Ryan Holiday Quotes

I define leadership as: Emotionally, you own your business. You own it with passion. And you either have or you don't have an economic investment. But when you have all three of those, you are the boss from Day One, and you care every single day more than anyone.

When you get involved in a startup, you have to be passionate.

You have to have an emotional investment in what you're doing. If you don't love what you're doing, failure is pretty much guaranteed.

Because I don't see Virgin as a company but as a way of life and I fully enjoy it, I don't think I'll ever retire.

Entrepreneurs: See yourself as victorious- and the best way to be victorious is to be passionate. Find something you love doing!

I love the business of business; I love the risk raking.

I never dreamed of dancing on television or anything like that. It's more of things that come along that excite me and inspire me.

You'll read things and say, this is a really good project and it's probably going to be a hit, but I can see 20 other people playing that part. You have to have some sense of ownership to do a good job and be married to it for ever.

Man, if I made one million dollars I would come in at six in the morning, sweep the stands, wash the uniforms, clean out the office, manage the team and play the games.

All the things I love is what my business is all about.

There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there's only scarcity of resolve to make it happen.

I think you get out of film school what you put into it. If you don't care about making movies, film school will do you no good.

You know, being an entrepreneur is super hard work, and if you're not passionate about what you're doing, you're probably not going to succeed.

I watch 'Shark Tank,' of course. It's very entertaining. I think it's actually good to help people think about the business they might start, and sometimes you get encouraged by looking at someone going into business and saying, 'Hey, I could do that.'

It is only your passion which takes you forward. So it is my gyaan to all budding singers that keep faith in your passion and prepare yourself, because you will get that opportunity sooner or later, and if you can prove yourself, people will line up for you.

Now I don't work for the money or the glory. I just work because I like building businesses.

I like people who are enthused about things they do, like travel, sports, work. I like being with people who have things they're excited about.

You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart.

You can't be an entrepreneur for other people. You can't start a company for other people. You have to love it more than you ever thought of loving something that wasn't a human being. The demands will kick you down and rob your life - but yet, it is so rewarding.

The truth is, when I got started in this business, it wasn't because I had a full understanding of the importance of the business, but because I thought it was fun. I found it exciting. It fulfilled me, whatever it was that I was looking for.

Passion gets an entrepreneur through the startup days and the enormous efforts it takes to build a business.

What I relish most is when a member of my staff, who has worked with passion and patience towards achieving their dream of owning a restaurant, walks up to me and says, 'Nobu! I have done it!'

The more connected that individual is to an issue they care about, the higher probability there is they will stay involved over a longer period of time.

What is the recipe for successful achievement? To my mind there are just four essential ingredients: Choose a career you love, give it the best there is in you, seize your opportunities, and be a member of the team.

If I had one piece of advice to tell an entrepreneur, I always say, 'You have to have emotional investment in what you're working on.' That's what we lacked at Odeo.