22 Inspirational Quotes for Startups and Entrepreneurs

1.     "Chase the vision, not the money; the money will end up following you."- Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos

2.     "Bad shit is coming. It always is in a startup. The odds of getting from launch to liquidity without some kind of disaster happening are one in a thousand. So don't get demoralized."- Paul Graham, co-founder of Y Combinator

3.     "Ideas are commodity. Execution of them is not." - Michael Dell, chairman and CEO of Dell

4.     "You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and falling over." - Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Group

5.      "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, founder and CEO of Amazon

6.     “The value of an idea lies in the using of it.” - Thomas Edison, General Electric Co-founder

7.     “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, Apple Inc. co-founder, chairman and CEO

8.     “Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once.” - Drew Houston, Dropbox founder & CEO

9.     “The secret to successful hiring is this: look for the people who want to change the world.“ - Marc Benioff, Salesforce CEO

10.     “If you’re going to put your product in beta - put your business model in beta with it.” - Joe Kraus, Google Ventures partner 

11.      “You don’t need to have a 100-person company to develop that idea.” - Larry Page, Google co-founder

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

13.    “Risk more than others think is safe. Dream more than others think is practical.” - Howard Schultz, Starbucks CEO

14.    "Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.” - Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder

15.     “Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” - Steve Jobs,  Apple Inc. co-founder, chairman and CEO

16.     “I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan, NBA Legend

17.     “Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.”  – Guy Kawasaki, Alltop Co-Founder and Entrepreneur

18.    “The way to get started is to quit talking and start doing.”  – Walt Disney, Co-Founder, Disney

19.    “Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic.” – Dale Carnegie, Author and Motivational Speaker

20.   “If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.” – Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla Motors

21.    “Don't start a company unless it's an obsession and something you love. If you have an exit strategy, it's not an obsession.”  – Mark Cuban, serial entrepreneur and investor

22.    “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” – Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister