24 Inspiring Quotes to Keep You Moving Toward Your Dream

No one said starting up and growing a
business was easy. Stay inspired and focused
on achieving your goals.

1. "Get mocked at for as much as you can,
fail as much as you can, but don't quit. Let
every mockery, every failure, be a source of
inspiration for you to reach for greatness, and
that greatness will silence your critics." --
Ajaero Tony Martins

2. "Never be ashamed! There's some who will
hold it against you, but they are not worth
bothering with." --J.K. Rowling

3. "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 are 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

4. "Like success, failure is many things to
many people. With positive mental attitude,
failure is a learning experience, a rung on the
ladder, and a plateau at which to get your
thoughts in order to prepare to try again." --W.
Clement Stone

5. "Press on. Nothing in the world can take
the place of persistence. Talent will not;
nothing is more common than unsuccessful
men with talent. Genius will not; the world is
full of educated derelicts. Persistence and
determination alone are omnipotent." --Ray
Kroc

6. "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

7. "Be undeniably good. No marketing effort or
social media buzzword can be a substitute for
that." --Anthony Volodkin

8. "Optimism is the faith that leads to
achievement. Nothing can be done without
hope and confidence." --Helen Keller

9. "Chase the vision, not the money. The
money will end up following you." --Tony Hsieh

10. "Your work is going to fill a large part of
your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied
is to do what you believe is great work. And
the only way to do great work is to love what
you do." --Steve Jobs

11. "Embrace what you don't know, especially
in the beginning, because what you don't know
can become your greatest asset. It ensures
that you will absolutely be doing things
different from everybody else." --Sara Blakely

12. "Don't try to be original, just try to be
good." --Paul Rand

13. "The only thing worse than starting
something and failing ... is not starting
something." --Seth Godin

14. "When I'm old and dying, I plan to look
back on my life and say, 'Wow, that was an
adventure,' not, 'Wow, I sure felt safe.'" --Tom
Preston-Werner

15. "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

16. "Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know
from my own life that the more I exercise it
the more natural it becomes to not let my
fears run me." --Arianna Huffington

17. "Small business isn't for the faint of heart.
It's for the brave, the patient, and the
persistent. It's for the overcomer." --Unknown

18. "I can't imagine a person becoming a
success who doesn't give this game of life
everything he's got." --Walter Cronkite

19. "Statistics suggest that when customers
complain, business owners and managers
ought to get excited about it. The complaining
customer represents a huge opportunity for
more business." --Zig Ziglar

20. "I don't focus on what I'm up against. I
focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest."
--Venus Williams

21. "The critical ingredient is getting off your
butt and doing something. It's as simple as
that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are
few who decide to do something about them
now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today.
The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a
dreamer." --Nolan Bushnell

22. "Success is liking yourself, liking what you
do, and liking how you do it." --Maya Angelou

23. "I knew that if I failed I wouldn't regret
that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is
not trying." --Jeff Bezos

24. "Remember to celebrate milestones as
you prepare for the road ahead." --Nelson
Mandela