The entrepreneur builds an enterprise; the technician builds a job.

Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakes.

The virtue lies in the struggle, not in the prize.

A ship in harbor is safe. But that’s now what ships are built for.

What is not started will never get finished

the entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.

Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover.

It takes humility to realize that we don’t know everything, not to rest on our laurels and know that we must keep learning and observing. If we don’t, we can be sure some startup will be there to take our place.

The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It’s as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer not a dreamer.

Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.

In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative, original thinker unless you can also sell what you create.

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.

Stay self-funded as long as possible.