Top 200 Sophia Amoruso Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “One of the best things about life – a reason not to go blindly after one goal and one goal only – is that sometimes it will take you to something that is way cooler than anything you would have consciously set out to do in the first place.”

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52. “What do you do when you’re living in a hut for $500 a month and subsisting on Boston Market and Subway? You just keep doing what you’re doing.”

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53. “But there’s also the everyday kind of magic that we make for ourselves. And that’s really not magic at all. It’s just recognizing the fact that we control our thoughts and our thoughts control our lives. This is an extremely simple, totally straightforward concept, but for a lot of people, it’s so alien that it might as well be magic.”

— Sophia Amoruso

54. “In a now famous commencement speech at Stanford University, Steve Jobs urged the graduating class to “stay hungry. Stay foolish.” Never let go of your appetite to go after new ideas, new experiences, and new adventures. Compete with yourself, not with others. Judge yourself on what is your personal best and you’ll accomplish more than you could ever have imagined. Life stops for no one, so keep moving. Stay awake and stay alive.”

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55. “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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56. “I also think you can end up ignoring, and even losing, the positive things in your life by focusing too much on the negative. That’s a huge drain, as well as a waste of time. When you think about people, you give them power.”

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57. “People have only as much liberty as they have the intelligence to want and the courage to take. – Emma Goldman.”

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

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59. “Each time you make a good decision or do something nice or take care of yourself; each time you show up to work and work hard and do your best at everything you can do, you’re planting seeds for a life that you can only hope will grow beyond your wildest dreams.”

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60. “Don’t you dare alter your inner freak-she’s got your back.”

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61. “I want to make people happy or make them laugh -even if it’s at my own expense.”

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62. “Harvard Business School professor Howard Stevenson famously defined “entrepreneurship” as “the pursuit of opportunity without regard to resources currently controlled.”

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63. “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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64. “You create the world, blink by blink. It is entirely yours to discover and yours to create... You will make sacrifices and compromises, get let down and let other people down, fail and start over... But difficult doesn’t mean impossible.”

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65. “You get back what you put out, so you might as well think positively, focus on visualizing what you want instead of getting distracted by what you don’t want, and send the universe your good intentions so that it can send them right back.”

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66. “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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67. “When I put on makeup, I’m not doing it to pander to antiquated patriarchal ideals of feminine beauty. I’m doing it because it makes mr feel good.”

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68. “The straight and narrow is not the only path to success.”

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69. “You can’t expect the world to read your mind. You have to put it out there, and sometimes putting it out there is as simple as saying, “Hey, can I have that?“.”

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70. “I like being myself. Myself and nasty. – Aldous Huxley.”

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71. “Overwhelmingly busy is a much better state to be in than overwhelmingly bored.”

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72. “If you’re frustrated because you’re not getting what you want, stop for a second: Have you actually flat-out asked for it? If you haven’t, stop complaining. You cant expect the world to read your mind.”

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73. “All humans are entrepreneurs not because they should start companies but because the will to create is encoded in human DNA. – Reid Hoffman, cofounder of LinkedIn.”

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74. “I believed in what I was doing, and fortunately other people believed in it as well. I cared as much about the process as I did about the results. No decision was too small.”

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75. “Dive headfirst into things without being too attached to the results. When your goal is to gain experience, perspective, and knowledge, failure is no longer a possibility.”

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76. “And once you’ve found success, don’t stop. It’s not about being insatiable; it’s about not resting on your laurels.”

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77. “Although playing hard to get might be cute in the dating world, it won’t fly with potential employers. They don’t have time to court you, so you had better romance the hell out of them.”

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78. “That’s the spirit of Nasty Gal: We want you to dress for yourself, and know that it’s not shallow to put effort into how you look.”

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79. “In a city full of noise, he’d found light by living in the shadows.”

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80. “Living a comfortable life can allow you the psychic space needed to focus on other, often bigger, things, and when you treat your possessions as emblems of your hard work, they inherit a meaning that transcends the objects themselves. Adulthood was a lot more nuanced than.”

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81. “When your time spent making money is significantly greater than your time spent spending money, you will be amazed at how much you can save without even really thinking about it.”

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82. “When you’re applying for jobs, it’s best to be employed while doing it. You want the world to know that you’re not lollygagging between gigs, but instead have a lot of choices in front of you and are actively charting your own path.”

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83. “As a teen, I was an angst on wheels, and as an adult, I’m essentially a young, half-Greek Larry David in heels-incapable of hiding discomfort, dissatisfaction, or doubt, inescapably myself and often honest to a fault.”

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84. “You will make sacrifices and compromises, get let down and let other people down, fail and start over, break some hearts, take some names, and learn to pick up and continue when your own heart gets broken. 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. Paul.”

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85. “Focus on the positive things in your life and you’ll be shocked at how many more positive things start happening. But before you start to think you just got lucky, remember that it’s magic, and you made it yourself.”

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86. “When I’m not working, I’m still working.”

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87. “Surround yourself with people who are engaged, honest, and confident enough on their own quest to support you on yours. There is no time for losers.”

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88. “If you are immune to boredom, there is literally nothing you cannot accomplish. – David Foster Wallace.”

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89. “I didn’t know at the time, but what I was doing here included two keys to running a successful business: knowing your customer and knowing how to get free marketing.”

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90. “I found that I enjoyed work and thrived on challenges.”

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91. “If you learn to control your finances, you won’t find yourself stuck in jobs, places, or relationships that you hate just because you can’t afford to go elsewhere. Learning how to manage your money is one of the most important things you’ll ever do. Being in a good spot financially can open up so many doors. Being in a bad spot can slam them in your face. And being broke gets old, so start making smart decisions now to avoid paying for stupid ones later.”

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92. “We should take the sheer improbability of our own existence as a kick in the butt to get out of bed in the morning. If you hear this fact as discouraging – that you’re only one in billions – then flip the script. You are one in billions! Someone has to succeed, so it might as well be you.”

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93. “Clothing is ultimately the suit of armor in which we battle the world. When you choose your clothing right, it feels good. And there’s nothing shallow about feeling good.”

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94. “Keep reminding yourself over and over that this is what you want, and you’ll soon find that the more you know what you want, the less you’re willing to put up with what you don’t.”

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95. “It’s just recognizing the fact that we control our thoughts and our thoughts control our lives. This is an extremely simple, totally straightforward concept, but for a lot of people, it’s so alien that it might as well be magic.”

— Sophia Amoruso

96. “I wanted to live spontaneously and to find myself in wild places, with wild people, and have wild times.”

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97. “I entered adulthood believing that capitalism was a scam, but I’ve instead found that it’s a kind of alchemy. You combine hard work, creativity, and self-determination, and things start to happen.”

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98. “I never assumed that I’d just done my best job the first time around. Your challenge is to dive headfirst into things without being too attached to the results. When your goal is to gain experience, perspective, and knowledge, failure is no longer a possibility. Failure is your invention.”

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99. “I think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not.”

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100. “IWWIWWWIWI: I Want What I Want When and Where I Want It.”

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