Quotes on Entrepreneurial Attitude

Most entrepreneurs don’t have a grand, long-term vision for the product or service that they’re building. At the start, the right attitude is, “It would be cool if…” rather than “Someday this will all be ours.” Megalomaniacs are seldom enchanting or successful.

Luck is what happens when preparedness meets opportunity. The more ability you have and develop in any field, the more likely it is that lucky breaks will occur for you.

There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important things. The more you take on, the more efficient you become. You only learn how much you can actually do by trying to do too much

Your willingness to risk failure is the only real measure of your desire to be rich. Failure is a prerequisite for great success. If you want to succeed faster, double your rate of failure.

There is a direct relationship between the level of risk and the likelihood of loss in any enterprise. Successful entrepreneurs are those who analyze and minimize risk in the pursuit of profit.

Whatever you practice over and over becomes a new habit. You can develop the attitudes, abilities and qualities of happiness and success by repeating them until they are firmly entrenched as part of your personality.

The one who most wants the negotiation to succeed has the least bargaining power. You can only negotiate effectively on your own behalf when you are willing to walk away if the price or terms are unsatisfactory.

The greater the energy and enthusiasm you have, the more likely it is that you will recognize and respond to luck. Your best ideas and most profound insights come after a period of rest and relaxation.

There are only two kinds of entrepreneurs. One is full of doubt and the second one is a liar! Self-doubt is a sign of intelligence, it’s not a sign of stupidity or cowardice or inappropriateness. You’re cognizant that there are threats and things that might go wrong, as opposed to being delusional.

You have to be your own evangelist. This is not to say that every entrepreneur is this kind of shuck and jive, bizdev, smooth-talking person. But, there is, I think, a minimum of communication ability that’s absolutely essential.

Most entrepreneurs don’t have a grand, long-term vision for the product or service that they’re building. At the start, the right attitude is, “It would be cool if…” rather than “Someday this will all be ours.” Megalomaniacs are seldom enchanting or successful.

Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work.

It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people’s lives.

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.

When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you’ll be successful.

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.

We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

An attitude of positive expectation is the mark of the superior personality.

Attitudes are contagious. Make yours worth catching.

Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results.

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.

We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; noting on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

The greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.

The winner’s edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ, or in talent. The winner’s edge is all in the attitude, not aptitude. Attitude is the criterion for success.

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.

If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.

Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you’re going to live your life.

The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.

Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.

Our attitude toward life determines life’s attitude towards us.

You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.

Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what people do or say. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill.

Great effort springs naturally from great attitude.

Attitudes are nothing more than habits of thoughts, and habits can be acquired. An action repeated becomes an attitude realized.

Your attitude colors every aspect of your life. It is like the mind’s paintbrush. It can paint everything in bright, vibrant colors–creating a masterpiece. Or it can make everything dark and dreary.

Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

None of us can avoid being contaminated by the world’s evils; it’s all a matter of what attitude you take towards them.

There is very little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude.

You can’t always control circumstances. However, you can always control your attitude, approach, and response. Your options are to complain or to look ahead and figure out how to make the situation better.

Your attitude determines how you experience the world.

A positive attitude from you tends to produce a positive attitude toward you.

An attitude of gratitude brings great things.

The right attitude is everything!

Some people dream of success… while others wake up and work hard at it.

We all naturally want to become successful… we also want to take shortcuts. And it’s easy to do so, but you can never take away the effort of hard work and discipline and sacrifice.

So long as there is breath in me, that long I will persist. For now I know one of the greatest principles on success; if I persist long enough I will win.