Successful Business Quotes

• Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, What's in it for me?

  Brian Tracy

  Inspirational, Positive, Success

  FaceBook post by Brian Tracy from Jul 31, 2012

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  Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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  A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.

  David Brinkley

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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

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• Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

  Bill Gates

  Leadership, Business, Motivation

  Bill Gates (2009). “Business @ the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy”, p.86, Hachette UK

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• Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Business, Successful, Motherhood

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• The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake. You can't learn anything from being perfect.

  Adam Osborne

  Encouraging, Business, Mistake

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• Once you find something you love to do, be the best at doing it.

  Debbi Fields

  Business, Successful, Entrepreneur

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• Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.

  Coco Chanel

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "Believing in Ourselves: The Wisdom of Women". Book by Armand Eisen (p. 15), 1992.

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• If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Education

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

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• Sometimes you can't see yourself clearly until you see yourself through the eyes of others.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Eye

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  Find out who you are and be that person. That's what your soul was put on this Earth to be. Find that truth, live that truth and everything else will come.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Inspirational, Success, Being Yourself

  "Find Out Who You Are and Live That Truth". Interview with Katie Couric, www.glamour.com. February 1, 2010.

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  If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.

  John Quincy Adams

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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  One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.

  Mother Teresa

  Inspirational, Relationship, Inspiring

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  A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.

  Colin Powell

  Motivational, Dream, Determination

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• You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Faith, Hope

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.30, Courier Corporation

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• A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.

  Henry Ford

  Inspirational, Success, Graduation

  "Mansfield News Journal" Newspaper, August 3, 1965.

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• Embrace what you don't know, especially in the beginning, because what you don't know can become your greatest asset. It ensures that you will absolutely be doing things different from everybody else.

  Sara Blakely

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Business

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• If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.

  Milton Berle

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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

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  Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.

  Mary Kay Ash

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.

  Warren Buffett

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Success

  Richard J. Connors, Warren Buffett (2010). “Warren Buffett on Business: Principles from the Sage of Omaha”, p.5, John Wiley & Sons

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• The fastest way to change yourself is to hang out with people who are already the way you want to be.

  Reid Hoffman

  Motivational, Change, Business

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• Identity is a prison you can never escape, but the way to redeem your past is not to run from it, but to try to understand it, and use it as a foundation to grow.

  Jay-Z

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

  Jay-Z (2010). “Decoded (Enhanced Edition)”, p.47, Random House Group

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• Everything you can imagine is real.

  Pablo Picasso

  Inspirational, Meaningful, Art

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  The biggest risk is not taking any risk.

  Mark Zuckerberg

  Inspirational, Morning, Business

  "Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg -- Insights For Entrepreneurs" by Steve Tobak, www.cbsnews.com. October 31, 2011.

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• Start small and dream big.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Inspirational, Motivational, Dream

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