Attaining success can be a daunting task. Yet, with steadfastness and determination, reaching the pinnacle becomes inevitable.
In addition to the quotes about business success we’ve shared, we present you with 40 Inspirational business meeting quotes.
These are designed to spark inspiration and drive success, even when faced with challenges, obstacles, and setbacks.
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No.1
A dream doesn’t become reality through magic. It takes sweat, determination and hard work – Colin Powell
No. 2
“Success is not final; failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
No. 3
“I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” — Thomas Jefferson
No. 4
“Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don’t wish it were easier; wish you were better.”
No. 5
“A goal is a dream with a deadline” – Napoleon Hill
No. 6
“Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming.” – Richard Branson
No. 7
“Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion.” – Tony Hsieh
No. 8
“The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones that do.” — Anonymous
No. 9
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“Every problem is a gift—without problems we would not grow.” – Anthony Robbins
No.10
“A great business success was probably never attained by chasing the dollar, but is due to pride in one’s work. The pride that makes business an art.” – Henry L. Doherty
No.11
“Do one thing every day that scares you.” – Anonymous
No. 12
“A satisfied customer is the best business strategy of all.” – Michael LeBoeuf
No. 13
“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.” – Michael John Bobak
No. 14
A successful business requires one simple thing: Passion – Teresa Collins
No. 15
“Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning.”– Robert Kiyosaki
No. 16
A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him – David Brinkley
No. 17
“Success depends on employees. For me knowing and connecting with my employees is very important.” -Divine Ndhlukula
No. 18
Action is the foundational key to all success – Pablo Picasso
No. 19
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“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau
No. 20
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” – Anaïs Nin
No. 21
“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone” – Michael John Bobak
No. 22
“There’s no shortage of remarkable ideas, what’s missing is the will to execute them.” – Seth Godin
No. 23
Always deliver more than expected – Larry Page
No. 24
“If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.” – Steve Jobs
No. 25
“I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.” – G.K. Chesterton
No. 26
“I don’t know the word ‘quit.’ Either I never did, or I have abolished it.” – Susan Butcher
No. 27
A successful business requires one simple thing: Passion – Teresa Collins
No. 28
“If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.” – Steve Jobs
No. 29
“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.” – David Brinkley
No. 30
“The real test is not whether you avoid this failure because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere.” — Barack Obama
No. 31
“Almost everything worthwhile carries with it some sort of risk, whether it’s starting a new business, whether it’s leaving home, whether it’s getting married, or whether it’s flying into space.” – Chris Hadfield
No. 32
“Action is the foundational key to all success.” – Pablo Picasso
No. 33
“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt
No. 34
“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” — Walt Disney
No. 35
“Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” – Will Rodgers
No. 36
“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.” – Michael John Bobak
No. 37
“Be stubborn about your goals and flexible about your methods.” – Anonymous
No. 38
“The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.” – Anonymous
No. 39
“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.” – Conrad Hilton
No. 40
“If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.” – Jim Rohn
No. 41
“The only way around is through.” – Robert Frost
No. 42
“Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting down.” — Charles F. Kettering
No. 43
“A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.” – Richard Branson
No. 44
“The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” — Vidal Sassoon
No. 45
“Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.” – Babe Ruth
No. 46
“There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality.” — Anthony Robbins
No. 47
“The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well.” — John D. Rockefeller Jr.
