70 Women In Business Quotes to Conquer Challenges

Women are particularly under pressure to be successful in ALL areas of their lives. Family, work health/fitness… There are many pressures in society. It’s impossible to be flawless in all areas! If you’ve been feeling depressed about your work or yourself lately, you should read these business quotes for female entrepreneurs. These quotes were written by bosses similar to you! If these women are successful and overcame their fears, so can you.

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70+ Quotes from Successful Women in Business

“I do business with my heart as much as I do with my head, both personally and professionally.” – Ursula Burns, CEO, Xerox

“If you don’t ask, the answer will always be no.” – Robynn Upton, Engineering Manager, PEAK6 Capital Management

“An important lesson is about trust- I have always strived to build and nurture trust within an organization. At work or in relationships, trust is key in the impact it makes and how it influences an organization. It is pretty amazing, and contagious. Learn to trust and earn trust.” – Priya Menon, Executive Director & General Counsel, 3M India

“A quick way to fail as an organization is to exclude 50 percent of the workforce. I want top talent on my team, and that simply cannot be accomplished without women.” – Katie Franks, COO & CMO, Magma Capital Funds

“Mistakes or challenges should be viewed as a chance to learn and grow rather than something that weighs you down – don’t fall into the trap of looking too much into the past, pick yourself up and move on.” – Angela Kelly, CEO, Lloyd’s Asia

“Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.” – Mary Kay Ash

“Being intentional about the way you begin each day sets the tone for how you will perform, perceive, and respond to your experiences for the remainder of the day.” – Dominique D. Wilson

“The key to longevity as a woman in business is that after every battle you get right back up, dust your heels off, and keep moving forward.” – Daisy Gallagher

“If you have ever wondered why you attract certain people and experiences in your life, the answer is likely related to what you tell yourself and the lens through which you see the world.” – Marta Spirk

“As a business leader, you must also pay it forward and give it backward.” – Charlene Walters

“Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.” – Mary Kay Ash, founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics.

“Define success in your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you’re proud to live.” – Anne Sweeney, former co-chair of Disney Media Networks.

“There is nothing like a concrete life plan to weigh you down. Because if you always have one eye on some future goal, you stop paying attention to the job at hand, miss opportunities that might arise, and stay fixedly on one path, even when a better, newer course might have opened up.” – Indra K. Nooyi, former CEO of Pepsi Co.

“I learned to always take on things I’d never done before. Growth and comfort do not coexist.” – Virginia Rometty, former Chairman, president and CEO of IBM.

“Don’t be intimidated by what you don’t know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else.” – Sara Blakely, founder of Spanx.

“Do the best you can in every task, no matter how unimportant it may seem at the time. No one learns more about a problem than the person at the bottom.” – Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman appointed to the US Supreme Court.

“Find the smartest people you can and surround yourself with them.” – Marissa Meyer, former president and chief executive officer of Yahoo!

“Know what you bring. Know what you don’t bring. And build a team that covers everything you need.” – Angie Hicks, co-founder of Angie’s List.

“Don’t be afraid to do something big.” — Daphne Koller, Co-founder of Coursera

“Don’t be intimidated by what you don’t know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else.” — Sara Blakely, Founder of Spanx

“Surround yourself with a trusted and loyal team. It makes all the difference.” — Alison Pincus, Co-founder of One Kings Lane

“Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.” – Coco Chanel

“The difference between successful people and others is how long they spend time feeling sorry for themselves.” – Barbara Corcoran

“There are many things you can do overnight but there is no overnight success.” – Tory Burch

“Success isn’t about the end result, it’s about what you learn along the way.” – Vera Wang

“We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes – understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success.” – Arianna Huffington

“I learned to always take on things I’d never done before. Growth and comfort do not coexist.” – Virginia Romerty

“When things get hard (which they will), your WHY needs to be strong enough to keep you going.” — Ali Bonar, Co-founder of OatHaus

“You can’t do it all. You have to give what you’ve got for the day and leave the rest for tomorrow.” — Beatrice Dixon, Founder of The Honeypot Company

“The road to success is always under construction.” – actress, comedian, writer and producer Lily Tomlin.

“One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.” – Marie Curie, physicist, chemist, and two-time Nobel Prize winner.

“Repetition makes reputation and reputation makes customers.” – Elizabeth Arden, founder of Elizabeth Arden Inc.

“So often, people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard.” – Caterina Fake, co-founder of Flickr.

“Business coaches tell you to be yourself and let yourself shine through your business. But to be yourself, you have to know yourself.” – Marta Spirk, The Empowered Woman: The Ultimate Roadmap to Business Success

“Hard work pays off when done smartly.” – Marion Bekoe

“I’m an anytime, anyday person, depending on what needs to be done.” – Marion Bekoe

“I don’t compete with women, I cooperate with them.” – Marion Bekoe, I WILL BE A BILLIONAIRE: The right mindset is the first step towards the journey.

“I’m extremely crazy that life throws money at me instead of lemons, given that I own lemon farms from the previous lemon it threw at me.” – Marion Bekoe

“Just tell me I can’t do it; that’ll pretty much guarantee it gets done.” – Deidra Mitchell, President and CEO of Waséyabek Development Company LLC

“With more women stepping up to leadership roles and empowering young women, I believe it will be easier for ‘glass ceilings’ to get out of the way.” – Shi Mei Chin, CFO, Spark Systems Pte Ltd

“Just because you are CEO, don’t think you have landed. You must continually increase your learning, the way you think, and the way you approach the organization. I’ve never forgotten that.” – Indra Nooyi, CEO PepsiCo

“In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.” – Sheryl Sandberg

“If your mind can conceive it, and your heart can believe it – you can achieve it.” – Oprah Winfrey

“The most important thing a woman can have – next to talent, of course – is her own financial security.” – Katherine Graham

“You can’t make decisions based on fear and the possibility of what might happen.” – Michelle Obama

“Don’t be intimidated by what you don’t know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else.” – Sara Blakely

“It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not.” – Valerie Young – Anne Sweeney

“We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women’s voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored.” – Sheryl Sandberg

“I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that’s how I operate my life.” – Oprah Winfrey

“I don’t think women are better than men. I think they’re just different. And I think we need to stop trying to be something we’re not and just be ourselves.” – Condoleezza Rice

“Whatever it is that you think you want to do, and whatever it is that you think stands between you and that, stop making excuses. You can do anything,” – Katia Beauchamp, co – founder and CEO of Birchbox.

“Walt Disney told his crew to ‘build the castle first’ when constructing Disney World, knowing that vision would continue to serve as motivation throughout the project. Oftentimes when people fail to achieve what they want in life, it’s because their vision isn’t strong enough.” – Gail Blanke, president and CEO of Lifedesigns.

“If you’re clear on what you believe, you have a great foundation to go make a market.” – Ginni Rometty, former chairman, president and CEO of IBM.

“Whatever you do, be different – that was the advice my mother gave me, and I can’t think of better advice for an entrepreneur. If you’re different, you will stand out.” – Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop.

“If you are committed to creating value and if you aren’t afraid of hard times; obstacles become utterly unimportant. A nuisance perhaps; but with no real power. The world respects creation; people will get out of your way.” – Candice Carpenter, founder of iVillage.com.

“When life gets ya down, you know what you gotta do? Just keep swimming…” – Dory, Finding Nemo

“Don’t feel stupid if you don’t like what everyone else pretends to like.” – Emma Watson

“Never take no personally. Sometimes people tell you no for a reason that has nothing to do with you. You must keep going.” – Sofia Vergara

“Is it reckless? Maybe. But what do dreams know of boundaries?” – Amelia Earhart

“The most successful entrepreneurs I know are optimistic. It’s part of the job description.” – Caterina Fake

“I realized that if I was willing to step up and be in the spotlight, I’d be able to make everyone else around me much more powerful as well.” – Alaina Percival

“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough” – Oprah Winfrey

“Well, put some skates on and be your own hero.” – Maggie Mayhem, Whip It

“Do not follow where the path might lead. Go instead where there is no path, and leave a trail.” – Muriel Strode

“You are never too young to make a difference.” – Greta Thunberg

“Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.” – Oprah Winfrey

“I learned to always take on things I’d never done before. Growth and comfort do not coexist.” – Ginni Rometty

“Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticised anyway.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“Leadership is hard to define, and good leadership even harder. But if you can get people to follow you to the ends of the earth, you’re a great leader.” – Indra Nooyi

“Option A is not available. So let’s kick the sh** out of option B.” – Sheryl Sandberg, former COO of Facebook.

“Aerodynamically, the bumblebee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn’t know that so it goes on flying anyway.” – Mary Kay Ash, founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics.

“If you think you’re too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito in the room.” – Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop.

“In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.” – Coco Chanel, founder of Chanel.

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Conclusion

From breaking barriers to shattering glass ceilings, these quotes inspire us to dream big, work hard, and strive for greatness. Let the wisdom and experience of these trailblazing women guide you on your journey to success, reminding you that with determination and passion, anything is possible in the world of business.