You don’t have to be a business expert to know that hard work and dedication are important qualities for success. But even the most successful entrepreneurs will tell you that there’s more to it than just working hard. To quote Richard Branson, “The only way to learn is by doing.” These elegant quotes from famous entrepreneurs will give you some insight into what it takes to be successful.
The best elegant quotes
1. Versace was and still is about the sophisticated woman who is elegant, not afraid of her own sensuality, and not afraid to dare or take risks in life. — Nicki Minaj
2. I defy any woman that doesn’t feel more elegant and more groomed and ready for an evening than if you have a blow dry. — Tamsin Egerton
3. A first date should be elegant. In comfortable surroundings. A place with excellent food, where you can talk easily and get to know each other. — Oleg Cassini
4. Although I love elegant parties, dancing and dining and spending the night with a sweet woman in my arms, my life belongs to literature. — Roman Payne, The Wanderess
5. A sect or party is an elegant incognito devised to save a man from the vexation of thinking. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
6. Her every movement transfixed him — she was graceful and refined. She’d become a woman. An elegant woman.
7. Because I dress up elegantly for work, the last thing I want to do is dress elegantly when I’m at home. Or even when I go out. — Vanna White
8. I look at Google and think they have a strong academic culture. Elegant solutions to complex problems. — Mark Zuckerberg
9. I hate gowns. It’s a rare gown indeed that is cool. Most are elegant or whatever, a quality I don’t put a big premium on. — Mindy Kaling
10. I like it to be visually powerful, intellectually elegant, and above all, timeless. — Massimo Vignelli
11. Although I love elegant parties, dancing and dining and spending the night with a sweet woman in my arms, my life belongs to literature. — Roman Payne, The Wanderess
12. Elegantly accomplished, said Nehemiah Trot. I shall compose an Ode. Would you like to stay and listen? — Neil Gaiman
13. We would have to settle for the elegant goal of becoming ourselves. — William Styron
14. Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison. — Samuel Johnson
15. Human beings are drawn to cats because they are all we are not–self–contained, elegant in everything they do, relaxed, assured, glad of company, yet still possessing secret lives. — Pam Brown
16. The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical, an elegant and pregnant texture: that is style, that is the foundation of the art of literature. — Robert Louis Stevenson
17. Elegance and kindness is an elegant and kind reply to the rudeness of this world! — Mehmet Murat ildan
18. Mouse sandwiches and open graves?’ Meredith arched an elegant eyebrow. ‘I think you’re getting Stephen King mixed up with Lewis Carroll. — L.J. Smith
19. Elegantly accomplished, said Nehemiah Trot. I shall compose an Ode. Would you like to stay and listen? — Neil Gaiman
20. Human beings are drawn to cats because they are all we are not–self–contained, elegant in everything they do, relaxed, assured, glad of company, yet still possessing secret lives. — Pam Brown
21. Consider how wool is turned into an elegantly designed carpet by coming into contact with an intelligent person. — Rumi
22. A first date should be elegant. In comfortable surroundings. A place with excellent food, where you can talk easily and get to know each other. — Oleg Cassini
23. What makes a champion is not how elegantly you start, but how strongly you finish…!! — Robin Sharma
24. A sect or party is an elegant incognito devised to save a man from the vexation of thinking. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
25. I think [the design] sucks. Its shape is not innovative, it’s not elegant and it doesn’t feel anthropomorphic. — Steve Jobs
26. When we are walking our chosen path, we walk elegantly, emanating light. — Paulo Coelho
27. To find elegant souls, you must wander in the elegant places! — Mehmet Murat ildan
28. I think [the design] sucks. Its shape is not innovative, it’s not elegant and it doesn’t feel anthropomorphic. — Steve Jobs
29. Elegantly accomplished, said Nehemiah Trot. I shall compose an Ode. Would you like to stay and listen? — Neil Gaiman
30. What is especially striking and remarkable is that in fundamental physics a beautiful or elegant theory is more likely to be right than a theory that is inelegant. — Murray Gell–Mann
31. Consider how wool is turned into an elegantly designed carpet by coming into contact with an intelligent person. — Rumi
32. Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one’s self? — Ralph Waldo Emerson
33. We would have to settle for the elegant goal of becoming ourselves. — William Styron
34. What had, moments ago, appeared a dangerous gambit, now seemed an elegant coup de maître. — A.H. Septimius, Crowns Of Amara: The Return Of The Oracle
35. What had, moments ago, appeared a dangerous gambit, now seemed an elegant coup de maître. — A.H. Septimius, Crowns Of Amara: The Return Of The Oracle
36. I look at Google and think they have a strong academic culture. Elegant solutions to complex problems. — Mark Zuckerberg
37. What had, moments ago, appeared a dangerous gambit, now seemed an elegant coup de maître. — A.H. Septimius, Crowns Of Amara: The Return Of The Oracle
38. We would have to settle for the elegant goal of becoming ourselves. — William Styron
39. I hate gowns. It’s a rare gown indeed that is cool. Most are elegant or whatever, a quality I don’t put a big premium on. — Mindy Kaling
40. It’s all about baby steps and trying to figure out how to slowly, elegantly become an adult. — Selena Gomez
41. I look at Google and think they have a strong academic culture. Elegant solutions to complex problems. — Mark Zuckerberg
42. I love the way Tyra Banks dresses up–she looks so elegant and glamorous in whatever she wears. The confidence and attitude she exudes on and off the ramp is remarkable. — Yami Gautam
43. I am sentimental, ‘ she said. ‘I could dissect a koala but not its baby. I like the words damozel, eglantine, elegant. I love when you kiss my elongated white hand. — Vladimir Nabokov
44. Her every movement transfixed him — she was graceful and refined. She’d become a woman. An elegant woman.
45. A sect or party is an elegant incognito devised to save a man from the vexation of thinking. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
46. I look at Google and think they have a strong academic culture. Elegant solutions to complex problems. — Mark Zuckerberg
47. Elegantly accomplished, said Nehemiah Trot. I shall compose an Ode. Would you like to stay and listen? — Neil Gaiman
48. I defy any woman that doesn’t feel more elegant and more groomed and ready for an evening than if you have a blow dry. — Tamsin Egerton
49. The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical, an elegant and pregnant texture: that is style, that is the foundation of the art of literature. — Robert Louis Stevenson
50. I sold my elegant blackness to all those childhood ghosts and now they pay me for it. — Toni Morrison
Conclusion
We hope these quotes have given you some inspiration on how to lead an elegant life. Remember to take time to appreciate life’s beauty, be kind to others, and strive to live with grace and poise. An elegant life is not a destination—it’s a journey. Enjoy the ride!