Even the best business owners and leaders can use a bit of inspiration to keep their head in the game.
That’s why below, we’ve curated 50+ carefully verified quotes from some of the greatest minds in history along with insights from modern industry leaders like Lara Guevara, Gregg Carey, and Andrew Faris—bringing fresh perspectives on hiring, leadership, and business growth. Whether you’re an entrepreneur striving for success, a leader guiding a team, or someone navigating personal change, the right words can make a huge difference.
Entrepreneurship: The Courage to Build
Entrepreneurship is about risk, resilience, and the ability to turn ideas into reality. These quotes highlight the mindset needed to succeed in the world of business.
- Mary Kay Ash: “Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.”
- Jeff Bezos: “I knew that if I failed, I wouldn’t regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is not trying.”
- Sara Blakely: “Embrace what you don’t know, especially in the beginning, because what you don’t know can become your greatest asset.”
- Richard Branson: “Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.”
- Steve Jobs: “I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.”
- Andrew Faris: “If you think hiring is easy, you’re probably doing it wrong. The difference between a good hire and a bad one is a process—not luck.”
- Gregg Carey: “You don’t just hire talent—you hire trust, reliability, and commitment. And that starts with having the right people on the ground.”
- Andrew Faris: “Hiring in the Philippines isn’t just about cost savings—it’s about unlocking incredible talent that can transform your business.”
- Lara Guevara: “The real advantage of hiring globally? You get to build a high-performing team without the constraints of geography—but only if you do it right.”
- Reid Hoffman: “If you tune it so that you have zero chance of failure, you usually also have zero chance of success. The key is to look at ways for when you get to your failure checkpoint, you know to stop.”
- Barbara Corcoran: “Don’t you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.”
- Derek Sivers: “If [more] information was the answer, then we’d all be billionaires with perfect abs.”
- Mark Cuban: “It’s not in the dreaming, it’s in the doing.”
Leadership: The Art of Influence
True leadership isn’t about titles—it’s about inspiring and empowering others. These quotes shed light on what it means to be a great leader.
- John Quincy Adams: “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.”
- Martin Luther King Jr.: “A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.”
- Peter Drucker: “Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.”
- Winston Churchill: “The price of greatness is responsibility.”
- Elizabeth Galbut: “Don’t let rejection create self-doubt. The founder of Starbucks was turned down by 217 of the 242 investors he initially spoke with.”
- Lara Guevara: “Trust isn’t built on contracts alone. You need a hiring partner who understands the culture, the talent pool, and what makes a great hire actually work.”
- Gregg Carey: “The number one hiring mistake? Focusing only on cheap labor. If you hire solely based on price, you’re setting yourself up for failure.”
- Andrew Faris: “Low-cost hiring shouldn’t mean low expectations. The best global talent wants more than a paycheck—they want purpose, growth, and the chance to make an impact.”
- Theodore Roosevelt: “People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.”
- Sheryl Sandberg: “Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.”
- Nelson Mandela: “It always seems impossible until it’s done.”
- Simon Sinek: “A boss has the title, a leader has the people.”
- John Wooden: “Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.”
Change: The Only Constant
Change is inevitable, and those who embrace it thrive. These quotes remind us that transformation is necessary for growth.
- Winston Churchill: “To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.”
- Maya Angelou: “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.”
- James Baldwin: “Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
- Barack Obama: “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”
- Leo Tolstoy: “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
- Lara Guevara: “The biggest reason remote hires fail isn’t skill—it’s poor onboarding. Set expectations from day one, or you’ll be setting yourself up for disappointment.”
- Gregg Carey: “Great hires don’t just fill a role; they drive results, solve problems, and raise the bar for everyone else.”
- Tony Robbins: “Change happens when the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of change.”
- Steve Jobs: “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”
- Seth Godin: “Change is not a threat, it’s an opportunity. Survival is not the goal, transformative success is.”
- Robin Sharma: “Change is hard at first, messy in the middle, and gorgeous at the end.”
Success: The Reward for Persistence
Success isn’t an accident—it’s the result of hard work, resilience, and continuous learning. These quotes capture the essence of what it takes to achieve greatness.
- Winston Churchill: “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
- Albert Einstein: “Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.”
- Thomas Edison: “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
- Wayne Gretzky: “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”
- Estée Lauder: “I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.”
- Henry Ford: “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.”
- Andrew Faris: “Filipino professionals aren’t just workers; they’re highly skilled operators who can drive real business growth if given the right opportunity.”
- Oprah Winfrey: “The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.”
- Michael Jordan: “I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
- Jim Rohn: “Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do.”
- Zig Ziglar: “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.”
- Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson: “Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.”
- Vince Lombardi: “The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.”
- Coco Chanel: “Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.”
- Denzel Washington: “Do what you have to do, to do what you want to do.”
Final Thoughts: Words That Inspire Action
These 52 quotes serve as reminders that entrepreneurship requires risk, leadership demands influence, change is constant, and success is a product of perseverance. Let these words be your guide as you build, lead, and grow. Which quote resonated with you the most?
