Entrepreneur Quotes

I hate the title of being called the richest woman in India, but it's the recognition that this was the value that I had created as a woman entrepreneur and that makes me very, very proud.

There is a difference between failing and failure. Failing is trying something that you learn doesn't work. Failure is throwing in the towel and giving up.

Starting each day with a positive mindset is the most important step of your journey to discovering opportunity.

All of my friends were doing babysitting jobs. I wanted money without the job.

There's an old chestnut that asks whether an entrepreneur is born or made and I think it's a combination of both. You need the talent; without the talent you can't do it.

The challenge is not just to build a company that can endure; but to build one that is worthy of enduring.

Dont buy into the 20-hours-a-day entrepreneur myth. You need to sleep 8 hours a day to have a focused mind.

The past is rich in lessons from which we would greatly profit except that the present is always so full of Special Circumstances.

Entrepreneurs are great at dealing with uncertainty and also very good at minimizing risk. That's the classic great entrepreneur.

Entrepreneur is just French for 'has ideas, does them'.

Sometimes women entrepreneurs are their own challenge, [in terms of] believing in themselves. There is no need to apologise for being ambitious.

Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputations on the line in support of an idea or enterprise.

First of all, in terms of investment in Internet-related developments, venture capitalists - once burned - are now very cautious and are investing in areas that actually make business sense.

If you pursued something that you felt strongly about, then I call that success.

There's a new generation of entrepreneurs in the Valley who have arrived since 2000, after the dotcom bust. They're completely fearless.

The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance.

Simple, not easy. There's a difference.

Honesty and integrity are by far the most important assets of an entrepreneur.

Most of what I learned as an entrepreneur was by trial and error.

As an entrepreneur at heart, I am excited to see so many new opportunities, and I am honoured to accept this opportunity to help shape the next stage of HTC's development.

Just because you are the loudest, doesn't make you right.

I wasn't born a natural entrepreneur. I had to be trained.

The leader of the market today may not necessarily be the leader tomorrow.

The gladiator lays his plans after he enters the arena.

Many Chinese entrepreneurs are now donating for education; others support foundations in health care and research. None of us wants to be the richest guy in the cemetery.

God has the tough end of the deal. What if instead of planting the seed you had to make the tree? That would keep you up late at night, trying to figure that one out.

All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going to last.

The path to the mountain ahead of you? is not the path you took to the mountain you stand on.

These 3 topics will always generate 100+ comments of irrational/ridiculous people: Taxes, tipping, and spending on weddings.

Showing a profit means touching something and leaving it better than you found it.

Where can we take no the product, but the idea?

No obstacle is so big that one person with determination can't make a difference.

Your energy is a valuable resource, distribute it wisely.

I find that many entrepreneurs are trying to do everything when it would be cheaper and more time-efficient to delegate, even if there are monetary costs associated with that.

What is great about entrepreneurship is that entrepreneurs create the tangible from the intangible.

Being an entrepreneur simply means being someone who wants to make a difference to other people's lives.

Without entrepreneurs, economies become poor and weak. The old will not exist, the new can't enter

I don't think that ambition should not be in the dictionary of entrepreneurs. But our ambition should be realistic. You have to realise that you can't do everything.

Then get busy and find out how to do it.

Hire people who intimidate you.

I treat business a bit like a computer game. I count money as points. I'm doing really well: making lots of money and lots of points.

A leader should have higher grit and tenacity, and be able to endure what the employees can't.

There is a lot more young Indian entrepreneurs can do if they are given the money. They have the idea, and I would just like to help them realise it.

Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness; I have walked myself into my best thoughts.

Society can't wait. It's sad there are so many entrepreneurs, business successes and venture capitalists who give no thought to society.

How do entrepreneurs survive their early failures? They don't view their failures as failures - they view these experiences as feedback, and a prelude to future success.

Above all, do not lose your desire to walk.

To be a real entrepreneur you always have to be looking forward. The moment you rest on your laurels is the moment your competition overtakes you.

The greatest success goes to the person who is not afraid to fail in front of even the largest audience.

Sometimes crazy just isn't enough.