No. 48
“I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity.” – Oprah Winfrey
No. 49
“A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well.” – Jeff Bezos
No. 50
“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” – Thomas Edison
No. 51
“Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember–the only taste of success some people get is to take a bite out of you.” — Zig Ziglar
No. 52
“Success comes down to hard work plus passion, over time. If you work really, really hard over a long period of time, it will pay off.” – Stanley Tang
No. 53
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. – Steve Jobs
No. 54
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it. – Henry David Thoreau
No. 55
Tough times never last, but tough people do. – Robert H. Schuller
No. 56
“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” — Thomas Edison
No. 57
“In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.” — Nikos Kazantzakis
No. 58
Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don’t wish it were easier; wish you were better. – Jim Rohn
No. 59
“No great achiever – even those who made it seem easy – ever succeeded without hard work.” – Jonathan Sacks
No. 60
Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best. – Theodore Isaac Rubin
No. 61
A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him.” — David Brinkley
No. 62
Do not focus on numbers. Focus on doing what you do best. It’s about building a community who want to visit your site every day because you create value and offer expertise.” -Cassey H
No. 63
A business has to be involved, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts. – Richard Branson
No. 64
“Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.” – Coco Chanel
No. 65
“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Albert Schweitzer
No. 66
“Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t, you’re right!” – Henry Ford
No. 67
“The first one gets the oyster, the second gets the shell.” – Andrew Carnegie
No. 68
“If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late.” — Reid Hoffman
No. 69
“The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.” — Unknown
No. 70
“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired and success achieved.” – Helen Keller
No. 71
“Fall seven times and stand up eight.” — Japanese Proverb
No. 72
“I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure–It is: Try to please everybody.”– Herbert Bayard Swope
No. 73
“If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.” — Jim Rohn
No. 74
“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.” — Conrad Hilton
No. 75
“The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.” — Bruce Lee
No. 76
“Some people dream of success, while other people get up every morning and make it happen.” – Wayne Huizenga
No. 77
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning – Bill Gates
No. 78
“Ideas are commodity. Execution of them is not.” — Michael Dell
No. 79
“My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people’s.” – Oscar Wilde
No. 80
“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.” — Herman Melville
No. 81
“If you define yourself by how you differ from the competition, you’re probably in trouble.” — Omar Hamoui
No. 82
“No great achiever – even those who made it seem easy – ever succeeded without hard work.” — Jonathan Sacks
No. 83
“There is no substitute for hard work.” — Thomas Edison
No. 84
“Get big quietly, so you don’t tip off potential competitors.” — Chris Dixon
No. 85
“When you find an idea that you just can’t stop thinking about, that’s probably a good one to pursue.” — Josh James
No. 86
“Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” — Joshua J. Marine
No. 87
“If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.” — Jim Rohn
No. 88
“Nothing works better than just improving your product.” — Joel Spolsky
No. 89
“You have to believe in yourself when no one else does – that makes you a winner right there.” — Venus Williams
No. 90
“Don’t ever make decisions based on fear. Make decisions based on hope and possibility. Make decisions based on what should happen, not what shouldn’t.” — Michelle Obama
No. 91
“Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.” — Henry Ford
No. 92
“You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If you’re not passionate enough from the start, you’ll never stick it out.” — Steve Jobs
No. 93
Your Core Values are the “glue” that holds your business together – Doris P. Johnson
No. 94
“Do what you love and success will follow. Passion is the fuel behind a successful career.” — Meg Whitman
No. 95
“Don’t worry about failure. You only have to be right once.” — Drew Houston
No. 96
“If you don’t build your dream, someone else will hire you to help them build theirs.” — Dhirubhai Ambani
No. 97
“Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them.” — Madam C.J. Walker
No. 98
“Best startups generally come from somebody needing to scratch an itch.” — Michael Arrington
No. 99
Your business values can make you soar above the competition – Doris Perdue-Johnson
No. 100
“Get a mentor in the applicable field if you’re at all unsure of what you’re looking for.” — Kyle Bragger
No. 101
“Stay self-funded as long as possible.” — Garrett Camp
No. 102
“Anything that is measured and watched, improves.” — Bob Parsons
No. 103
