Top 200 Sophia Amoruso Quotes (2025 Update)
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101. “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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102. “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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103. “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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104. “I once believed that participating in a capitalist economy would be the death of me, but now realize that agonizing over the political implications of every move I make isn’t exactly living.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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113. “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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114. “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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115. “Sell things for more than you pay for them, and save more than you spend.”

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116. “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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117. “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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118. “I wanted to live spontaneously and to find myself in wild places, with wild people, and have wild times.”

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119. “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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120. “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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121. “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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122. “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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123. “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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124. “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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125. “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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126. “In short, when you suck at something and don’t want it anyway, cut your losses and move on.”

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

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

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129. “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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130. “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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131. “Start making smart decisions now to avoid paying for stupid ones later.”

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132. “Time may be the one thing in the world I can’t negotiate, no matter how.”

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133. “I’d rather be making messes, and making history while I’m at it.”

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134. “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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135. “Whether it was styling, directing models, steaming clothing, or shipping an order – they were all creative. 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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136. “In San Francisco my friends and I picked a decade and stuck with it. We listened to old music, drove old cars, and wore old clothes.”

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137. “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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138. “Though you may be paid minimum wage, to the customers you are the face of the entire company. It’s this kind of accountability that gets people raises, promotions, and eventually careers.”

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139. “Most people don’t land their dream job right out of the gate, which means we all have to start somewhere.”

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140. “You is who you is, so get used to it.”

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141. “Twenty-five years later, I’m still not a huge fan of surprises. This is your brain on introversion.”

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142. “You can be entrepreneurial without being an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurial people are passionate about what they do, comfortable with taking risks, and quick at moving on from failures.”

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143. “Now, I’m not trying to give every slacker a free pass to cut class and head straight to Burger King, but I do think we should acknowledge that school isn’t for everyone.”

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144. “Chances are it will take twenty of those good ideas before one sticks and has a chance to become real, but a good idea is only good if there is a well-thought-out plan to make it a reality.”

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145. “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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146. “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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147. “Bet on yourself.”

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148. “I want people who are comfortable with disagreement.”

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149. “Don’t live like a CEO when you’re still a sandwich artist.”

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150. “Spend money because it’s an investment in your own well-being, not because you’re bored and have nothing else to do.”

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