Jack Dorsey Quotes

… good luck and good timing are huge components of outsized success in entrepreneurial endeavors. Lots of things have to go right, and the planets have to align; that certainly happened in Amazon’s case. Our timing turned out to be very good. And so you can’t sit down to write a business plan and say you’re going to build a multibillion-dollar corporation; that’s unrealistic.

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.

Don't spend so much time trying to choose the perfect opportunity, that you miss the right opportunity.

A new leadership. A choice. A chance. Don't cry about what you don't have. Use what you got.

It will never be a perfect time, you can only make time perfect.

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.

I was smart enough to go through any door that opened.

I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it... The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on.

A good idea is about ten percent and implementation and hard work, and luck is 90 percent.

Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.

With writing, timing is everything. Being in the right place at the right time.

The two most important requirements for major success are: first, being in the right place at the right time, and second, doing something about it.

This industry isn't fair. It doesn't owe anybody a career. It's just about luck, determination, and showing up and being professional. The rest is out of your hands.

The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

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.

In this business, I don't know how you can have a plan or how you can orchestrate anything. But I've been lucky with my choices. I'm very strong-willed, so I've been able to stick with it. I'm lucky there.

Anybody can do a deal. The tough part is doing the deal at the right time, being strategic.

It is not enough to be in the right place at the right time. You should also have an open mind at the right time.

You just have to be clear in your head and take the chances when they come.

I think a lot of success I have had in the past is I have been able to work points, find the right time to come forward.

Talent is not enough. You need to be in the right place at the right moment.

When entrepreneurs talk about their success, they rarely talk about luck. I think that's because most of them think the concept denigrates the hard work and smart thinking they put into their projects. But luck is a huge part of any successful business.

You can't replace luck and timing. With Workday, our timing was perfect. We started in 2005 right as cloud computing was beginning to take off.

I have to do a better job of picking the spots where I want to attack and picking the right moment when I need to attack.

Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation