{"id":7372,"date":"2020-05-12T07:05:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T07:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/?p=7372"},"modified":"2026-03-09T06:14:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T06:14:03","slug":"business-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/in\/blog\/business-quotes\/","title":{"rendered":"50 Inspiring Quotes About Business Growth \u2014 and Tips for Success"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Businesses face pressure to grow and evolve rapidly to stay competitive. But growth can be difficult, and even the most intrepid among us sometimes need an extra dose of inspiration<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ve rounded up 50 quotes about business growth and advice for success  to inspire you and spark new ideas. Have a favourite quote that we missed? Click to tweet<\/a> and add yours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recent quotes from business leaders in 2024<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJust as every company became a software company, we now live in a moment where every company must become an AI company. Cracking the code of AI transformation must be CEO-driven.\u201d – Thomas Dohmke, CEO at GitHub (Source<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t win until our customers say we win.\u201d – Mary Barra, CEO at General Motors (Source<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf we don\u2019t understand people, we don\u2019t understand business.\u201d – Simon Sinek, CEO at The Optimism Company (Source<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat leaders have to do is take themselves on and have the courage to say \u2018I have more to learn\u2019.\u201d – Simon Sinek, CEO at The Optimism Company (Source<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe best leaders are the ones who are disproportionately self-aware and have the ability to be the bigger person when the going gets tough\u201d. – Gary Vaynerchuk, CEO of VaynerMedia (Source<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy job as CEO is to put players in the position to succeed.\u201d – Gary Vaynerchuk, CEO of VaynerMedia (Source<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen you\u2019re a leader, you work for your team. They don\u2019t work for you.\u201d – Gary Vaynerchuk, CEO of VaynerMedia (Source<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSteve showed us that the future isn\u2019t something you wait for \u2014 it\u2019s something you build.\u201d – Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc (Source<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s time to challenge the outdated assumptions on who can and can\u2019t contribute to a workplace \u2014 everyone has potential and deserves the chance to try and fulfil it.\u201d – Richard Branson, Founder of The Virgin Group (Source<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs an entrepreneur, failure becomes an opportunity to learn. Show me somebody who has never failed and I\u2019ll show you somebody who has never tried.\u201d – Richard Branson, Founder of The Virgin Group (Source<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSuccess isn\u2019t about avoiding failure; it\u2019s about growing from it. Stop repeating the same mistakes, and eventually, you\u2019ll find success.\u201d – Neil Patel, Cofounder at Neil Patel Digital (Source\u279a<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Quotes about business growth and change<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBecoming isn\u2019t about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim. I see it instead as forward motion, a means of evolving, a way to reach continuously toward a better self. The journey doesn\u2019t end.\u201d \u2013 Michelle Obama, from Becoming<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPlay by the rules, but be ferocious.\u201d \u2013 Phil Knight, founder, Nike<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOut of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.\u201d \u2013 Sigmund Freud, neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMotivation is the catalysing ingredient for every successful innovation.\u201d \u2013 Clayton Christensen, economist and Harvard professor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEvery problem is a gift \u2014 without problems we would not grow.\u201d \u2013 Tony Robbins, motivational speaker and writer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cConformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.\u201d \u2013 John F. Kennedy, 35th U.S. president<\/p>\n\n\n

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Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.<\/p>\nJohn F. Kennedy<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n35th U.S. president<\/span>\n