Running a business isn’t easy, you have to go through a lot of ups and downs and still have to keep your calm, situations are more intense when the business is in its initial stage or when you are trying to make a start-up work. Sometimes it happens that even after putting a lot of efforts you don’t get desired results and trust me, those times are the worst, but you have to move on really fast and get ready for the next challenge.

In case, you have had some bad business deals or feeling demotivated, here are 20+ motivational and inspiring business quotes from the most successful entrepreneurs of the world, listen to what they say, because they have reached there, after facing a lot of failures and they know exactly how it feels to be demotivated & how to get out of that state of mind and rise up again.

Check out the these Motivational Business quotes, get inspired and suit up for the next big business challenge that life throws at you.

1. Ben Horowitz (Co-founder, Opsware) Quote

” As a startup CEO, I slept like a baby. I woke up every 2 hours and cried.”

2. Drew Houston (Co-founder and CEO, Dropbox) Quote

“Don’t worry about failure, you only have to be right once.”

3. Bill Gates (Co-founder, Microsoft) Quote

“Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.”

4. Dave McClure (Founder, 500 Startups) Quote

“A ‘startup’ is a company that is confused about – 1. What its product is, 2. Who its customers are. 3. How to make money.”

5. Dennis Crowley (Co-founder, FourSquare) Quote

“If there’s something you want to build, but the tech isn’t there yet, just find the closest possible way to make it happen.”

6. Joel Spolsky (CEO, Stack Exchange) Quote

“Nothing works better than just improving your product.”

7. Jeff Bezos (Founder and CEO, Amazon.com) Quote

“I knew that if I failed I wouldn’t regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is not trying.”

8. Mark Zuckerberg (Co-founder and CEO, Facebook) Quote

“If you just work on stuff that you like and you’re passionate about, you don’t have to have a master plan with how things will play out.”

9. Larry Page (Co-founder and CEO, Google) Quote

“You don’t need to have a 100-person company to develop that idea.”

10. Reid Hoffman (Founder, LinkedIn) Quote

“If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late.”

11. Larry Ellison (CEO, Oracle Corporation) Quote

“Act confident, even when you’re not. ”

12. Seth Godin (Marketing Wizard) Quote

“If you are deliberately trying to create a future that feels safe, you will willfully ignore the future that is likely.”

13. Paul Graham (Co-founder, Paul Graham) Quote

“It’s better to make a few people really happy than to make a lot of people semi-happy.”

14. Richard Branson (Founder, Virgin Group) Quote

“Don’t think what’s the cheapest way to do it or what’s the fastest way to do it. think ‘what’s the most amazing way to do it.”

15. Warren Buffet (CEO, Berkshire Hathaway) Quote

“Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.”

16. Steve Wozniak (Co-founder, Apple Inc.) Quote

“Artists work best alone. Work alone.”

17. Steve Jobs (Co-founder, Apple Inc.) Quote

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.”

18. Tom Preston – Werner (President, GitHub) Quote

“When I’m old and dying, I plan to look back on my life and say ‘wow, that was an adventure,’ not ‘wow, I sure felt safe.'”

19. Ted Turner (Founder, CNN) Quote

“Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell, and advertise”

20. Fred Wilson (Co-founder, Unique Square Ventures) Quote

“Markets come and go. Good businesses don’t.”

21. Guy Kawasaki (Co-founder, Alltop) Quote

“A good idea is about ten percent and implementation and hard work, and luck is 90 percent.”

22. Shreyl Sandberg (COO, Facebook) Quote

“What would you do if you weren’t afraid?”

I hope you are feeling inspired now.

SEE ALSO: What To Do When Your Co-Founder Quits

If you are running a start-up or doing any sort of business, do share your learning and experiences in comments below the post and inspire others.

Last Updated: 06 Feb, 2015