2020 began on an atrocious note given the advent of the coronavirus pandemic . With the new year 2021 now in focus, despite a lingering coronavirus of 2020, a new dawn of hope, opportunities, and growth has been offered to all and sundry.
As goals for new year 2021 have been set by entrepreneurs, business owners, and workers, a changing business environment has been embraced with the hope of better business opportunities , hope, and transformation. Below are 40 inspirational and motivational quotes for business growth and success as we begin the 2021.
“Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect.” – Alan Cohen “Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.” —Dale Carnegie “The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.” — Winston Churchill “If you are working on something that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed. The vision pulls you.” — Steve Jobs “This year, be structured enough for success and achievement and flexible enough for creativity and fun.” – Taylor Duvall “Celebrate endings—for they precede new beginnings.” – Jonathan Huie “Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.” ―Vernon Sanders Law “Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus. “ — Alexander Graham Bell “The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide you’re not going to stay where you are.” – J.P. Morgan “Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. The slogan ‘Press On’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” —Calvin Coolidge “We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day.” – Edith Lovejoy Pierce “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” – Socrates “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S.Lewis “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” —Ralph Waldo “You are never too old to reinvent yourself.” – Steve Harvey “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot “When you make the effort to inspire, amuse, or simply connect with your audience, the results can be just the boost your brand needs.” —Jasmine Henry of Inbound Marketing Agents “Never underestimate the power you have to take your life in a new direction.” – Germany Kent “The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones that do.” —Steve Jobs • “Every moment is a fresh beginning.” – T.S.Eliot “Make sure your passion for what you do spreads to your team, because if that happens, your customers are going to be very happy.” —Janine Popick, CEO and founder of VerticalResponse, “Life’s not about expecting, hoping and wishing, it’s about doing, being and becoming.” – Mike Dooley “I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.” – Thomas Jefferson “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela “Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” – Carl Bard “Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go. They merely determine where you start.” – Nido Quebin “Each year’s regrets are envelopes in which messages of hope are found for the new year.” – John R. Dallas. Jnr. “Whatever it is you’re scared of doing, do it. Make your mistakes next year and forever.” – Neil Gaiman “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt “Strength shows not only in the ability to persist, but the ability to start over.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald “Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one.” – Brad Paisley “The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.” Emelia Earhart • “Either you run the day, or the day runs you.” Jim Rohn “The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.” – Emelia Earhart “It is only when we take chances, when our lives improve. The initial and the most difficult risk that we need to take is to become honest. —Walter Anderson “Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston S. Churchill “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” — Thomas Edison “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.” — Steve Jobs “Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” — Will Rogers “It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.” — Herman Melville