Welcome to the 2nd half of the year. Today, we have selected 10 quotes from successful female business leaders and industry giants. The purpose is to keep you motivated and inspired. Some may argue that we don’t need motivation because it wears away. However, just like bathing every day, sometimes you are clean but still bathe regardless so is motivation, even though it may not be needed, it is always there for you to keep you going. See below:
- “When it comes to doing my job, I keep my ego in my handbag.” – Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of World Trade Organisation
- “Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you’re proud to live.” – Anne Sweeney
- “Success isn’t about how much money you make, it’s about the difference you make in people’s lives.” – Michelle Obama, Former first lady of the United States
- “I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse.” – Florence Nightingale, Founder of modern nursing
- “Whatever you do, be different – that was the advice my mother gave me, and I can’t think of better advice for an entrepreneur. If you’re different, you will stand out.” Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop
- “If you think you’re too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito in the room.”—Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop
- “So often people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard.” – Caterina Fake, Co-founder of Flickr
- “People respond well to those that are sure of what they want.” – Anna Wintour, Editor-in-chief of American Vogue
- “I learned to always take on things I’d never done before. Growth and comfort do not coexist.” — Virginia Rometty, CEO of IBM
- “There is nothing like a concrete life plan to weigh you down. Because if you always have one eye on some future goal, you stop paying attention to the job at hand, miss opportunities that might arise and stay fixedly on one path, even when a better, newer course might have opened up.”—Indra K. Nooyi, CEO of Pepsi Co.