Shawn Carter, best known by his stage name, Jay-Z, has not only proven to be a success in the music industry, but he has also proven to be an extremely successful entrepreneur. From nightclubs to restaurants, clothing lines to beauty products, basketball teams to sports agencies, it’s safe to say that Jay-Z has successfully dabbled in a number of industries during his entrepreneurial career. He has absolutely proven he understands what it takes to reach your business goals. With that said, between his music, interviews, and various other forms of communication to the world, Jay-Z has provided a number of noteworthy quotes that all entrepreneurs can learn from. If you don’t enjoy rap music, don’t judge this man’s accomplishments on the fact he is a rapper. That isn’t fair to what he has done in the world of business as one of the most successful famous entrepreneurs to ever walk planet earth. Let’s take a look at 29 of Jay-Z’s inspirational quotes that any entrepreneur can implement into his or her life.
29 Inspirational Jay-Z Quotes For the Entrepreneur:
1. “It just got to a point where it was, like, ‘Make this decision, because this is something you really love and you love to do. It’s time to really focus on and then get serious about it, give it your all.’ And once I did that, it was no looking back from there.”
2. “You learn more in failure than you ever do in success.”
3. “Remind yourself. Nobody built like you, you design yourself.”
4. “I’d rather die enormous than live dormant.”
5. “I’m not a businessman, I’m a business, man.”
6. “I sell ice in the winter, I sell fire in hell, I am a hustler baby, I’ll sell water to a well.”
7. “I will not lose, for even in defeat, there’s a valuable lesson learned, so it evens up for me.”
8. “Ain’t nothin’ wrong with the aim, just gotta change the target.”
9. “You can want success all you want, but to get it, you can’t falter. You can’t slip. You can’t sleep. One eye open, for real, and forever.”
10. “I’m not afraid of dying. I’m afraid of not trying.”
11. “I believe excellence is being able to perform at a high level over and over.”
12. “Consistency is key to success and you have to give it all every time.”
13. “May the best of your today’s be the worst of your tomorrow’s”
14. “A wise man told me don’t argue with fools. Cause people from a distance can’t tell who is who.”
15. “Life is for living, not living up tight.”
16. “He’d discovered a way to work in the legit world but to live the dream of the hustler: independence, wealth, and success outside of the mainstream’s rule.”
17. “Leave a mark they can’t erase, neither space nor time.”
18. “You can pay for school, but you can’t buy class.”
19. “How you get so fly? From not being afraid to fall out the sky”
20. “I spring train in the winter, around early December”
21. “I’m hungry for knowledge.”
22. “Without the work, the magic won’t come.”
23. “Shakespeare was a man who wrote poetry. I’m a man who writes poetry. Why not compare yourself to the best?”
24. “Look what I embody: the soul of a hustler.”
25. “I’m far from being god, but I work god damn hard.”
26. “If I don’t show the world growth, how are we going to grow?”
27. “My mind on my money, money on my mind If you owe me ten dollars, you ain’t giving me nine”
28. “Hustlers we don’t sleep, we rest one eye up”
29. “Men lie, women lie, numbers don’t”