As an entrepreneur, you’re always looking for new and innovative ways to grow your business. Sometimes, that means looking to other entrepreneurs for inspiration. Luckily, there are plenty of quotes out there from some of the most successful businessmen and women in history. Here are just a few of our favorites.

The best available quotes

1. Our thoughts are not roadblocks to our meditation, they are the divine expression of the universe and the building blocks of infinite possibilities available to us in every moment. — davidji

2. There is no other space, no other time. This moment is all. In this moment the whole existence converges, in this moment all is available. — Osho, Zen: The Path of Paradox

3. Be open to the possibility that there are other paths available to you in relating to yourself and to another. — Sharon Salzberg, Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection

4. One has attained a very fortunate incarnation, I think, to be in a culture, in a place, in a time when psychedelic knowledge is available. — Terence Mckenna

5. Marijuana at the time we were making movies [with Cheech Marine] was not that readily available and I do prefer to be coherent when I am working. — Tommy Chong

6. President Bush has committed billions to the fight against AIDS, thus making retroviral drugs available to millions of HIV–positive Africans. — Tony Snow

7. We must act now to make sure fresh water is available to everyone, no matter where they live. The consequences of doing nothing will be even more catastrophic. — Penelope Cruz

8. What’s important is that all human knowledge be made available to all intelligent people who want to learn it. — Stephen Jay Gould

9. I was very much fascinated with the technology we had that we could edit in the computer our compositions, but all the sounds that were available on the market were crap. — Miroslav Vitous

10. Being single doesn’t necessarily mean you’re available. Sometimes you have to put up a sign that says ‘Do Not Disturb’ on your heart. — Wiz Khalifa

11. To take advantage of unexpected opportunities, we must leave ourselves available. — S. Truett Cathy

12. Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. — C. Northcote Parkinson

13. Meditation cannot be taught, it can only be caught. I am meditation. If you are available you can catch it. — Rajneesh

14. Some of the best health care services are free or cost very little and are even available to millionaires but hardly anyone knows they exist. — Matthew Lesko

15. To be able to impact the society and to be an agent of change, you have to make yourself available to serve. — Sunday Adelaja, The Mountain of Ignorance

16. My circle of friends are not actors at all. None of them are actors, really, because they’re are not available. They’re always off somewhere. — Sir Michael Caine

17. I have always told anyone who would listen that I was available for more public service. — Shirley Temple

18. We stopped doing my clothing line about five years ago, so it isn’t available anymore. — Rue Mcclanahan

19. Just because you are available for a relationship, doesn’t mean you are ready for one. Sometimes you need a break from external relationships to nourish the internal one. — Steve Maraboli

20. Desires are only a problem when the means to fulfill them are not available. — Marty Rubin

21. Marijuana at the time we were making movies [with Cheech Marine] was not that readily available and I do prefer to be coherent when I am working. — Tommy Chong

22. Liberty Through Strength II is simply aimed at retaining data that was already available. It has already been collected lawfully. — Mike Pompeo

23. The universe is infinite, and the experiences and opportunities available to us are likewise. — Stephen Richards

24. Meditation cannot be taught, it can only be caught. I am meditation. If you are available you can catch it. — Rajneesh

25. Decision making in a democracy depends above all on knowledge and not just the intel available to presidents and policymakers. — Nancy Gibbs

26. If you want to look for obstacles, what’s wrong is always available. But so is what’s right! — Tony Robbins

27. The way we work in public health is, we make the best recommendations and decisions based on the best available data. — Tom Frieden

28. Great news is that time is constant and anyone can catch it anytime, but the worst news is that time is transient, and it will not be available to you the next time. — Sandeep Sahajpal

29. One has attained a very fortunate incarnation, I think, to be in a culture, in a place, in a time when psychedelic knowledge is available. — Terence Mckenna

30. Money can merely buy/acquire/get you what is already available. Without it one has an unlimited opportunity to innovate and create anything, — Nikhil Sharda, Sans Destination

31. Great news is that time is constant and anyone can catch it anytime, but the worst news is that time is transient, and it will not be available to you the next time. — Sandeep Sahajpal

32. Thus each truth discovered was a rule available in the discovery of subsequent ones. — Rene Descartes

33. The highest prize in a world of men is the most beautiful woman available on your arm and living there in her heart loyal to you. — Normal Mailer

34. We shouldn’t all be fixated just on what’s not available. We should take a step back and look at the total that’s available, because there’s a mountain of information about us. — Tim Cook

35. It is very queer, but not the less true, that people are generally quite as vain, or even more so, of their deficiencies than of their available gifts. — Nathaniel Hawthorne

36. Religion is probably, after sex, the second oldest resource which human beings have available to them for blowing their mind. — Susan Sontag

37. Just because you are available for a relationship, doesn’t mean you are ready for one. Sometimes you need a break from external relationships to nourish the internal one. — Steve Maraboli

38. Rather than getting nostalgic…embrace the new opportunities and challenges available to you now. — Richard Branson

39. Don’t criticise the person who talks to himself — maybe he’s the best company available.

40. There is a different future that is available to North Korea, if they choose differently. — Mitchell Reiss

41. In science, one should use all available resources to solve difficult problems. One of our most powerful resources is the insight of our colleagues. — Peter Agre

42. There is a different future that is available to North Korea, if they choose differently. — Mitchell Reiss

43. Change is the most beneficial power available to you, simply change the things you don’t like, replacing them with your true desires. — Steven Redhead, Keys to Creating Your Reality

44. Brilliant strategy is the best route to desirable ends with available means. — Max McKeown, The Strategy Book

45. There is no other space, no other time. This moment is all. In this moment the whole existence converges, in this moment all is available. — Osho, Zen: The Path of Paradox

46. If you want to look for obstacles, what’s wrong is always available. But so is what’s right! — Tony Robbins

47. Politics is not perfect but it’s the best available nonviolent means of changing how we live. — Maynard Jackson

48. Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems. — Scott Adams

49. It’s not about the resources you have available. It’s about the resourcefulness you have within you. — Tony Robbins

50. Cooking has always brought me a happiness that I didn’t think was available. I just fire up the stove, and things start to fade away. — Paula Deen

Conclusion

We hope that this list of the best quotes about being available has inspired you to take time to be present and open to the possibilities that life can bring. Although life does not always go according to plan, it’s important to stay open to the potential for good things to happen when we are available to receive them. Thank you for joining us on this journey of exploring the many inspiring quotes about being available.