Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chip Conley

Conventional wisdom suggests the primary motivator for entrepreneurs is money or wealth creation and, in fact, much of the political debate tends to center around what kind of tax or regulatory policy changes will turn corporate suits into small business adventurers overnight.

C. Wright Mills

The market is sovereign and in the magic economy of the small entrepreneur there is no authoritarian center... in the political sphere... the equilibrium of powers prevails, and hence there is no chance of despotism.

Charles Koch

But it [crony capitalism] erodes our overall standard of living and stifles entrepreneurs by rewarding the politically favored rather than those who provide what consumers want.

Charles Lindbergh

Life without risks is not worth living.

Daymond John

A savvy entrepreneur will not always look for investment money, first.

Daymond John

As an entrepreneur, you never stop learning.

Barbara Walters

Don't let the bastards get you down,

Arthur Erickson

Today's developer is a poor substitute for the committed entrepreneur of the last century for whom the work of architecture represented a chance to celebrate the worth of his enterprise.

Brendon Burchard

At the end of our lives we all ask, did i live? Did i love? Did i matter?

Ben Silbermann

Don't take too much advice.

Ben Silbermann

Just build things and find out if they work.

Barbara Corcoran

You can't study to be an entrepreneur. Sometimes, you just have to jump.

Barbara Corcoran

I don't invest anymore in entrepreneurs who don't have charisma.

Ben Horowitz

A CEO needs great intelligence and great courage. And I always found my courage was tested more.

Ben Horowitz

In Silicon Valley, when you're a private company, the entrepreneur can do no wrong.

Andrew Mason

I never thought of myself as an entrepreneur before I started this. I just like to build things.

Adora Svitak

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

Adora Svitak

All that you need to become an entrepreneur and change the world is a working brain - and pretty much nothing else.

Caprice Bourret

My parents were both entrepreneurs.

Clark Kerr

The university is a series of individual entrepreneurs held together by a common grievance about parking.

Anita Roddick

We are essentially outsiders and that is the best definition of an entrepreneur I have ever come across.

Anita Roddick

Entrepreneurs are outsiders by nature - outsiders with a work ethic.

Anne Taintor

Becoming an entrepreneur was the furthest thing from my mind. I actually had an identity crisis when I realized I had become one.

Alexa Von Tobel

As an entrepreneur, you have to be OK with failure. If you're not failing, you're likely not pushing yourself hard enough.

Donald Trump

Entrepreneurs are always taking feedback, especially from their customers, bankers, workers, and sales force. Without straightforward feedback, entrepreneurs cannot make sound decisions.

Donald Trump

Entrepreneurs: See yourself as victorious- and the best way to be victorious is to be passionate. Find something you love doing!

Dinesh D'Souza

Capitalism encourages entrepreneurs to act with consideration for others even when their ultimate motive is to benefit themselves.

Ashton Kutcher

For me, the most entertaining evening would be to go sit with entrepreneurs and talk with them about how they're building their companies and how we can help to make them better. That's the one thing in the world - well, I love doing that.

Ludwig von Mises

Neither the entrepreneurs nor the farmers nor the capitalists determine what has to be produced. The consumers do that.

Ludwig von Mises

If, as is generally the case, the heirs are not equal to the demands which life makes on an entrepreneur, the inherited wealth rapidly vanishes.

Ludwig von Mises

There is no reason why capitalists and entrepreneurs should be ashamed of earning profits.

Ludwig von Mises

The better an entrepreneur succeeds, the more is he vilified and themore is he soaked by taxation.

Ludwig von Mises

Economic progress is the work of the savers, who accumulate capital, and of the entrepreneurs, who turn capital to new uses.