15 Inspiring Small Business Quotes to Start Your Day Right For our small business owners who need a little inspiration!

Running a small business can be tough and demanding at times. What motivates you to open your doors up to customers each day?

When things get tough, it’s always good to remember why you started your business in the first place.

So enjoy these 15 inspirational quotes and give your day a boost!

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02To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business, and your business in your heart.

- Thomas Watson, Sr.

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- Walter Cronkite

I can’t imagine a person becoming a success who doesn’t give this game of life everything he’s got.

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I’m happy as long as I am making other people happy.

- Dominique Ansel, Dominique Ansel Bakery

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- Steve Jobs

I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.

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07Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.

- R. Collier

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08We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

- Aristotle

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10Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.

- Zig Ziglar

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11Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.

- Norman Schwarzkopf

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- Dwight D. Eisenhower

Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.

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13The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance. Remember, the greatest failure is to not try. Once you find something you love to do, be the best at doing it.

- Debbie Fields

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14There is no royal, flower-strewn path to success. And if there is, I have not found it. For if I have accomplished anything in life, it is because I have been willing to work hard.

- C.J. Walker

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15Small business isn’t for the faint of heart. It’s for the brave, the patient and the persistent. It’s for the overcomer.

- Unknown

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Angela PrillimanCustomer Loyalty Consultantblog.fivestars.com @FiveStars

As a founding member here at FiveStars, the reason I get up everyday is because I know we have many small business owners counting on us. Serving people–local businesses, FiveStars card customers, and colleagues–is what I was meant to do.

Have a great week!

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