Motivational Quotes for Business

"People don’t buy what you do; they buy why you do it."

"Every moment in business happens only once."

"You never lose in business, either you win or you learn."

"No man becomes rich unless he enriches others."

"It’s not in the dreaming, it’s in the doing."

"You’re not going to get rich renting out your time. You must own equity-a piece of a business-to gain your financial freedom."

"The only thing any entrepreneur, salesperson, or anyone in any position can control is their effort."

"Opportunities lie in the place where the complaints are."

"All the returns in life, whether in wealth, relationships, or knowledge, come from compound interest."

"Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough."

"We are the most focused company that I know of or have read of or have any knowledge of. We say no to good ideas every day. We say no to great ideas in order to keep the amount of things we focus on very small in number, so that we can put enormous energy behind the ones we do choose."

"Don’t start a company unless it’s an obsession and something you love."

"Today’s ‘best practices’ lead to dead ends; the best paths are new and untried."

"Innovation is not about saying yes to everything. It’s about saying no to all but the most crucial features."

"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower."

"The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything."

"You don’t have to work for a big corporation if you don’t want to. Start your own. Start your own business."

"The reality is, is that we love competition, at Apple. We think it makes us all better. But we want people to invent their own stuff."

"If you want to create and capture lasting value, don’t build an undifferentiated commodity business."

"Sweat equity is the most valuable equity there is."

"The best marketing strategy ever: CARE."

"There is never a bad time to start a business – unless you want to start a mediocre one."

"If you decide that you’re going to do only the things you know are going to work, you’re going to leave a lot of opportunity on the table."

"The responsibility of leadership is not to come up with all the ideas, but to create an environment in which great ideas can thrive."

"If you can outsource something or not do something for less than your hourly rate, outsource it or don't do it."

"Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations."

"One of the only ways to get out of a tight box is to invent your way out."

"The brands that will thrive in the coming years are the ones that have a purpose beyond profit."

"Perfection is the enemy of profitability."

"Good business demands tough decisions based on rigorous analysis and unwavering follow-through. Emotion can't really play a part."

"A business is simply an idea to make other people’s lives better."

"Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles."

"Treat your customers like they own you. Because they do."

"If you double the number of experiments you do per year you’re going to double your inventiveness."

"Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don’t want to."

"Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do."

"If you don’t have time for the small things, you won’t have time for the big things."

"Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing."

"If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary."

"Price is what you pay. Value is what you get."

"Everything in life is luck."

"If you’re co-founder or CEO, you have to do all kinds of tasks you might not want to do. If you don’t do your chores, the company won’t succeed. No task is too menial."

"Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes."