1. “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 Legendary Basketball MVP
2. “Chase the vision, not the money; the money will end up following you.” –Tony Hsieh, Zappos CEO
3. “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.” –Nolan Bushnell, Entrepreneur
4. “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, Apple
5. “It’s almost always harder to raise capital than you thought it would be, and it always takes longer. So plan for that.” –Richard Harroch, Venture Capitalist and Author
6. “Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once.” –Drew Houston, Dropbox Co-Founder and CEO
7. “Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.” –Guy Kawasaki, Alltop Co-Founder and Entrepreneur
8. “Any time is a good time to start a company.” –Ron Conway, Noted Start-Up Investor, SV Angel
9. “The secret to successful hiring is this: look for the people who want to change the world.” –Marc Benioff, Salesforce CEO
10. “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.” –Wayne Gretzy, Hockey Star
11. “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” –Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister
12. “Ideas are commodity. Execution of them is not.” –Michael Dell, Dell Chairman and CEO
13. “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, Amazon Founder and CEO
14. “If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late.” –Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn Co-Founder and Venture Capitalist
15. “The way to get started is to quit talking and start doing.” –Walt Disney, Co-Founder, Disney
16. “Projections are just bullshit. They’re just guesses.” –Jason Fried, Founder, 37Signals
17. “User experience is everything. It always has been, but it’s undervalued and underinvested in. If you don’t know user-centered design, study it. Hire people who know it. Obsess over it. Live and breathe it. Get your whole company on board.” –Evan Williams, Co-Founder, Twitter
18. “Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes playing a poor hand well.” –Jack London, Author
19. “Remember to celebrate milestones as you prepare for the road ahead.” –Nelson Mandela, South African Leader
20. “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” –Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister
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