Quotes by Entrepreneurs - Page 4

Entrepreneurs don't have weekends or birthdays or holidays. Every day is my weekend, my birthday, my holiday. OR, every day is my work day. Mostly it's a choice.
Richie Norton
In our land of opportunities and distractions, it's hard to devote our attention to the quiet pleasures of reading. It's as if we live our lives in a noisy restaurant and can't have the intimate conversation we most yearn for.
Steve Leveen
Contrary to popular belief, my experience has shown me that the people who are exceptionally good in business aren't so because of what they know but because of their insatiable need to know more.
Michael E. Gerber
In the end, every startup is different. But in the beginning every startup is the same.
Richie Norton
Engage the whole community with a common purpose to build an innovative and sustainable enterprise.
Miguel Reynolds Brandao
So imagine that fans of our products or services no longer simply consume and use them. Now we are creating a new opportunity for them to both participate directly in the development of the products but also benefit from a share of the profits too.
Miguel Reynolds Brandao
A book is the only vehicle that can take you around the world in one hour.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Yesterday, I was clever, I wanted to be rich. Today, I am wise, I want to be happy.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The world accommodates you for fitting in, but only rewards you for standing out.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When excellence comes in at the door, failure flies out the window.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Your deepest scars tell the world of your greatest triumphs.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Be like seeds; do not see dirt thrown at you as your enemy, but as ground to grow.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A rose does not answer its enemies with words, but with beauty.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If seeds despaired in their darkest hours, they would never rise to enjoy their brightest days.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Today’s storms usher in tomorrow’s sunshine.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Roses do not bloom hurriedly; for beauty, like any masterpiece, takes time to blossom.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The larger the bricks your enemies throw at you the larger the palace you are going to build.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Every seed must rise through dirt to enjoy the sunshine.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If the grass is greener on the other side, try planting better seeds.
Matshona Dhliwayo
You are as the sun; the world is your stage; even without an audience, shine.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The louder the dogs bark the less a lion feels threatened.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Your end can be greater than your beginning: butterflies are the greatest proof of this.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When the world told the caterpillar its life was over, the butterfly objected, “My life has just begun.
Matshona Dhliwayo
An Oak tree is a daily reminder that great things often have small beginnings.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you have much, be generous; if you have little, be grateful; even if you have nothing, be hopeful.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The early bird gets the first worm, but the wisest bird gets the fastest one.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Fear is an assassin; if you let it in your life, it will kill your dreams.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When you have the world on your shoulders, God alone can help you carry it.
Matshona Dhliwayo
One who fishes in shallow waters limits the kind of fish he can catch.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Helping yourself is common sense, helping others is virtue, helping yourself and others is enlightenment.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you have nothing but joy in this life, you are still rich.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If beautiful lilies bloom in ugly waters, you too can blossom in ugly situations.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A lion conquers more in one day than a sheep in a lifetime.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Where the world only sees a seed, an optimist sees a tree.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Never give a negative thought an inch or it will take a mile.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When you count your blessings, count life twice.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If Noah waited for signs of rain to build an ark, he would have been swept away by the flood.
Matshona Dhliwayo
You are a gift to the universe, but a package is only valuable if it allows itself to be unwrapped.
Matshona Dhliwayo
In a world full of pebbles dare to be a diamond.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Don’t waste time watering a weed hoping to transform it into a flower.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you want to shine, sit before a lamp; if you want to shine brighter, sit before a fire; but if you want to shine the brightest, sit before a sage.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you have food on your table, clothes on your back, a roof on your head, and a dream in your heart, you have everything you need in life.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Ignorance is your opponent, fear is your enemy, vice is your adversary, virtue is your friend, and wisdom is your helper.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When life’s journey is wearisome, put on hope’s shoes.
Matshona Dhliwayo
To help yourself, help others; to help others, help yourself.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Be happy when you work, thankful when you earn, cautious when you spend, shrewd when you save, and charitable when you give.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If seeds waited for perfect conditions to grow, there would be no plants in the desert.
Matshona Dhliwayo
One who thinks for himself is a threat to his enemies, a refuge to his acquaintances, a prize to his friends, and a gift to the world.
Matshona Dhliwayo
As only dead leaves allow the wind to blow them to and fro, never allow yourself to be swayed by popular opinion.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Dear past, I survived you. Dear present, I’m ready for you. Dear future, I’m coming for you.
Matshona Dhliwayo
Let go of the past, even if it offers you Heaven; embrace the future, even if it offers you Hell.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If birds sing without worrying about who is listening to them, and monkeys dance without worrying about who is watching them, and hyenas laugh without worrying about who is mocking them, then you too must do what you do best without worrying about who is ridiculing you.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A flower blooming in the desert proves to the world that adversity, no matter how great, can be overcome.
Matshona Dhliwayo
One who protects himself from negative thoughts protects himself from negative outcomes.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The most beautiful people are those who bring out the beauty in others.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A dove struggling in a storm grows stronger than an eagle soaring in sunshine.
Matshona Dhliwayo
If you pour more water into a river, it will not drown the fish.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The worm’s bad luck is the bird’s good fortune.
Matshona Dhliwayo
The garden of your dreams is watered by the sweat of excellence.
Matshona Dhliwayo
A lion is not afraid of walking alone, even if the whole jungle is pursuing it.
Matshona Dhliwayo