No more romanticizing about how cool it is to be an entrepreneur. It’s a struggle to save your company’s life – and your own skin – every day of the week.” — Spencer Fry
No. 104
“Every day that we spent not improving our products was a wasted day.” — Joel Spolsky
No. 105
“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
No. 106
“Anything that is measured and watched, improves.” — Bob Parsons
No. 107
“All humans are entrepreneurs not because they should start companies but because the will to create is encoded in human DNA.” — Reid Hoffman
No. 108
“Every day that we spent not improving our products was a wasted day.” — Joel Spolsky
No. 109
“Fortunes are built during the down market and collected in the upmarket.” — Jason Calacanis
No. 110
Your business values can make you soar above the competition – Doris Perdue-Johnson
No. 111
“You are nuts and you should be proud of it. Stick with what you believe in.”– Trip Hawkins
No. 112
“Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.” — Biz Stone
No. 113
“An organization, no matter how well designed, is only as good as the people who live and work in it.” -Dee Hock
No. 114
“Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.” -W. Edwards Deming
No. 115
Working together as a team helps build a cohesive organization – Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
No. 116
“An organization, no matter how well designed, is only as good as the people who live and work in it.” -Dee Hock
No. 117
“Whether it’s marriage or business, patience is the first rule of success.” – William Feather
No. 118
“When you think about quitting, think about why you started.” – Anonymous
No. 119
“When you satisfy your clients, they will satisfy your business” – Awolumate Samuel
No. 120
“One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.” – Arnold H. Glasgow
No. 121
“Details create the big picture.” -Sanford I. Weill
No. 122
“A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well.” – Jeff Bezos
No. 123
“When it gets difficult is often right before you succeed.” – Chris Garrett
No. 124
“To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business.” – J. Paul Getty
No. 125
“The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.” -Peter Drucker
No. 126
“To do a common thing uncommonly well brings success.” – Henry J. Heinz
No. 127
“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.” – Dale Carnegie
No. 128
“If you’re trying to create a company, it’s like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion.” -Elon Musk
No. 129
“To build a successful business, you must start small and dream big. In the journey of entrepreneurship, tenacity of purpose is supreme.” – Aliko Dangote
No. 130
To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business, and your business in your heart – Sir Thomas Watson
No. 131
Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out – John Wooden
No. 132
“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” – Colin Powell
No. 133
“There’s nothing wrong with staying small. You can do big things with a small team.” – Jason Fried
No. 134
“There is no such thing as high returns without risk.” – Gerry Schwartz
No. 135
“There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world. Those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed.” – Ray Goforth
No. 136
“The type of person you are is usually reflected in your business. To improve your business, first, improve yourself.” – Idowu Koyenikan
No. 137
“If everything is a priority, nothing is.” – Yuri van der Sluis
No. 138
The strongest factor for success is self-esteem, believing you can do it, believing you deserve it, believing you will get it – Anonymous
No. 139
“Great experience is made up of challenges.” – Aniekee Tochukwu Ezekiel
No. 140
“The continuation of success depends on greediness, patience, and dissatisfaction.” – Dhirendra Pandey
No. 141
The secret to success is to know something nobody else knows – Aristotle Onassis
No. 142
“The beauty of the business is, you don’t need to think about the eligibility.” – Zahirul M Islam
No. 143
“A business becomes successful when it becomes mutually beneficial for you and your customers.” – Pooja Agnihotri
No. 144
“Success seems to be connected to action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.” – Conrad Hilton
N0. 145
“You become what you think about.” – Napoleon Hill
No. 146
“Outstanding people have one thing in common: An absolute sense of mission.” – Zig Ziglar
No. 147
“The value of an idea lies in the using of it.” — Thomas Edison
No. 148
“Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning.”— Robert Kiyosaki
No. 149
“Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.” — Golda Meir
No. 150
The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well – John D. Rockefeller Jr
No. 151
The purpose of a business is to create customers who create customers – Shir Singt
No. 152
Be undeniably good. No marketing effort or social media buzzword can be a substitute for that.” — Anthony Volodkin
No. 153
“Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion.”— Tony Hsieh
No. 154
“The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.”— Colin R. Davis
No. 155
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty – Winston Churchill
No. 156
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary – Vidal Sassoon
No. 157
The golden rule for every business man is this: Put yourself in your customer’s place – Orison Swett Marden
No. 158
