Top 200 Sophia Amoruso Quotes (2024 Update)
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101. “When you approach everything as if it’s a big, fun experiment, then it’s not that big of a deal if things don’t work out. If the plan changes, that can be even better.”

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102. “If this is a man’s world, who cares? I’m still really glad to be a girl in it.”

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103. “Discomfort was where I was most comfortable.”

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104. “Being from the suburbs, I’d always equated comfort with ennui, and possessions with materialism, but I was beginning to learn that this wasn’t necessarily the case. 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.”

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105. “When you begin with the finish line in mind, you miss all the fun stuff along the way. The better approach is to tweak and grow, tweak and grow.”

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106. “In short, when you suck at something and don’t want it anyway, cut your losses and move on.”

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107. “Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people. – Leo Burnett.”

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108. “We leave our egos at the door. We are respectful, collaborative, curious and open-minded.”

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109. “At age four I was a camera. I took pictures with my eyes. I framed my photo within my vision and blinked my eyes to snap the shutter of my memory. Since that time, I’ve been impersonating inanimate objects at every opportunity.”

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110. “When you hold yourself to the same standard in your work that you do as a friend, girlfriend, student, or otherwise, it pays off.”

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111. “One dream is never enough, and your dream can be molded and finessed along the way to become relevant and successful.”

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112. “When I do things because I want to do them, and not because I have to, I can accomplish a lot.”

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113. “Yet it taught me a lesson: While it’s okay to be friends with my investor, it’s not okay to be friends with my direct reports. If you need someone to listen as you drag your psyche across the coals, find a friend or a therapist, but don’t do it with someone you’re expected to manage on a daily basis.”

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114. “Don’t ever grow up. Don’t ever become a bore. Don’t ever let the Man get to you.”

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115. “You’re not bossy, you’re the boss.”

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116. “A lot of the time, even the CEO only has about ten percent of the info needed to make a good decision. Speaking.”

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117. “Being mean won’t make you cool, being rich won’t make you cool, and having the right clothes, while it may help, won’t make you cool. It’s cool to be kind. It’s cool to be weird. It’s cool to be honest and to be secure with yourself. Cool is the girl at a party who strikes up a conversation with you when she notices you don’t seem to know many people there.”

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118. “While you’re reading this, I have three pieces of advice that I want you to remember: Don’t ever grow up. Don’t necome a bore. Don’t ever let the Man get to you.”

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119. “There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no independence quite so important, as living within your means. – Calvin Coolidge.”

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120. “I have never once in my life thought that being a girl was something that I had to overcome. My mom grew up doing the cooking and cleaning while her brothers got to enjoy their childhoods. In my mom’s experience, being a girl was most definitely a disadvantage.”

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121. “No amount of money can buy you style. Having good style takes thought, creativity, confidence, self-awareness, even sometimes a little bit of work.”

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122. “Being in a good spot financially can open up so many doors.”

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123. “And when something got really boring, I turned it into a game to see how quickly, efficiently, and accurately I could get the job done.”

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124. “I also think you age a lot quicker if you can’t keep yourself busy and under the right, healthy dose of stress.”

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125. “Don’t be scared. We’re all going to die, it’s just a question of when and how – so be brave.”

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126. “It was around this time that a psychiatrist diagnosed me with both depression and ADD. Though there was no doubt I was depressed, I refused to take the pills that he prescribed, instead throwing them away. I knew then that my utter misery and universal disinterest were not due to a chemical imbalance. This wasn’t something that could just be medicated out of me – I just hated where I was.”

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127. “If I see you in a club hobbling like an injured baby colt, I want to push you over. I will push you over.”

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128. “Look up and look around, and if you’re not finding something inspiring, then you’re probably not looking hard enough. Remember, I touched every piece of clothing in those thrift stores. You have to do that with your life.”

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129. “Figure out what you love doing and don’t suck at, then try to figure out how to make a living doing that.”

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130. “While I truly believe that you must have intentions to fulfill your dreams, I also think you have to leave room for the universe to have its way and play around a bit.”

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131. “Many companies were spending millions of dollars trying to nail social media, but I just went with my instincts and treated my customers like they were my friends. Even with no manager watching to give me a gold star, it was important to do my best. Who cares if a tree falls in a forest and no one hears it? The tree still falls.”

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132. “Sell things for more than you pay for them, and save more than you spend.”

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133. “When I’m confident in what I am wearing, it makes me feel more confident throughout the day. Granted, I could probably negotiate a deal in my pajamas, but I’m a lot more dangerous in a pair of leather pants and boots that could hurt a fool.”

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134. “Feminism is a way of thinking and being, not a way of dressing. You know a feminist by her gaze, not her neckline.”

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135. “Look up and look around, and if you’re not finding something inspiring, then you’re probably not looking hard enough.”

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136. “Some things are worth fighting for – don’t get me wrong, I’m definitely a fighter – but I really think that what is right should be easy. My dad has always said that the definition of crazy is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results, and it’s so true. 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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137. “Also, introverts might hang back in meetings and thus not be perceived as “leadership material,” even though introverted people frequently make more empathetic managers.”

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138. “Owing your style sometimes takes effort, and it’s okay to expend effort on how you look.”

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139. “I especially love a handwritten not because to me, someone who knows to have good manners knows how to get what she wants in the world.”

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

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141. “Cruising down Sunset Boulevard with the Cramps blasting and palm trees silhouetted by the neon signs of strip clubs can sometimes repair the worst of moods.”

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142. “All actions are creative.”

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143. “It’s just recognizing the fact that we control our thoughts and our thoughts control our lives.”

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144. “I never assisted anyone; I just gave it my all.”

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145. “It’s that buying the Porsche, in all of its German-engineered perfection, just wasn’t as special. Nothing will ever compare to the first time I bought myself a car, because it simply can’t be done again.”

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146. “Entrepreneurial people are passionate about what they do, comfortable with taking risks, and quick at moving on from failures.”

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147. “Learn how to take care of yourself so that the man you marry is the man you choose to be with and not just the man who will take care of you.”

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148. “I choose to obey explicit rules – like, you know, paying for something before I leave the store – but the rules that society implies we follow, well, those are the rules I have the most fun breaking.”

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149. “You’ve already taken the first step toward an awesome life by simply wanting one.”

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150. “If you believe that what you’re doing will have positive results, it will – even if it’s not immediately obvious. When you hold yourself to the same standard in your work that you do as a friend, girlfriend, student, or otherwise, it pays off.”

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