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15 Inspirational Quotes that Salute the Spirit of National Startup Day 2025
India has a strong entrepreneurial history, and it has gone from strength to strength in recent years. With the third-largest startup ecosystem in the world and over 100 unicorns calling it home, the country is a hotbed of innovation.
With the nation today joining hands to salute the spirit of entrepreneurship, we round up 15 quotes that could possibly spark your own entrepreneurial journey.
- “I don’t believe in taking right decisions, I take decisions and make them right.” – Ratan Tata, Chairman of Tata Group
- “In the journey of an entrepreneur, the most important thing is self-belief and the ability to convert that belief into reality.” – Mukesh Ambani, Chairman & MD, Reliance Industries
- “If you don’t give yourself a chance, who will? If you don’t take a chance, who will? And I think you should take a chance on you.” – Vijay Shekhar Sharma, CEO, Paytm
- “If you fully accept the worst that can ever happen in your journey, fear won’t ever be an obstacle in starting-up” – Kunal Shah, Founder, Cred
- “A big business starts small.” – Richard Branson, Founder of Virgin Group
- “I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.” – Elon Musk, Chief Executive, Tesla, X, and SpaceX
- “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney, Co-founder, The Walt Disney Company
- “Failure is an important part of the journey. Embrace it, learn from it, and grow stronger.” –Deepinder Goyal, Founder & CEO, Zomato
- “The entrepreneur must go after solving big challenges of our time with a very high-quality understanding of their space.”– Sachin Bansal, Founder of Flipkart
- “You invest in people, you don’t invest in ideas.” – Albinder Dhindsa, Co-founder and CEO at blinkit
- “I really believe that entrepreneurship is about being able to face failure, manage failure and succeed after failing.” – Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Executive Chairperson and Founder of Biocon & Biocon Biologics
- “Curiosity will always give you an edge because learning is integral to growth. Whether it’s a road less travelled or not, take the path you want to take.” – Falguni Nayar, CEO of Nykaa
- “Don’t become an entrepreneur just because it’s considered cool or simply to seek valuation. Solve real fundamental problems and feel strongly about them. Keep a close connection with your customer.” – Amit Jain, Co-founder and CEO of CarDekho
- “You have to see failure as the beginning and the middle, but never entertain it as an end.” – Yashish Dahiya, CEO & Co-Founder, PolicyBazaar
- “There are no shortcuts to hard work and consistency, therefore, show-up every day. Stop making excuses, you are the only one accountable.” – Mayank Kumar Co-founder of upGrad and BorderPlus
