“I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that’s how you grow. When there’s that moment of ‘Wow, I’m not really sure I can do this,’ and you push through those moments, that’s when you have a breakthrough.” – Marissa Mayer, co-founder of Sunshine Contact

“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” – Thomas Edison

“Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations.” – Mae Jemison

“Startups are the truest passion projects.” – Vinay Kanchan

“People think innovation is just having a good idea, but a lot of it is just moving quickly and trying a lot of things.” – Mark Zuckerberg

“Aspiring entrepreneurs have to actually do something that they feel strongly passionate about, and in most cases they should seek inspiration from their own experience. … If you had a terrible experience, you should despise the experience to the extent that you are continuously seeking a solution for it.” – Best Ayiorwoth, founder of Girls Power Micro-Lending Organisation

“It’s important to be willing to make mistakes. The worst thing that can happen is you become memorable.” – Sara Blakely

“Life-fulfilling work is never about the money⁠—when you feel true passion for something, you instinctively find ways to nurture it.” – Eileen Fisher, fashion designer and founder of Eileen Fisher Inc

“I definitely see a correlation between how many things a company gets right and how fast a company grows.” – Garrett Camp, co-founder of Uber

“Entrepreneurship is the last refuge of the trouble-making individual.” – Natalie Clifford Barney, playwright and novelist