The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra – Jimmy Johnson
No. 159
The customers may not always be right, but they are always the customer. So, let the customer be wrong with dignity and respect – Shep Hyken
No.160
Take risks if you succeed, you will be happy, if you fail, will be wiser – Agent Steven
No. 161
Success represents the 1% of your work which results from the 99% that is called failure – Soichiro Honda
No. 162
Success isn’t just about what you accomplish in your life; it’s about what you inspire others to do – Anonymous
No. 163
Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm – Winston Churchill
No. 164
“Good ideas come from bad ideas, but only if there are enough of them.” – Seth Godin
No. 165
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas Edison
No. 166
“In the world of business, the people who are most successful are those who are doing what they love.” – Warren Buffett
No. 167
“Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.” – Jim Rohn
No. 168
“The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.” – Mark Twain
No. 169
“Success in the knowledge economy comes to those who know themselves—their strengths, their values, and how they best perform.” – Peter Drucker, management consultant, educator, and author
No. 170
“There’s a silly notion that failure’s not an option at NASA. A failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.” – Elon Musk
No. 171
“We think, mistakenly, that success is the result of the amount of time we put in at work, instead of the quality of time we put in.” – Arianna Huffington
No. 172
“The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.” – Vince Lombardi
No. 173
“Success depends on employees. For me, knowing and connecting with my employees is very important.” – Divine Ndhlukula
No. 174
“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” – John D. Rockefeller
No. 175
“No matter what, expect the unexpected. And whenever possible, be the unexpected.” – Lynda Barry, cartoonist, author, and motivational speaker
No. 176
“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau
No. 177
“Success in the knowledge economy comes to those who know themselves—their strengths, their values, and how they best perform.” – Peter Drucker
No. 178
“It’s fine to celebrate success, but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.” – Bill Gates
No. 179
“I’ve come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that’s as unique as a fingerprint—and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you.” – Oprah Winfrey
No. 180
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” Anaïs Nin
No. 181
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. – Colin Powell
No. 182
“Rarely are opportunities presented to you in a perfect way. In a nice little box with a yellow bow on top. ‘Here, open it, it’s perfect. You’ll love it.’ Opportunities – the good ones – are messy, confusing and hard to recognize. They’re risky. They challenge you.” Susan Wojcicki
No. 183
“The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.” Colin R. Davis
No. 184
“It’s important to be willing to make mistakes. The worst thing that can happen is you become memorable.” – Sara Blakely
No. 185
“You have been criticizing yourself for years, and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” Louise L. Hay
No. 186
“Do not wait; the time will never be ‘just right.’ Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.” George Hérbert
No. 187
“There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder.” Ronald Reagan
No. 188
“Building a business is knowing how to do something, being proud, is to create something that will make a real difference in other people’s lives.” Richard Branson
No. 189
“Growth is a spiral process, doubling back on itself, reassessing and regrouping.” Julia Margaret Cameron
No. 190
“The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence—it is to act with yesterday’s logic.” Peter Drucker
No. 191
“Best startups generally come from somebody needing to scratch an itch.” Michael Arrington
No. 192
“Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you’re climbing it.” Andy Rooney
No. 193
“We find comfort among those who agree with us – growth among those who don’t.” Frank Howard Clark
No. 194
“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” John D. Rockefeller
No. 195
“Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion.” Tony Hsieh
No. 196
“Growth is painful. Change is painful. But, nothing is as painful as staying stuck where you do not belong.” N. R. Narayana Murthy
No. 197
“Play by the rules, but be ferocious.” Phil Knight
No. 198
“They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” Andy Warhol
No. 199
“It’s not the strongest species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the most responsive to change.” Charles Darwin
No. 200
“If you define yourself by how you differ from the competition, you’re probably in trouble.” — Omar Hamoui
Takeaways
The mind of an entreprenuer and business owner experience a bumpy road when taking their journey to success. Nevertheless, once you achieve success, you’ll be overjoyed that you are committed to yourself and your dream to succeed. We hope that these 200 success quotes for business can inspire you to keep moving forward. What’s your favorite business success quotes?
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