Top 100 Startup Quotes (2023 Update)

1. “Whatever you’re thinking, think bigger.”

— Tony Hsieh

2. “The way to get started is to quit talking and start doing.”

— Walt Disney

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3. “Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.”

— Guy Kawasaki

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4. “It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.”

— Babe Ruth

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5. “If everything seems under control, you’re not going fast enough.”

— Mario Andretti

6. “Done is better than perfect.”

— Sheryl Sandberg

7. “Always deliver more than expected.”

— Larry Page

8. “Failure is simply an opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.”

— Henry Ford

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9. “Always wake up with a smile knowing that today you are going to have fun accomplishing what others are too afraid to do.”

— Mark Cuban

10. “Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”

— Jim Rohn

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11. “Forget about your competitors, just focus on your customers.”

— Jack Ma

12. “When you find an idea that you just can’t stop thinking about, that’s probably a good one to pursue.”

— Josh James

13. “Stay hungry. Stay foolish.”

— Steve Jobs

14. “What would you do if you weren’t afraid?”

— Sheryl Sandberg

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15. “When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you’ll be successful.”

— Eric Thomas

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16. “Genius is 1% inspiration, and 99% perspiration.”

— Thomas A. Edison

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17. “Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once.”

— Drew Houston

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18. “High expectations are the key to everything.”

— Sam Walton

19. “A lot of times, people don’t know what they want until you show it to them.”

— Steve Jobs

20. “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”

— Winston Churchill

21. “I could either watch it happen or be a part of it.”

— Elon Musk

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22. “You should set goals beyond your reach so you always have something to live for.”

— Ted Turner

23. “Customers don’t care about your solution. They care about their problems.”

— Dave McClure

24. “Life is a game. Money is how we keep score.”

— Ted Turner

25. “The only thing worse than starting something and failing is not starting something.”

— Seth Godin

26. “Waiting for perfect is never as smart as making progress.”

— Seth Godin

27. “What do you need to start a business? Three simple things: Know your product better than anyone. Know your customer, and have a burning desire to succeed.”

— Dave Thomas

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28. “Any time is a good time to start a company.”

— Ron Conway

29. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”

— Thomas A. Edison

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30. “You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and falling over.”

— Richard Branson

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31. “Coming together is the beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.”

— Henry Ford

32. “When I'm old and dying, I plan to look back on my life and say, ‘Wow, that was an adventure,’ not, ‘Wow, I sure felt safe.’”

— Tom Preston-Werner

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33. “I knew that if I failed I wouldn’t regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is not trying.”

— Jeff Bezos

34. “When you innovate, you’ve got to be prepared for people telling you that you are nuts.”

— Larry Ellison

35. “Chase the vision, not the money. The money will end up following you.”

— Tony Hsieh

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36. “Don’t try to be original, just try to be good.”

— Paul Rand

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37. “I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one.”

— Bill Gates

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38. “Whether you think you can or you can’t, you’re right.”

— Henry Ford

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39. “Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.”

— Biz Stone

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40. “Don’t be afraid to assert yourself, have confidence in your abilities and don’t let the bastards get you down.”

— Michael Bloomberg

41. “Not having a clear goal leads to death by a thousand compromises.”

— Mark Pincus

42. “If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.”

— John D. Rockefeller

43. “80% of your sales come from 20% of your clients.”

— Pareto principle

44. “If you are going through hell, keep going.”

— Winston Churchill

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45. “Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.”

— Henry Ford

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46. “You just have to pay attention to what people need and what has not been done.”

— Russell Simmons

47. “So often people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard.”

— Caterina Fake

48. “Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.”

— Elon Musk

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49. “Diligence is the mother of good luck.”

— Benjamin Franklin

50. “Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

— Joel Spolsky

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