Entrepreneur Quotes - Page 8

• Focusing on one thing and doing it really, really well can get you very far.

  Kevin Systrom

  Motivational, Focus, Job Well Done

  "The Big Picture". Biography, Drama, www.imdb.com.

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• A narrow mind and a fat head invariably come on the same person.

  Zig Ziglar

  People, Mind, Fats

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• To unpathed waters, undreamed shores.

  William Shakespeare

  Motivational, Love You, Water

  William Shakespeare, John Pitcher (2010). “The Winter's Tale: Third Series”, p.295, A&C Black

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• Attitude, not Aptitude, determines Altitude.

  Zig Ziglar

  Life, Attitude, Aptitude

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• I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man!

  Jay-Z

  Business, Men, Insightful

  Song: Diamonds From Sierra Leone

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• I'm not afraid of dying I'm afraid of not trying

  Jay-Z

  Success, Young Entrepreneurs, Dying

  Jay-Z (2010). “Decoded (Enhanced Edition)”, p.298, Random House Group

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• Entrepreneur is someone who has a vision for something and a want to create.

  David Karp

  Business, Vision, Want

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• Whatever you do, be different - that was the advice my mother gave me, and I can't think of better advice for an entrepreneur. If you're different, you will stand out.

  Anita Roddick

  Inspirational, Success, Mother

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• I'm not sure I knew what an entrepreneur was when I was ten, but I knew that starting little businesses and trying to sell greeting cards or newspapers door-to-door or just vending machine kind of thing is.. there's just something very intriguing to me about that.

  Steve Case

  Business, Doors, Trying

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

  Daymond John

  Looks, Firsts, Investment

  Twitter post from Jun 21, 2017

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• The thing that fascinates me is that the way I came to film and television is extinct. Then there were gatekeepers, it was prohibitively expensive to make a film, to be a director you had to be an entrepreneur to raise money.

  Tom Hooper

  Way, Directors, Film And Television

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• For a successful entrepreneur it can mean extreme wealth. But with extreme wealth comes extreme responsibility.

  Richard Branson

  Business, Mean, Responsibility

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Sometimes crazy just isn't enough.

  Dr. Seuss

  Crazy, Sometimes, Enough

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• Founded on the principles of private initiative, entrepreneurship and self-employment, underpinned by the values of democracy, equality and solidarity, the co-operative movement can help pave the way to a more just and inclusive economic order.

  Kofi Annan

  Self, Order, Democracy

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• What is the most powerful lever you can imagine? A big idea, but only if it's in the hands of a truly outstanding entrepreneur. It starts with the person and the idea, and then grows to the institution. All three are intertwined.

  Bill Drayton

  Powerful, Hands, Ideas

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• I'd rather invest in an entrepreneur who has failed before than one who assumes success from day one.

  Kevin O'Leary

  Assuming

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• I'm a firm believer in shades of gray.

  Blake Ross

  Shade, Gray, Firm

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• Philanthropy is often seen as society's risk capital. That means the onus is on philanthropists, nonprofit leaders and social entrepreneurs to innovate. But philanthropic innovation is not just about creating something new. It also means applying new thinking to old problems, processes and systems.

  Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen

  Mean, Thinking, Creating

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  I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  "I Can't Accept Not Trying : Michael Jordan on the Pursuit of Excellence". Book by Michael Jordan (p. 129), 1994.

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• Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States.

  Ronald Reagan

  Motivational, Business, Growth

  Moscow State University Address, delivered 31 May 1988, Moscow, Russia

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• I'm convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Excerpts from an Oral History Interview with Daniel Morrow: "Advice for Future Entrepreneurs", americanhistory.si.edu. April 20, 1995.

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• First of all I would make about 80% of the people law-abiding citizens again. The policy which is carried out now makes every entrepreneur and businessman a thief against his own will.

  Alexander Lebed

  Law, People, Firsts

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• We will have bigger bureaucracies, bigger labor unions, and bigger state-run corporations. It will be harder to be an entrepreneur because of punitive taxes and regulations. The rewards of success will be expropriated for the sake of attaining greater income equality.

  Arthur C. Brooks

  Running, Equality, Unions

  Arthur C. Brooks (2011). “The Battle: How the Fight Between Free Enterprise and Big Government Will Shape America's Future”, p.63, Basic Books

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• There is a lot of interest in the arts, music, theatre, filmmaking, engineering, architecture and software design. I think we have now transitioned the modern-day version of the entrepreneur into the creative economy.

  John Baldacci

  Art, Thinking, Engineering

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• I consider myself an inventor, entrepreneur, and author.

  Ray Kurzweil

  Entrepreneurship, Inventor

  "Singularity Chat with Vernor Vinge and Ray Kurzweil". Interview in an online chat room co-produced by Analog Science Fiction and Fact and Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine on Scifi.com, www.kurzweilai.net. June 11, 2002.

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