Ben Horowitz on Success Quotes

"In business, you either win or you learn."

"Spend zero time on what you could have done, and devote all of your time on what you might do."

"Building a company is the hardest thing you will ever do, but it's also the most rewarding."

"Success is not a destination; it's a journey of continuous improvement."

"Hire for strength, not lack of weakness."

"The Struggle is when you wonder why you started the company in the first place."

"You can't build a billion-dollar business without a culture that can withstand the storm."

"Success is the result of thousands of small, correct actions taken over a long period."

"You can't plan for luck, but you can plan to be in a position to take advantage of it."

"The struggle is where greatness comes from."

"Take care of the people, the products, and the profits—in that order."

"If you aren't winning, you're losing; there is no middle ground."

"The best way to build a great team is to be a great leader."

"Success is not a one-time event; it is the result of a routine of making the right decisions over and over again."

"If you don't have a plan, you're part of someone else's plan."

"Every great entrepreneur has to deal with the struggle."

"In the end, it’s not about the money; it’s about the impact you make."

"The key to success is to never give up."

"In a startup, the vision is the only thing that keeps you going when the bank account is empty."

"The hardest part of being a CEO is managing your own psychology."

"Optimism is not a strategy."

"If you don't have the confidence to lead through the dark times, you don't deserve the light of the exit."

"If you don't treat the hard things as the most important things, you'll never get to the good things."

"Greatness is a habit, not a destination."

"The struggle is where the vision is tested. If it doesn't survive the struggle, it wasn't a vision; it was a hallucination."

"You can’t worry about the mistakes, because you’re going to make a lot of them. You’ve got to worry about the goals."

"You have to be willing to fail to succeed."

"The best way to predict the future is to create it yourself."

"Success is not final, and failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts."

"Without belief, you are just managing a decline."

"The first rule of the struggle is: Don't put it all on your shoulders."

"You can't worry about what you can't control. You have to focus on what you can do."

"Hire for strength rather than lack of weakness."