We all experience moments of realization in our lives. As entrepreneurs, we may have more of these moments than others, as we constantly push ourselves to achieve new goals and grow our businesses. Below are some of the best quotes about realizing your potential and what it means to be an entrepreneur.

1. Stop imagining yourself being or doing this or that and the realization that you are the source and heart of all will dawn on you. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

2. Holistic self–realization is the realization of your heart’s desire. Why holistic? Because it involves your entire being.  — Stefan Emunds, Holistic Self–realization

3. A conductor should reconcile himself to the realization that regardless of his approach or temperament the eventual result is the same–the orchestra will hate him. — Oscar Levant

4. The realization that my parents, too, felt pain and fear frightened me more than any strangers could. — Sara Nović, Girl at War

5. Whatever one does without the right belief (samkit–Self–realization) will lead to karmic bondage. Even when he gives to charity or shows kindness — it is all karma bondage.

6. The positive element of kitsch lies in the fact that it sets free for a moment the glimmering realization that you have wasted your life. — Theodor Adorno

7. The seat of Realization is within and the seeker cannot find it as an object outside him. That seat is bliss and is the core of all beings. Hence it is called the Heart. — Ramana Maharshi

8. The drum of the realization of the promise is beating, we are sweeping the road to the sky. Your joy is here today, what remains for tomorrow? — Rumi

9. Your heart doesn’t like shady strategies. — Stefan Emunds, Holistic Self–realization

10. Artha–attainment of wealth, material prosperity, Its realization on righteous and moral basis be;–5– — Munindra Misra, Goals of Life

11. It took me a long time and much painful boomeranging of my expectations to achieve a realization everyone else appears to have been born with: That I am nobody but myself. — Ralph Ellison

12. Every now and then you have like a realization moment where you get goosebumps and think, ‘I am literally the luckiest person in the world. — Niall Horan

13. Panic is the sudden realization that everything around you is alive. — William S. Burroughs

14. We must proceed with a full realization that no statute enacted by man can repeal the inexorable laws of nature. — Warren G. Harding

15. One becomes gradually accustomed to a new realization of the nature of ‘happiness’: one has to assume happiness when Fate does not carry out all its threats simultaneously. — Sigmund Freud

16. The secret of contentment is the realization that life is a gift, not a right. Next to faith this is the highest art–to be content with the calling in which God has placed you. — Martin Luther

17. ‘sometimes it’s not that you ”fell out of love” it’s that you finally came to the realization that you were never truly ”in love” to begin with.’ — Stephan Labossiere

18. Stop imagining yourself being or doing this or that and the realization that you are the source and heart of all will dawn on you. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

19. Happiness is the offspring of concentrated action. Excellence is achieved through the progressive realization of incremental goals along the path of your life’s mission. — Robin Sharma

20. Suffering is the way for Realization of God. — Ramana Maharshi

21. Panic is the sudden realization that everything around you is alive. — William S. Burroughs

22. Once waking into the realization that eternity is waiting in every moment, I discovered that wealth is time, not money. — Mark Nepo

23. The realization that we were so near to victory made life become very dear to me. I felt near home! — William Arthur Sirmon, That’s War

24. Education is the realization of hope for the future. — Victor Tam

25. Libya is a good example of a country that has come to a realization that weapons of mass destruction threaten more than assure, and I hope that will be followed by others. — Mohamed ElBaradei

26. Life is a journey of realization, which often ends in that place where dreams never begin. — Qosmic Qadence

27. There is no greater romance in life than this adventure in realization. — Meher Baba

28. Self realization of strengths and weaknesses is the first step towards salvation. — Mayank S. Sengar, Life and The Grey Notes

29. The seat of Realization is within and the seeker cannot find it as an object outside him. That seat is bliss and is the core of all beings. Hence it is called the Heart. — Ramana Maharshi

30. I’ve come to the realization that I really only want to write books that maybe I can’t write. — Markus Zusak

31. The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. Self–realization demands very great struggle. — Swami Sivananda

32. We must reckon with the possibility that something in the nature of the sexual instinct itself is unfavorable to the realization of complete satisfaction. — Sigmund Freud

33. Once waking into the realization that eternity is waiting in every moment, I discovered that wealth is time, not money. — Mark Nepo

34. Nobody ever fails in Yoga….It is slow in the beginning and rapid in the end. When one is fully matured, realization is explosive. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

35. Good thoughts keep off bad thoughts. They must themselves disappear before the state of realization. — Ramana Maharshi

36. Your discovery and realization of your personality for the well–being of humanity is much more essential — Sunday Adelaja

37. Suffering is the way for Realization of God. — Ramana Maharshi

38. Self realization of strengths and weaknesses is the first step towards salvation. — Mayank S. Sengar, Life and The Grey Notes

39. Suffering is the way for Realization of God. — Ramana Maharshi

40. There is no greater romance in life than this adventure in realization. — Meher Baba

41. The moment of realization is: When what you thought you couldn’t be without, becomes a part of the past, rather than the start of the future. — Melody Carstairs

42. I didn’t change the Constitution; the equality principle was there from the start. I just was an advocate for seeing its full realization. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg

43. Spirituality is the realization of the totality of our being. — Stefan Emunds, A Modern Crash Course in Spirituality

44. Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny. — Steve Maraboli

45. The state we call realization is simply being oneself, not knowing anything or becoming anything. — Ramana Maharshi

46. Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny. — Steve Maraboli

47. Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny. — Steve Maraboli

48. Every now and then you have like a realization moment where you get goosebumps and think, ‘I am literally the luckiest person in the world. — Niall Horan

49. The commencement of true happiness is the realization that your happiness begins with you. — Ogwo David Emenike, Happiness Recipe: Eat and Stay Happy

50. ‘the contrast between the realization of his neglect and the fondness I had for my father was painful”.’ — Yangsze Choo, The Ghost Bride

Realization is a powerful thing and these quotes should help to remind you of its importance. Realization helps us to grow and learn, and it can lead to great change in our lives. Use these quotes to inspire you and to help you find clarity in moments of confusion. May they help you to realize the beauty and potential that lies within you.