Starting and maintaining a successful small business can be a challenging task that requires a lot of hard work, determination, and motivation. Even the most experienced entrepreneurs face struggles and setbacks along the way. However, there are numerous inspirational quotes about small business that can help keep you motivated and focused on achieving your goals.
Here are 50 inspirational quotes about small business that will inspire you to keep moving forward:
1. “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
2. “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” – Zig Ziglar
3. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
4. “An entrepreneur is someone who jumps off a cliff and builds a plane on the way down.” – Reid Hoffman
5. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
6. “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson
7. “Chase the vision, not the money, the money will end up following you.” – Tony Hsieh
8. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
9. “Tough times never last, but tough people do.” – Robert H. Schuller
10. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
11. “If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.” – Jim Rohn
12. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
13. “Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.” – Conrad Hilton
14. “If you’re passionate about something and you work hard, then I think you will be successful.” – Pierre Omidyar
15. “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis
16. “Good things come to people who wait, but better things come to those who go out and get them.” – Anonymous
17. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas Edison
18. “Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.” – Zig Ziglar
19. “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” – Steve Jobs
20. “The only way to do great work is to be passionate about what you do.” – Steve Jobs
21. “Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.” – Jack Welch
22. “The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.” – Bruce Lee
23. “Success is not achieved by winning all the time. Real success comes when we rise after we fall.” – Muhammad Ali
24. “The most successful entrepreneurs I know are optimistic. It’s part of the job description.” – Caterina Fake
25. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela
26. “You don’t have to be a genius or a visionary or even a college graduate to be successful. You just need a framework and a dream.” – Michael Dell
27. “I have learned that 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
28. “The successful man is the one who finds out what is the matter with his business before his competitors do.” – Roy L. Smith
29. “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
30. “The successful entrepreneur is the one who is able to see the opportunity in every problem.” – Victor Kiam
31. “If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.” – Jim Rohn
32. “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln
33. “If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not doing anything. I’m positive that a doer makes mistakes.” – John Wooden
34. “Success is not the absence of failure; it’s the persistence through failure.” – Aisha Tyler
35. “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vidal Sassoon
36. “Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming.” – Richard Branson
37. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas Edison
38. “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain
39. “I believe that one of life’s greatest risks is never daring to risk.” – Oprah Winfrey
40. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
41. “If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
42. “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
43. “What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” – Zig Ziglar
44. “It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” – William Shakespeare
45. “Success is finding satisfaction in giving a little more than you take.” – Christopher Reeve
46. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
47. “When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.” – Paulo Coelho
48. “Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” – John D. Rockefeller
49. “It’s not about money or connections. It’s the willingness to outwork and outlearn everyone… And if it fails, you learn from what happened and do a better job next time.” – Mark Cuban
50. “The great thing in this world is not so much where you stand, as in what direction you are moving.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
In conclusion, running a small business can be challenging, but with the right mindset and motivation, anything is possible. Use these inspirational quotes to help keep you motivated and focused on achieving your goals. Remember, success is not about perfection; it’s about persistence, hard work, and determination.
