Entrepreneur Quotes

“I've been blessed to find people who are smarter than I am, and they help me to execute the vision I have.” -Russell Simmons, founder of Def Jam


“Experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you're generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.” -Donald Trump

Small entrepreneurs wishing to generate the necessary working capital often find it difficult to open their mouth and ask for money.-Chin-Ning Chu


Educationists should build the capacities of the spirit of inquiry, creativity, entrepreneurial and moral leadership among students and become their role model.-Abdul Kalam


"If you can dream it, you can do it." -Walt Disney, founder of The Walt Disney Company


"Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming." -Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Enterprises


“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” -Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple and Pixar


“Nobody talks of entrepreneurship as survival, but that's exactly what it is.” -Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop


"When you reach an obstacle, turn it into an opportunity. You have the choice. You can overcome and be a winner, or you can allow it to overcome you and be a loser. The choice is yours and yours alone. Refuse to throw in the towel. Go that extra mile that failures refuse to travel. It is far better to be exhausted from success than to be rested from failure." -Mary Kay Ash, founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics



It is hope in this wider sense which enabled my father to build, from scratch, one of India's largest modern enterprises. His was an undertaking powered by hard work, initiative, self-belief but, above all else, the capacity, as he would often say, "to dream with your eyes wide open".-Anil Ambani