Quotes on business are the most underrated form of motivation, yet it’s the most trending and most used subject every day in our lives. From your Google searches to any social media feed, from your office wallpaper to the typography t-shirt your friend gifted you, we are surrounded by quotes in our lives.
For business leaders, quotes play an important role in their day-to-day lives. They help us get through difficult times, motivate us to action, and inspire us to be better.
That’s why we’ve compiled a list of 30 of the best quotes on business, from some of the most successful people in the world.
“The best way to find out what we really need is to get rid of what we don’t.” – Marie Kondo
“A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.” – Henry Ford
“The goal of a business is to create and keep a customer.” – Peter Drucker
“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” – Colin Powell
“The most important thing in business is integrity.” – Warren Buffett
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
“If you’re not serving the customer, you should be fired.” – Sam Walton
“You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If you’re not passionate enough from the beginning, you’ll never stick it out.” – Steve Jobs
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
“We become what we think about most of the time.” – Earl Nightingale
“Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right.” – Henry Ford
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln
“If you don’t build your dream, someone else will hire you to help them build theirs.” – Tony Gaskins Jr.
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas Edison
“The Wright brothers created the single greatest cultural force since the invention of writing. The airplane became the first World Wide Web, bringing people, languages, ideas, and values together.” – Bill Gates
“If you’re going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill
“Success is not a destination, it’s a journey.” – Zig Ziglar
“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.” – Steve Jobs
“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” – Henry Ford
“The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.” – Amelia Earhart
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” – Albert Einstein
“Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” – George Addair
“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second-best time is now.” – Chinese Proverb
“I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse.” – Florence Nightingale
“You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.” – Henry Ford
“I have failed again and again throughout my life. That’s why I’ve been successful.” – Michael Jordan
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
“If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up.” – J.M. Power.
We hope these quotes have inspired you to pursue your business goals with dedication and perseverance!
