We all love to give great advice, but how about taking a few hints from business’ best and brightest? We searched high and low for a few of the best business quotes from entrepreneurs, startup adventurers, business magnates and economic gurus. As a bonus, we also have a few quotes from past American presidents, scientists and overall brilliant thinkers.
“Time is the friend of the wonderful business, the enemy of the mediocre.” — Warren Buffett, business magnate, investor
"Try not to become a man of success, but rather a man of value." — Albert Einstein, theoretical physicist
“A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.” — Henry Ford, founder of Ford Motor Company
“They that will not be counselled cannot be helped. If you do not hear reason, she will rap you on the knuckles.” — Benjamin Franklin, author, politician, scientist, inventor
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” — John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the U.S.
“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing.” — Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the U.S.
“When you delve deep enough, you find that practically every great fortune and great enterprise in America has sprung from the courage enterprise of some individuals. It was Commodore Vanderbilt’s enterprise in switching first from running a ferryboat to running other ships, and then, when he was well along in years, his enterprise in switching into railroading that created what was to become one of the most notable fortunes in the history of the world.” — B.C. Forbes, journalist and founder of Forbes magazine
“No one is born a CEO, but no one tells you that. The magazine stories make it sound like Mark Zuckerberg woke up one day and wanted to redefine how the world communicates [by creating] a billion-dollar company. He didn’t.” — Andrew W. “Drew” Houston, founder and CEO of Dropbox
“Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.” — Biz Stone, Twitter co-founder
“Stay self-funded as long as possible.” — Garrett Camp, Canadian entrepreneur who co-founded StumbleUpon and Uber.
“You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and falling over.” — Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Group founder
“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.” — Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder
“Any business plan won’t survive its first encounter with reality. The reality will always be different. It will never be the plan.” — Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com
“All humans are entrepreneurs not because they should start companies but because the will to create is encoded in human DNA.” — Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn co-founder
“Chase the vision, not the money; the money will end up following you.” — Tony Hsieh, Zappos CEO, American entrepreneur
“Every day that we spent not improving our products was a wasted day.” — Joel Spolsky, software engineer and Stack Overflow co-founder
“What do you need to start a business? Three simple things: know your product better than anyone. Know your customer, and have a burning desire to succeed.” — Dave Thomas, Wendy’s founder
“The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that’s changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.” — Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder
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