Quotes on Entrepreneur

I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one.

All humans are entrepreneurs not because they should start companies but because the will to create is encoded in human DNA.

In the end, a vision without the ability to execute it is probably a hallucination.

I knew that if I failed I wouldn't regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is not trying.

Don't play games that you don't understand, even if you see lots of other people making money from them.

Don't worry about people stealing your design work. Worry about the day they stop.

Always look for the fool in the deal. If you don't find one, it's you.

I did something that challenged the banking world._x000D_ _x000D_ Conventional banks look for the rich; we look for the absolutely poor._x000D_ _x000D_ All people are entrepreneurs, but many don't have the opportunity to find that out.

I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time.

You shouldn't focus on why you can't do something, which is what most people do. You should focus on why perhaps you can, and be one of the exceptions.

It's not that we need new ideas, but we need to stop having old ideas.

Anyone who wants to be an entrepreneur like someone else is actually looking in the wrong direction. You don't look out for inspiration, you look in. You have to ask yourself how can I be better today, at solving the problem I am trying to solve for my company. I wouldn't encourage anyone to be like me. Just be like you.

The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

Let every man be master of his time.

Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic.

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life.

Sometimes life's going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did.

You have two choices: You can make a living, or you can design a life.

You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

No matter how great a writer, artist, or entrepreneur, he is a mortal, he is fallible. He is not proof against Resistance. He will drop the ball; he will crash. That’s why they call it rewriting.