Inspiring Business Quotes

#1. I was recently asked about the business side of 'Biggest Loser,' but as long as we entertain people, we can keep coming back and making a difference. It's a delicate balance, but one feeds off the other. I feel so good about the show - it's uplifting and inspiring and entertaining at the same time.

Alison Sweeney

#2. I realized about 10 years ago that my wealth has to go back to society. A fortune, the size of which is hard to imagine, is best not passed on to one's children. It's not constructive for them.

Bill Gates

#3. He's [Louis Brandais] so suspicious of bigness in government as well as business that he mistrusts even really top-down reforms at the state level. The most inspiring part of his legacy to me is his belief in the imperative and duty of self-education on behalf of citizens.

Jeffrey Rosen

#4. The trouble with you and me my friend, is the trouble with this nation, too many blessings, too little Appreciation.

Don Henley

#5. I'm a believer that you accomplish much, much more with direct relationships than by using an intermediary. And that cash you keep in the bank can be the difference between staying alive as a small business, or not.

Mark Cuban

#6. Do what is necessary to be resilient. You will get knocked down. What matters is that you get back up.

Hillary Clinton

#7. Consumers know precisely what's wrong with advertising. Be it TV or print or whatever, they know that advertising is never creative enough ... never as witty, inspiring, sophisticated, entertaining and downright likeable as they would like it to be.

Phil Dusenberry

#8. There were a lot of signs being thrown at me, a lot of angels I was meeting, inspiring me to get back into show business.

Anna Chlumsky

#9. The bitterness of poor quality is remembered long after the sweetness of low price has faded from memory.

Aldo Gucci

#10. Instead of buying airplanes and playing around like some of our competitors, we've rolled almost everything back to the company.

Bill Gates

#11. He that riseth late, must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night.

Benjamin Franklin

#12. You can never say all the tricks have been done. Someone always shows you something you didn't know. Every year you think, 'Gee, I didn't think you could do that'.

Landon Curt Noll

#13. There's nothing cheap about loyalty.

Ryan Bingham

#14. To win big, you sometimes have to take big risks.

Bill Gates

#15. If you're not making some notable mistakes along the way, you're certainly not taking enough business and career chances.

Sallie Krawcheck

#16. I never thought I would be in a position like this, where my words and experiences are now inspiring others to follow suit. It's challenging at times, but I can only look forward to the future of business and philanthropy.

Blake Mycoskie

#17. I have not failed 10,000 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 10,000 ways will not work,

Thomas A. Edison

#18. If travel were so inspiring and informing a business ... then the wisest men in the world would be deck hands on tramp steamers, Pullman porters, and Mormon missionaries.

Sinclair Lewis

#19. Zefr has all the ingredients for success - dynamic, inspiring management, the ability to marry technology and content, and a business model that can scale. I'm thrilled to be part of the team.

Ross Levinsohn

#20. I'm here to build something for the long-term. Anything else is a distraction.

Mark Zuckerberg

#21. Don't spend so much time trying to choose the perfect opportunity, that you miss the right opportunity.

Michael Dell

#22. My father was an inspiration to me; I made a few movies with him and I loved working with him. Everything about him - his whole approach to work, as well as his love, enthusiasm and respect for it and other people in the business - was inspiring. I was very lucky to have him as a role model.

Hayley Mills

#23. We're focused on doing one thing incredibly well. If you look at other companies, all of these companies are doing a lot of different things but we're still, as we grow, doing exactly one thing.

Sheryl Sandberg

#24. It is not our ability that limits us but our view/belief of what we can achieve.

John O'Callaghan

#25. If you find a community with less production and less inspiring inventions, then know it is a sign of lack of Business Leaders and full of General Managers do not know what they can manage or what they are managing.

Sameh Elsayed

#26. Tomorrow you may look up and see me as a lawyer, a doctor, business executive,teacher - or WHATEVER I BELIEVE I CAN BE !My story isn't about nice handles or quickness on the court ,but about HARD WORK, PERSEVERANCE, and FAITH! I know God's blessings ,I can accomplish anything and i mean ANYTHING!!!

Jon-Robert Holden

#27. Too little confidence, and you're unable to act; too much confidence, and you're unable to hear.

John Maeda

#28. As I visualize the new, I become dissatisfied with the old.

Louis Tice

#29. The story of Rod Stewart, the story of Carlos Santana is so inspiring to young musicians because it shows in this trendy business how long a career can last. It shows how you can soar back, regardless of age.

Clive Davis

#30. Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.

Biz Stone

#31. I would give up, but that will teach my kids that it's okay to be a failure and I refuse to ruin their lives like that!

Mignon' Talise Padilla

#32. It is not your business to love me. It is mine.

Byron Katie

#33. To think is not enough, you must think of something.

Jules Renard

#34. There is no sense and no sanity in objecting to the desecration of the flag while tolerating and justifying and encouraging as a daily business the desecration of the country for which it stands.

Wendell Berry

#35. Success is not a straight line, it's much more of a dance and being open to possibilities.

Arianna Huffington

#36. By building respect and inspiring love business can move the world.

Kevin Roberts

#37. A few primary keys to becoming a leader in business include having a clear intent or purpose, a truly inspiring vision, a grand message to share, a genuine social calling and a targeted niche to serve.

John Frederick Demartini

#38. The positive aspect of competition in a business scenario is it helps you to be more alert and innovative.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

#39. It is not only business to business sake but human to human sake.

Itzik Amiel

#40. Strive to enrich all lives, hearts and minds not just your own pockets

Rasheed Ogunlaru

#41. A happy life, a life making full use of all our potential is and must be a balanced life. The obstacles to it are mainly illusory; most of our limitations are self-imposed.

Louis Tice

#42. Business is the economic engine of our Western culture, and if it could be transformed to truly serve nature as well as ourselves, it could become essential to our rescue.

Karl-Henrik Robert

#43. Business should never be merely transactional -it should be transformational

Rasheed Ogunlaru

#44. Everyone is on the same page and putting their best foot forward.

Wes Welker

#45. I got to work with one of my heroes, Johnny Depp, and to see how he goes about business, which was really inspiring for me at this stage in my career.

Orlando Bloom

#46. Inspiring leadership communication is not about great oratory or great charisma; rather it is about getting others to believe in themselves and believe in your cause, and then achieve more than they thought was possible.

Kevin Murray

#47. The Internet will help achieve "friction free capitalism" by putting buyer and seller in direct contact and providing more information to both about each other.

Bill Gates

#48. If they [companies] believe they are in business to serve people, to help solve problems, to use and employ the ingenuity of their workers to improve the lives of people around them by learning from the nature that gives us life, we have a chance.

Paul Hawken