nothing is ever enough when what you are looking for isn’t what you really want.”  ~ Arianna Huffington

“The journey is the reward.”  ~ Taoist Proverb

“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.”  ~ Theodore Roosevelt

“One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth.  Growth must be chosed again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.”  ~ Abraham Maslow

“All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination.  Imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth.”  ~ Napoleon Hill

“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.”  ~ Bill Cosby

“Most so called failures are only temporary defeats.” ~ Napoleon Hill

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”  ~ Winston Churchill

“Don’t wait.  The time will never be just right.”  ~ Napoleon Hill

“Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die life is a broken-winged bird,  that cannot fly.”  ~ Langston Huges

“Many of life’s failures are people who did no realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”  ~ Thomas A. Edison

“Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all that he can.”  ~ Henry Drummond

“The only limits in your life are those that you set yourself.”   ~ Author Unknown

“Unless we take that first step into the unknown, we will never know our own potential.”  ~ Allan Rufus

“You’ve got to be sure of yourself before you can ever win a prize.”  ~ Napoleon Hill

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”  ~ Aristotle

“The one real ovject of education is to have a man in the condition of continually asking questions.”  ~ Bishop Mandell Creighton

“You have to understand you cannot have faith and fear at the same time; you can only have one or the other.”  ~ Napoleon Hill

“If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else.”  ~ Yogi Berra

“Good things come to those who WAIT.  Better things come to those who TRY.  Best things come to those who BELIEVE in their efforts!!”  ~ Author Unknown

No one will make your dreams come true but you.  Only you!”  ~ Jimmy Renfroe

“Believe in yourself!  Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.”  ~ Norman Vincent Peale

“People can teach you, motivate you and inspire you.  But only you can make up your own mind to go after your goals.”  ~ Eric Eisenberg

“I will one step at a time be strong and live up to my potential.  This is your year!  ~ Social Strategizer

“You’re Awesome, true story.”  ~ Social Strategizer

“Hey there, just a little thank you.” – Social Strategizer

“I’ve worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals.  I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down.”  ~ Mia Hamm

“Today I Am Making Progress.”  ~ Social Strategizer

“Create The Dream.”  ~ Social Strategizer

‘The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t said.”  ~ Peter Drucker

“Success doesn’t come to you, you go to it.”  ~ Marva Collins

“Faith is taking the first step even when you can’t see the whole staircase.”  ~ Martin Luther King Jr.

“Always Live The Life Of Your Dreams.”

“Inspiration is Everywhere.”

“Take A Chance On Your Dreams.”

“Hey! Look… This Is Your Day… Prepare To Be Amazed.”

“To get results in anything we do… our desire for the result must be greater than the desire for immediate gratification.”  ~ Adam Collins

“You can’t fall if you don’t climb.  But there’s no joy in living your whole life on the ground.”  ~ Unknown

“Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity.”  ~ Bo Bennett

“No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.”  ~ Andrew Carnegie

“I know of nothing more valuable, when it comes to the all-important virtue of authenticity, than simply being who you are.”   ~ Charles R Swindoll

“I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become.”  ~ Oprah Winfrey

“The keys to brand success are self-definition, transparency, authenticity and accountability.”  ~ Simon Mainwaring

“Begin with the end in mind.”  ~ Doug Flynn

“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.”  ~ Maya Angelou

“Acknowledge that you learn just as much, if not more, from your failures as you do from your successes.”  ~ Jeffrey Denjamin

“Start where you are. Use what you have.  Do what you can.”  ~ Arthur Ashe

“When in doubt as to what you should do, err on the side of giving.”  ~ Tony Cleaver

“We become what we thing about.”  ~ Earl Nightingale

“Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”  ~ Napoleon Hill

 “Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” ~ Joshua J. Marine

“New Research into cognitive functioning -How the brain works- Proves that bullet points are the least effective way to deliver important Information. Neuroscientists are finding that what passes as a typical presention is usually the worst way to engage your audience.” ~ Quote from page 88 in the book ‘The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs’, by Carmine Gallo.

“Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.” ~ Christian Nestell Bovee

“Constant dripping hollows out a stone.” ~ Lucretius

“Don’t let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.” ~ Richard L. Evans

“Don’t wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great.” ~ Orison Swett Marden

“Don’t wait for something big to occur. Start where you are with what you have and that will always lead you into something greater.” ~ Mary Manin Morrissey

 “Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” ~ Harriet Tubman

Today, embrace your best self.

“Even the smallest act of caring for another person is like a drop of water-It will make ripples throughout the entire pond…” ~ Jessy and Bryan Matteo

“Every artist was first an amateur.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on.” ~ Sheryl Sandberg

“The more we put helping others first…and focus on adding value to other peoples lives, the more abundance flows our way. It’s a win win all the way around.”

“Inspiration and genius –one and the same.” ~ Victor Hugo

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” ~ Helen Keller

“Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be” ~ Grandma Moses 

“Create your own Joy.”

“Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless.” ~ Jamie Paolinetti

“If you don’t make the time to work on creating the life you want, you’re eventually going to be forced to spend a LOT of time dealing with a life you DON’T want.” ~ Kevin Ngo

“Men’s best successes come after their disappointments.” ~ Henry Ward Beecher

“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” ~ Albert Einstein

“Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.” ~ John Dewey

“Purpose is what gives life a meaning.” ~ C. H. Parkhurst

“When your desires are strong enough, you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.”

~ Napoleon Hill

“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” ~ Robert Colier

“Nothing great has ever been achieved except by those who dared to believe that something inside them was superior to circumstances.” ~ Bruce Barton

“Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.” ~ Andrew Carnegie

“The human species thinks in metaphors and learns through stories.” ~ Mary Catherine Bateson

“The most difficult thing is the decision to act. The rest is merely tenacity.” ~ Emelia Earhart

“The path to happiness & success: a shift in focus from criticizing others to helping others.”

“When everything seems to be going against you. Remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.”

~ Henry Ford

“We are what we repeatedly do. Experience, therefore is not an act but a habit.” ~ Aristotle

“We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing at whatever cost, must be attained.”

~ Marie Curie

“With will one can do anything.” ~ Samuel Smiles

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”

~ Anne Frank

“Do just once what others say you can’t do and you will never pay attention to their limitations again.” ~ James R. Cook

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” ~ Wayne Gretzky