No matter how much experience you have, sometimes you need to feel the encouraging energy of a well-known leader, right? And to find your magic spell for stimulation and motivation in the words of successful business people. And the gain comes parallel to the proper state of mind. When the work is not just a paycheck but an opportunity to declare yourself and make something better, the entrepreneurial spirit should be supported by inspiration. 

Quotes for a refreshing start to the day 

• “Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up.” – Elon Musk
• “Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” – Steve Jobs
• “Authentic marketing is not the art of selling what you make but knowing what to make” – Philip Kotler
• “If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it’s not.” – Elon Musk
• “The aim of marketing is to reduce the need for selling”- Philip Kotler
• “If you don’t build your dream someone else will hire you to help build theirs.” ― Dhirubhai Ambani

Quotes for success 

• “Life’s too short to hang out with people who aren’t resourceful.” – Jeff Bezos
• “Marketers make things better by making change happen.” – Seth Godin
• “Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful…that’s what matters to me.” – Steve Jobs 
• “A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn a reputation by trying to do hard things well.” – Jeff Bezos
• “When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favour.” – Elon Musk
• „Dreams do not come true just because you dream them. It’s hard work that makes things happen. It’s hard work that creates change.” – Shonda Rhimes
• “Do what you love and success will follow. Passion is the fuel behind a successful career” – Meg Whitman
• “Creativity is just connecting things.” – Steve Jobs

Quotes about customers

• “Don’t find customers for your products, find products for your customers.” – Seth Godin
• “Customer service shouldn’t just be a department, it should be the entire company.” Tony Hsieh
• “It is no longer enough to satisfy your customers. You must delight them” – Philip Kotler
• “People don’t want what you make. They want the way it will make them feel, and there aren’t that many feelings to choose from.”  – Seth Godin
• “If we start to focus on ourselves, instead of focusing on our customers, that will be the beginning of the end… We have to try hard and delay that day for as long as possible“ – Jeff Bezos
• There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else. – Sam Walton
• “People don’t believe what you tell them. They rarely believe what you show them. They often believe what their friends tell them. They always believe what they tell themselves.” – Seth Godin
• “We’ve had three big ideas at Amazon that we’ve stuck with for 18 years, and they’re the reason we’re successful: Put the customer first. Invent. And be patient.” – Jeff Bezos

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