Running a small business is certainly no easy task. Not only do you have to ensure that operations keep flowing smoothly, but you also have to keep your team motivated. They need to know from time to time that what they do matters, that their contributions are valuable, and that by working together the business will ultimately do well. Sometimes, however, when things start to get a bit chaotic and you as the boss find you're juggling numerous things at once, you may lose sight of how important team motivation is. That is why we've compiled a list of some small business quotes meant to inspire and help everyone feel even more ready to go.
Business Quotes About Continuing On Despite Setbacks
Every business will encounter setbacks now and again; it's the nature of the beast so to speak. The following quotes focus on perseverance even in the face of difficulty.
Every problem is a gift; without problems, we would not grow. – Anthony Robbins
I don't know the word 'quit.' Either I never did, or I have abolished it. – Susan Butcher
The real test is not whether you avoid this failure because you won't. It's whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere. – Barack Obama
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired and success achieved. – Helen Keller
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. – Thomas Edison
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. – Henry Ford
Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential. – Winston Churchill
Small Business Quotes About Leadership
Beyond being persistent and refusing to give up in the face of adversity, you and your team need to think like leaders. As the boss especially, you are setting the example and consequently leading by it. Below are several quotes for leaders.
Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. – Peter F. Drucker
We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better. – J.K. Rowling
Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you're in control, they're in control. – Tom Landry
Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand. – Gen. Colin Powell
Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. – John F. Kennedy
All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership. – John Kenneth Galbraith
Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well. – Dwight D. Eisenhower
Business Quotes for Sales
If applicable to your company, the sales aspect of the business can wear on your team. Selling day in and day out, sometimes during slower seasons, can feel tedious and disheartening at times. Below are quotes dealing with selling and the need to think outside of the box on occasion.
Become the person who would attract the results you seek. -Jim Cathcart
Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. -Thomas Jefferson
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. -Wayne Gretzky
If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask what seat! Just get on. -Sheryl Sandberg
Nothing is impossible; the word itself says 'I'm possible!' -Audrey Hepburn
Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice. -Wayne Dyer
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward. -Amelia Earhart
Small Business Quotes to Inspire Teamwork
Perhaps one of the most important things at the heart of any small business is teamwork. The willingness of people when it comes to working together and being productive in this manner is hugely consequential to the success of the business. So here are a few teamwork-inspired quotes.
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. - Michael Jordan
Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than the one where they sprang up. - Oliver Wendell Holmes
I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot: together we can do great things. - Mother Teresa
The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime. - Babe Ruth
If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else. - Booker T. Washington
Great things in business are never done by one person. They're done by a team of people. - Steve Jobs
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. - African Proverb
A team is more than a collection of people. It is a process of give and take. – Barbara Glacel
Build for your team a feeling of oneness, of dependence on one another, and of strength to be derived by unity. – Vince Lombardi
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