Quotes are a great way to start or end a blog post. They add emphasis, and can be used to grab your reader’s attention. In this compilation, you’ll find some of the most popular quotes for entrepreneurs, along with their sources. Whether you’re looking for inspiration or words of wisdom, these quotes will help get you there.

The best used quotes

1. I’ve been in pain for so long now I’m just used to it. — Ronnie Coleman

2. America used to live by the motto ‘Father Knows Best.’ Now we’re lucky if ‘Father Knows He Has Children.’ We’ve become a nation of sperm donors and baby daddies. — Stephen Colbert

3. In designing hardware to be used every day, it was important to keep both the human aspects and the machine in mind. What looks good also often feels good. — Michael Graves

4. I used to watch Monte Irvin play when I was a kid. I idolized him. I used to wait in front of the ballpark just for him to pass by so I could see him. — Roberto Clemente

5. I used to draw cartoons. I’d just show them to some of my friends, expecting that they were going to appreciate them, that they were going to enjoy reading them. — Shigeru Miyamoto

6. My constant prayer for myself is to be used in service for the greater good. — Oprah Winfrey

7. I listen to some of the lyrics I used to write and I say, ‘Where was my head at when I wrote that? — Ozzy Osbourne

8. Enriched vocabularies someone had (and used) are produced by a boundless wondrous mind. Sometime with a non mediocre experience also. — Nin

9. Lsd is known to induce psychosis, in people who have never used it. — Timothy Leary

10. One of my teachers used to call me Prince, because I always had a way of charming myself in and out of different situations. — Will Smith

11. People who smile while they are alone used to be called insane, until we invented smartphones and social media. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

12. Once she’d been a victim–helpless, used, and broken. Now, she was a warrior. — Nora Roberts

13. Once you’ve gotten used to performing, you can’t give it up. — Minnie Pearl

14. You will not die of pain, but you will never get used to it. Pain is unique in that it does not show habituation or neural adaptation, like smell, or touch. — Sylvain Neuvel, Waking Gods

15. I deal with what ‘is, ‘ not with what I wish was or not with what was or used to be. — Rush Limbaugh

16. I’m not used to getting good reviews. — Pauly Shore

17. We used to talk all nightand do things alone togetherand i’ve begun(as a reaction to a feeling)to balancethe pleasure of lonelinessagainst the painof loving you — Nikki Giovanni, Love Poems

18. My mom used to have a lot of European cinema playing in the house, so I’d catch bits and pieces of films. — Mia Wasikowska

19. Before my diagnosis.I used to be a collection of other people.An Actress, Now I’m finding out who I actually am.It’s been a journey, but I have made it. — Tina J. Richardson

20. Those of us who are writers and have to perform to communities that aren’t used to coming to book events, I would recommend taking some theater. — Sandra Cisneros

21. What is the problem? We now have aeroplanes which can take them back quicker than the ships used by their ancestors. — Robert Mugabe

22. God knows that all sorts of gentlemen knock at the door; but whenever used in strictness and with any emphasis, the name will be found to point at original energy. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

23. My father used to give me a lot of advice. — Paolo Maldini

24. Although profanity is part of our language that we speak everyday, it can simultaneity be used as a weapon to demoralize other people if it is offensive within its meaning. — Saaif Alam

25. When I was 15 years old, I used to actually dream I was pitching in Yankee Stadium. Bill Dickey was my catcher. — Tommy Lasorda

26. When every opportunity given to you is used to serve the people, you are on the path of life’s purpose to the fullness. — Sunday Adelaja, The Mountain of Ignorance

27. When I was younger, I used to visualise myself scoring wonder goals, stuff like that. — Wayne Rooney

28. The same fire that cooks a meal for us may burn a child, and it is no fault of the fire if it does so; the difference lies in the way in which it is used. — Swami Vivekananda

29. I used to go to two movies every week for the Saturday matinee when I was a kid. — Mort Sahl

30. I am America. I am the part you won’t recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me. — Muhammad Ali

31. I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. — William Faulkner

32. My father has a great voice. My father used to sing… just sing. — Marvin Gaye

33. The ’60s was one of the first times the power of music was used by a generation to bind them together. — Neil Young

34. I did pretty good for a guy who never finished high school and used to yodel at square dances. — Roy Rogers

35. Hewas beautiful. I know, it’s not the manliest way to describe a guy, but inmy head, it was the adjective I used most often and it fit him to a tee. — S.C. Stephens, Thoughtless

36. How often have I found that wanting to use blue, I didn’t have it so I used a red instead of the blue. — Pablo Picasso

37. Since the discovery of printing, knowledge has been called to power, and power has been used to make knowledge a slave. — Napoleon Bonaparte

38. I used to comb my hair back and do stupid stuff. — Shane West

39. The way humor’s usually used in horror, it’s as a pressure–release valve; without it, the drama would escalate out of all control almost immediately. — Stephen Graham Jones

40. When I was younger, I used to watch a lot of cartoons. — Ybn Nahmir

41. In the mornings I used to say goodbye to my wife like someone going to work. I’d leave the house, walk around a few blocks, and come back like a person arriving at the office. — Orhan Pamuk

42. And you shouldn’t believe all the press about Ouija boards. They can’t be used in an exorcism. Trivial Pursuit can, but that’s another story. — Seanan McGuire, Magic for Nothing

43. Enriched vocabularies someone had (and used) are produced by a boundless wondrous mind. Sometime with a non mediocre experience also. — Nin

44. People’s expectations of what I’m capable of doing are very low. People have been used to hearing little one–liners and me play around. — Nicki Minaj

45. Wait, seriously, what’s a piss pot? — Pat Shand, Destiny, NY, Volume One: Who I Used to Be

46. Things admit of being used as symbols, because nature is a symbol, in the whole, and in every part. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

47. I don’t smoke as many joints as I used to. — Willie Nelson

48. Used to be bats had thick handles and a big barrel. Then they found it’s not the size of the bat that gets home runs–it’s the speed with which you can swing it. — Stan Musial

49. You can’t fault me for ensuring it’s in working order… what if I hadn’t used it and from this use it had fallen off? — Terry Spear, Forbidden Love

50. Growing up in an Italian family, we used our body to convey a message. — Sebastian Maniscalco

Conclusion

Used quotes remind us that life is a journey, and that each moment we experience can be a learning opportunity. They encourage us to take risks and to embrace change, while also reminding us to be thankful for what we have. Used quotes can be an inspiration to make the most of our lives and to live with purpose and passion. They can remind us to take the time to appreciate the beauty of the world around us and to recognize that the only constant in life is change.