Ben Horowitz on Success Quotes

"The secret to being a successful CEO is not having a big vision; it's surviving the struggle."

"The most important lesson in entrepreneurship: embrace the struggle."

"Most things that look like luck are actually the result of relentless action."

"The only thing that matters is the result."

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

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

"At the end of the day, your belief is the only thing that belongs entirely to you."

"There are no silver bullets, only lead bullets."

"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."

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

"In business, you are always playing an iterated game with your employees, your customers, and your peers."

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

"Hiring is not about finding people with the right experience; it’s about finding people with the right mindset."

"The difference between a good company and a great company is how they handle failure."

"Greatness is a habit, not a destination."

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

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

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

"Spending time on the culture may seem like a luxury when you’re fighting for your life, but it’s actually the thing that saves you."

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

"The struggle is where self-doubt greedily consumes the courage and replaces it with the burning desire to quit."

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

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

"Often, the best product doesn't win. The product that everybody knows about wins."

"The habit of taking accountability is the foundation of leadership."

"Hire for strength rather than lack of weakness."

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

"The struggle is not failure, but it causes failure. Especially if you are weak."

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

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

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

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

"Optimism is not a strategy."