Top 200 Sophia Amoruso Quotes (2026 Update)
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101. “I wanted to live spontaneously and to find myself in wild places, with wild people, and have wild times.”

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

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

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

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106. “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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107. “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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108. “If this is a man’s world, who cares? I’m still really glad to be a girl in it.”

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109. “You’ll appreciate your amazing career so much more when you look back at your not-so-amazing jobs in the past, and hopefully realize that you learned something from all of them.”

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

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

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113. “In Jason Fried’s book Rework, he writes that one of the smartest investments a business can make is in hiring great writers, and I completely agree. No.”

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114. “I’d already lived an entire life feeling so far out of place that I’d given up hope that any one thing, place, person, or occupation could be my calling.”

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115. “It is she who listens to the rest of the world who fails, and it is she who has enough confidence to define success and failure for herself who succeeds.”

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116. “I tried the obvious route of hourly jobs and community college, and it just never worked for me. I’d been told for so long that the path to success was paved with a series of boxes you checked off, starting with getting a degree and getting a job, and I kept trying and failing at these, it sometimes seemed that I was destined for a life in the loser lane. But I always suspected that I was destined for more, and that I was capable of, something bigger.”

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

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118. “When I think about the future, I know that the most fantastic things are too awesome to even imagine today. Great entrepreneurs are like Indiana Jones: They take leaps before seeing the bridge because they know that if they don’t, someone else will get that holy grail. That holy grail is yours for the taking.”

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119. “Though you may be paid minimum wage, to the customers you are the face of the entire company.”

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120. “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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121. “Figure out what you love doing and don’t suck at, then try to figure out how to make a living doing that! Don’t be scared. We’re all going to die, it’s just a question of when and how – so be brave! You will never regret trying to fulfill your dream!”

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122. “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.”

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123. “Unless you’re powered by an ungodly amount of spite, it’s pretty impossible to succeed while doing something that you genuinely hate.”

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124. “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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125. “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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126. “It sounds incredibly platitudinal, but no one will ever be able to love you if you don’t love yourself. What’s beautiful about it is that if you love yourself enough you don’t need the validation from anyone else.”

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

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129. “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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130. “We all, at some point, find ourselves either directly or indirectly supporting something we disagree with.”

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131. “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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132. “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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133. “He said that he felt like he’d “gotten off at the wrong stop,” as if there’s a bus traveling through space and time that randomly opens its doors and drops souls off to live through whatever time they’re assigned. I don’t believe we’re all fit for the time we’re assigned. It’s a weird world we live in, and until time travel exists we’ve all got to make the most of where we land.”

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134. “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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135. “Psychologists now believe that social media is a really valuable tool for introverts, because it allows them to communicate and even network on their own terms.”

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136. “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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137. “Be confident – and absolutely sure – about what you know, but humble about what you don’t.”

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138. “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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139. “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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140. “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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141. “Entrepreneurial people are passionate about what they do, comfortable with taking risks, and quick at moving on from failures.”

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142. “What I know now is that nothing is universally boring – what’s boring to you could be totally engaging to someone else. If you’re bored and hating it, it’s a big sign that you’re most likely just in the wrong place.”

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

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144. “Great entrepreneurs are like Indiana Jones. They take leaps before seeing the bridge because they know that if they don’t, someone else will get that holy grail. That holy grail is yours for the taking.”

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145. “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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146. “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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147. “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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148. “Owing your style sometimes takes effort, and it’s okay to expend effort on how you look.”

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149. “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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150. “Now, whenever I’m faced with impossible situations, I remind myself that if I really want something badly enough, I have it within myself to make it happen.”

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