Top 80 Ziad K. Abdelnour Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “Never explain yourself to anyone. The person who likes you will not need it. The person who dislikes it will not believe it.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

52. “People with higher ratios of positive to negative emotions are more likely to flourish in life.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

53. “When you want something you’ve never had, you have to do something you’ve never done.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

54. “Successful entrepreneurs figure out when to drive their ideas forward and when to listen to constructive criticism.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

55. “Only idiots get bored when we’ve all got handheld devices containing infinite knowledge at our fingertips.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

56. “There’s a huge misconception that innovation is mostly about inventing or coming up with cool new things. More often than not, innovation is about figuring out what people really need or want but can’t have or afford.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

57. “Never accept conventional wisdom when it comes to finance. If others keep failing, why do you want to follow them?”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

58. “Age is just reality we create for ourselves.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

59. “You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only option you have left.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

60. “A tiger never loses sleep over the opinion of sheep.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

61. “Women worry about the things that men forget; Men worry about the things that women remember.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

62. “Courage is not the absence of fear; only a fool has no fear. Courage is seeing the fear and continuing to proceed.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

63. “Earning an education is not the same as gaining a skill set.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

64. “The debt ceiling is not what causes our problems, it’s the only thing that might help solve our problems.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

65. “Those who are skilled in combat do not become angry. The wise win before the fight and the ignorant fight to win.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

66. “Nobody wants a sales pitch. So instead of trying a hard sell, focus on telling a story that captivates your audience by painting a vivid picture of your vision. When you get good at storytelling, people want to be part of that story, and they’ll want to help others become part of that story too.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

67. “Talent attracts capital more effectively than capital attracts talent.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

68. “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing – the ability to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

69. “Lots of folks want success without sacrifice. Life doesn’t work that way. Be willing to pay the price for your dreams.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

70. “Never allow your wounds to transform you into someone you are not.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

71. “Unless you choose to do great things with your life it makes no difference how much money you make or how much power you have.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

72. “Higher education is an advantage, no longer a guarantee.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

73. “Growing a company is a marathon that requires patience, dedication, knowledge, good decision-making, vision, and the ability to see the big picture.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

74. “It’s one thing if a mistake occurs because of circumstance or a miscalculation or the unexpected or inexperience; it’s another if it’s part of a pattern of carelessness or ineptitude or laziness. Then it becomes a choice.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

75. “Just as no two entrepreneurs are alike, there is no one-size-fits-all start-up.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

76. “What is the difference between a parasite and a liberal? The spelling!”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

77. “You can’t be for big government, big taxes, and big bureaucracy and still be for wealth creation.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

78. “The key to most start-up successes is seeing a need and filling it.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

79. “Too often entrepreneurs are reactive to the challenges inherent when building a company... the most successful founders are proactive.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

80. “Myth: Bail-in plans would recapitalize big banks. Fact: big banks are far too insolvent to remotely be in a position for such restoration.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

81. “The best way to develop people is to constantly get them out of their comfort zone.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

82. “Myth: Bernanke Fed is committed to stimulus until a recovery occurs. Fact: The current monetary policy assures further capital destruction.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

83. “If you make a mistake, don’t spend precious time and energy trying to deny it or point the finger at someone else. Be a leader and own it, then spend your time and energy fixing the problem. As I’ve already noted, start-ups often fail because founders want to be seen as the smartest person in the room, which means not being wrong. Making a mistake is going to happen. None of us is perfect. But the difference between success and failure is how you handle that mistake.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour