Starting an entrepreneurial journey is tough. And not just practically, or financially ? emotionally, too. Which is why these top inspirational business quotes are so valuable to any entrepreneur.

Each of these business quotes is a bite-sized morsel of wisdom, capable of injecting that much-needed hit of inspiration, encouragement, motivation, and awareness.

So, when you?re exhausted, frustrated, anxious, worried, upset, or just plain freaking out, read these motivational business quotes.

But don?t just read through these business quotes.

Contemplate on how each one applies to your business.

let?s get stuck into the top business quotes!... Enjoy!

These business quotes are a game-changers. Get ready for some inspiration and great advice

1. ?The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old but on building the new.? ? Socrates, father of Western philos

2. ?Always deliver more than expected.? ? Larry Page, co-founder of Google 

3. ?Don?t take too much advice. Most people who have a lot of advice to give ? with a few exceptions ? generalize whatever they did. Don?t over-analyze everything.  I myself have been guilty of over-thinking problems. Just build things and find out if they work.? ? Ben Silbermann, founder of Pinterest 

4.?If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.? ? John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States

5. ?Every time we launch a feature, people yell at us.? ? Angelo Sotira, co-founder of deviantART 

6.?Be undeniably good. No marketing effort or social media buzzword can be a substitute for that.? ? Anthony Volodkin, founder of Hype Machine 

7. ?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, Founder of Wendy?s 

8. ?If you can?t feed a team with two pizzas, it?s too large.? ? Jeff Bezos, Founder and CEO of Amazon 

9. ?If people like you, they?ll listen to you, but if they trust you, they?ll do business with you.? ? Zig Ziglar, author, salesman, and motivational speaker

10. ?If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you?ve launched too late.? ? Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn

11. ?The value of an idea lies in the using of it.? ? Thomas Edison, co-founder of General Electric 

12. ?The stars will never align, and the traffic lights of life will never all be green at the same time. The universe doesn?t conspire against you, but it doesn?t go out of its way to line up the pins either. Conditions are never perfect. ?Someday? is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you. Pro and con lists are just as bad. If it?s important to you and you want to do it ?eventually,? just do it and correct course along the way.? ? Tim Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Work Week 

13. ?Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect.? ? Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter 

14. ?Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.? ? Steve Jobs, co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Apple Inc.

15. ?Always look for the fool in the deal. If you don?t find one, it?s you.? ? Mark Cuban, AXS TV Chairman and entrepreneur

16. ?Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.? ? Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft (Click to tweet)

"Bill Gates business quotes are so full of wisdom."

17. ?If you just work on stuff that you like and you?re passionate about, you don?t have to have a master plan with how things will play out.? ? Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook 

18. ?If you define yourself by how you differ from the competition, you?re probably in trouble.? ? Omar Hamoui, co-founder of AdMob 

19. ?Wonder what your customer really wants? Ask. Don?t tell.? ? Lisa Stone, co-founder and CEO of BlogHer 

20. ?When you find an idea that you just can?t stop thinking about, that?s probably a good one to pursue.? ? Josh James, CEO and co-founder of Omniture 

"Are these business quotes inspiring you yet? No? Then keep reading?!"

21. ?It?s not about ideas. It?s about making ideas happen.? ? Scott Belsky, co-founder of Behance

22. ?Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.? ? Golda Meir, fourth Prime Minister of Israel 

23. ?There?s nothing wrong with staying small. You can do big things with a small team.? ? Jason Fried, 37signals founder and co-author of Rework 

24. ?The fastest way to change yourself is to hang out with people who are already the way you want to be.? ? Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn co-founder

25. ?Chase the vision, not the money, the money will end up following you.? ? Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos 

26. ?The most dangerous poison is the feeling of achievement. The antidote is to every evening think what can be done better tomorrow.? ? Ingvar Kamprad, founder of IKEA 

27. ?Nothing works better than just improving your product.? ? Joel Spolsky, co-founder of Stack Overflow 

28. ?Get five or six of your smartest friends in a room and ask them to rate your idea.? ? Mark Pincus, CEO of Zynga 

29. ?Money is like gasoline during a road trip. You don?t want to run out of gas on your trip, but you?re not doing a tour of gas stations.? ? Tim O?Reilly, founder, and CEO of O?Reilly Media 

30. ?Get big quietly, so you don?t tip off potential competitors.? ? Chris Dixon, an investor at Andreessen Horowitz 

Entrepreneur quotes like this really hit home.

31. ?Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.? ? Steve Jobs, co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc. 

32. ?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, American author, political activist and lecture 

33. ?Don?t try to be original, just try to be good.? ? Paul Rand, Graphic Designer

34. ?Always think outside the box and embrace opportunities that appear, wherever they might be.? ? Lakshmi Mittal, Chairman & CEO of ArcelorMittal 

35. ?Don?t worry about people stealing your design work. Worry about the day they stop.? ? Jeffrey Zeldman, entrepreneur and web designer 

These inspirational business quotes have some pretty good advice.

36. ?The last 10% it takes to launch something takes as much energy as the first 90%.? ? Rob Kalin, founder of Etsy (Click to tweet)

37. ?If you?re interested in the living heart of what you do, focus on building things rather than talking about them.? ? Ryan Freitas, co-founder of About.me 

38. ?Best startups generally come from somebody needing to scratch an itch.? ? Michael Arrington, founder, and co-editor of TechCrunch (

39. ?Some people dream of success, while other people get up every morning and make it happen.? ? Wayne Huizenga, prolific American business person, owner of Blockbuster Video and the Miami Dolphins. 

40. ?Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.? ? Guy Kawasaki, entrepreneur and co-founder of Alltop (Click to tweet)

41. ?An entrepreneur is someone who has a vision for something and wants to create.? ? David Karp, founder, and CEO of Tumblr

42. ?Get a mentor in the applicable field if you?re at all unsure of what you?re looking for.? ? Kyle Bragger, founder of Forest, and co-founder of Exposure

43. ?Every day that we spent not improving our products was a wasted day.? ? Joel Spolsky, co-founder of Stack Overflow 

44. ?Anything that is measured and watched, improves.? ? Bob Parsons, founder of GoDaddy

45. ?Stay self-funded as long as possible.? ? Garrett Camp, founder of Expa, Uber, and StumbleUpon 

We?re going to be throwing in a couple more Tony Hsieh business quotes in here.

46. ?Don?t play games that you don?t understand, even if you see lots of other people making money from them.? ? Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos 

 

47. ?Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.? ? Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter 

48. ?Human beings have an innate inner drive to be autonomous, self-determined and connected to one another. And, when that drive is liberated, people achieve more and live richer lives.? ? Daniel Pink, author 

49. ?Fortunes are built during the down market and collected in the upmarket.? ? Jason Calacanis, founder of LAUNCH Ticker 

50. ?It?s more effective to do something valuable than to hope a logo or name will say it for you.? ? Jason Cohen, founder of Smartbear Software 

51. ?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, co-founder of CarbonMade 

52. ?You can?t make anything viral, but you can make something good.? ? Peter Shankman, founder of HARO 

53. ?Don?t worry about funding if you don?t need it. Today it?s cheaper to start a business than ever.? ? Noah Everett, founder of Twitpic 

54. ?Data beats emotions.? ? Sean Rad, founder of Tinder 

This next one is one of my favourite business quotes.

55. ?I never dreamed about success, I worked for it.? ? Estee Lauder, founder of Estee Lauder Cosmetics 

56. ?I try not to make any decisions that I?m not excited about.? ? Jake Nickell, founder, and CEO of Threadless 

57. ?See things in the present, even if they are in the future.? ? Larry Ellison, co-founder of Oracle

58. ?You don?t need to have a 100-person company to develop that idea.? ? Larry Page, co-founder of Google 

59. ?Ideas are a commodity. Execution of them is not.? ? Michael Dell, chairman, and CEO of Dell 

60. ?Whether you think you can, or think you can?t ? you?re right.? ? Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company 

61. ?All humans are entrepreneurs not because they should start companies but because the will to create is encoded in human DNA.? ? Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn

62. ?The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.? ? Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft

63. ?In the end, a vision without the ability to execute it is probably a hallucination.? ? Steve Case, co-founder of A

64. ?Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create.? ? Oprah Winfrey, media proprietor

65. ?No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you?re playing a solo game, you?ll always lose out to a team.? ? Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn co-founder 

66. ?Don?t be cocky. Don?t be flashy. There?s always someone better than you.? ? Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos 

These business quotes may be blunt but they?re pretty accurate.

67. ?Embrace what you don?t know, especially in the beginning, because what you don?t know can become your greatest asset. It ensures that you will absolutely be doing things different from everybody else.? ? Sara Blakely, founder of SPANX 

68. ?Diligence is the mother of good luck.? ? Benjamin Franklin, a Founding Father of the United States 

69. ?A person who is quietly confident makes the best leader.? ? Fred Wilson, co-founder of Union Square Ventures 

70. ?Risk more than others think is safe. Dream more than others think is practical.? ? Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks 

Remember to smile ????????