Ludwig von Mises Quotes

An enterprising person is one who sees opportunity in all areas of life.

An enterprising person is one who comes across a pile of scrap metal and sees the making of a wonderful sculpture. An enterprising person is one who drives through an old decrepit part of town and sees a new housing development. An enterprising person is one who sees opportunity in all areas of life.

Being an entrepreneur isn't really about starting a business. It's a way of looking at the world: seeing opportunity where others see obstacles, taking risks when others take refuge.

All people are entrepreneurs, but many don't have the opportunity to find that out.

Don’t just try to find great opportunities. Find an opportunity and make it great.

Because it's so empowering, I want people to think about being entrepreneurial regardless. They don't have to start companies, but that's what makes them great employees, that's what makes them great citizens.

There are always opportunities through which businessmen can profit handsomely if they will only recognize and seize them.

Opportunity does not always knock twice. You have to make some of your own opportunities and you have to go in and grab those.

The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.

Entrepreneurs are great at dealing with uncertainty and also very good at minimizing risk. That's the classic great entrepreneur.

The heart of the entrepreneur can beat freely in anyone.

All human beings are born entrepreneurs. Some get a chance to unleash that capacity. Some never got the chance, never knew that he or she has that capacity.

You know how people always talk about how vision is the key to entrepreneurship and perseverance and really seeing what other people don't see? We can actually redeem a fair amount of that folk wisdom.

I like to encourage people who are entrepreneurs-in-waiting.

I think entrepreneurs are born and not created, and so I think you see a lot of similarities among entrepreneurs in different parts of the world. Their backdrop may be very different, but their drive to create a business and to create jobs remains very much the same, whether it's in Silicon Valley or Kandahar or Kabul.

I'd like to see the word 'entrepreneur' knocked off its pedestal. Being 'entrepreneurial' is something I look for not only in founders to invest in, but also employees to hire.

Based on my experience, I would say that rather than taking lessons in how to become an entrepreneur, you should jump into the pool and start swimming.

I've often thought of successful entrepreneurs as individuals who have just the right expertise - at just the right moment - to solve the emerging problems of their time.

A lot of people hustle differently, and I was like, 'You know what, let me hustle and create, and let me have something to show,' cuz my hustle led to opportunity.

There are lots of people who say you are born an entrepreneur - you either have that gene or not. I really disagree with that.

I've always been a very confident person, and I know how important it is to take advantage when life gives you opportunity.

I had my first flower stall when I was seven, at the end of the drive in Minehead, Somerset. Nobody was stopping so I moved it to my neighbour's drive, because I thought: 'Location, location, location.' It worked.

Forget about the business outlook... be on the outlook for business.

I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them.

Opportunities may come along for you to convert something - something that exists into something that didn't yet. That might be the beginning of it.