Top 200 Sophia Amoruso Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Compete with yourself, not with others.”

— Sophia Amoruso

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2. “You combine hard work, creativity, and self-determination, and things start to happen.”

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3. “True success lies in knowing your weaknesses and playing to your strengths.”

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4. “I was OK before this, I will be OK after this.”

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5. “When your goal is to gain experience, perspective, and knowledge, failure is no longer a possibility.”

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6. “Focus on the positive things in your life and you’ll be shocked at how many more positive things start happening.”

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7. “Treat your mind like your money, don’t waste it.”

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8. “Knowing when to speak up and when to shut up will get you very far not only in business, but in life.”

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9. “There are secret opportunities hidden inside every failure.”

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10. “Life is short. Don’t be lazy.”

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11. “You don’t get what you don’t ask for.”

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12. “Dive headfirst into things without being too attached to the results.”

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13. “You belong wherever you want to belong.”

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14. “If you believe that what you’re doing will have positive results, it will – even if it’s not immediately obvious.”

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15. “It’s cool to be kind. It’s cool to be weird. It’s cool to be honest and to be secure with yourself.”

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16. “Create your own job. Become the master of what you do. Fully imerse yourself in your culter. Be humble. You are never above having to pack boxes. Never forget where you came from. And always be polite. Good old-fashioned manners can get you very far. -Jenne Lomardo.”

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17. “I believe that there is a silver lining in everything, and once you begin to see it, you’ll need sunglasses to combat the glare.”

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18. “Money looks better in the bank than on your feet.”

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19. “It takes a special kind of stubbornness to succeed as an entrepreneur.”

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20. “The energy you’ll expend focusing on someone else’s life is better spent working on your own. Just be your own idol.”

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21. “You don’t get taken seriously by asking someone to take you seriously. You’ve got to show up and own it. If this is a man’s world, who cares? I’m still really glad to be a girl in it.”

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22. “Without risk there is no reward and no change.”

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23. “No matter where you are in life, you’ll save a lot of time by not worrying too much about what other people think about you. The earlier in your life that you can learn that, the easier the rest of it will be.”

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24. “If you listen only to those around you, the chances of your dreams coming true are very small.”

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25. “Create your own job. Become the master of what you do. Fully immerse yourself in your culture.”

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26. “Its not about being included. It about creating your own space and including yourself and then finding other people that are like okay.”

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27. “You create the world, blink by blink. It is entirely yours to discover and yours to create.”

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28. “The only thing I smoke is my competition.”

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29. “I stopped feeling like I didn’t belong anywhere, and realized that I actually belonged anywhere I wanted to be.”

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30. “Clothing is ultimately the suit of armor in which we battle the world.”

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31. “The last thing the world needs is another boring person or another boring brand, so embrace all the things that make you different. Alter your clothes all you want, but don’t you dare alter your inner freak – she’s got your back as much as I do.”

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32. “The world loves to tell you how difficult things are, and the world’s not exaggerating. But difficult doesn’t mean impossible, and out of the bajillions of things in this universe that you can’t control, what you can control is how hard you try, and if or when to pack it in.”

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33. “Abandon anything about your life and habits that might be holding you back.”

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34. “Forcing me to figure out how to provide for myself was probably one of the best things my parents ever did for me.”

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35. “When you think about people, you give them power.”

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36. “Every child is an artist. The problem is staying an artist when you grow up. – Pablo Picasso.”

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37. “If something’s not working out, but you keep hammering at it in the exact same way, go after something else for a while. That’s not giving up, that’s just letting the universe have its way.”

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38. “My philosophy is that you sell things for more than you bought them.”

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39. “Life serves the risk taker.”

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40. “When you take care of the little things, you’ll be pleasantly surprised to find out that the big things often happen much more easily.”

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41. “Cash Is King Money is a guarantee that we may have what we want in the future. Though we need nothing at the moment it insures the possibility of satisfying a new desire when it arises. – Artistotle.”

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42. “A cover letter can connect the dots between where you’ve been, where you are, and where you’re trying to go.”

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43. “If and when your hard work pays off, these things start to suck less.”

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44. “Success is about playing to your strengths.”

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45. “Abandon anything about your life and habits that might be holding you back. Learn to create your own opportunities. Know that there is no finish line; fortune favors action.”

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46. “It’s unfortunate that school is so often regarded as a one-size-fits-all kind of deal. And if it doesn’t fit, you’re treated as if there is something wrong with you; so it is you, not the system, which is failing.”

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47. “Breaking the rules just for fun is too easy – the real challenge lies in perfecting the art of knowing which rules to accept and which to rewrite.”

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48. “It just means that your talents lie elsewhere, so take the opportunity to seek out what you are good at, and find a place where you can flourish. Once you do, you’re going to kill it.”

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49. “She gets what she wants because she works for it.”

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50. “I’ve been wondering for a while now if the CEO role is one that I want – and the one that I’m best at.”

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