Barbara Corcoran is an American businesswoman, investor, speaker, consultant, syndicated columnist, author, and television personality. As a television personality, she is a “Shark” investor on ABC’s Shark Tank. May her quotes inspire you to be yourself and live your dreams.
1. “Finding opportunity is a matter of believing it’s there.” Barbara Corcoran
2. “Stop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression, and depression breeds failure.” Barbara Corcoran
3. “The difference between successful people and others is how long they spend time feeling sorry for themselves.” Barbara Corcoran
4. “Some of the worst pitches are the people who talk all fancy who’ve been to business school.” Barbara Corcoran
5. “My best successes came on the heels of failures.” Barbara Corcoran
6. “Stop comparing yourself to everyone else around you.” Barbara Corcoran
7. “If you’re minding someone else’s business, no one is minding yours.” Barbara Corcoran
8. “I consider rejection a lucky charm.” Barbara Corcoran
9. “Your heart must always be in it. That’s part of an entrepreneurs DNA.” Barbara Corcoran
10. “When you’re building a business, you’re either all in, or you’re not.” Barbara Corcoran
11. “Procrastination is the enemy of success and the guilt of not doing something always steals your energy.” Barbara Corcoran
12. “All the best things that happened to me after I was rejected. I knew the power of getting past no.” Barbara Corcoran
13. “If I could set a world record, it would be that I have 150 business partners, all with thriving businesses of their own, that started with nothing, and I made the difference to make them all billionaires.” Barbara Corcoran
14. “In business, you’re the chief salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand.” Barbara Corcoran
15. “You don’t need an MBA to launch a business. You need street smarts and grit.” Barbara Corcoran
16. “Always choose attitude over experience. Always.” Barbara Corcoran
17. “Most great entrepreneurs I know are nothing like the other kids.” Barbara Corcoran
18. “If people like you, they’re going to want to do business with you. And if they don’t you’re going to have an almost insurmountable obstacle to overcome.” Barbara Corcoran
19. “You don’t have to get it right, you just have to get it going.” Barbara Corcoran
20. “The biggest challenge in business is not the competition, it’s what goes on inside your own head.” Barbara Corcoran
21. “You can catch a great attitude from great people.” Barbara Corcoran
22. “Every single failure has an equally great upside if you are willing to stay in the game.” Barbara Corcoran
23. “Walk in their shoes and see what they see within the first eight seconds.” Barbara Corcoran
24. “Play what you’ve got and don’t waste time worrying about what you don’t.” Barbara Corcoran
25. “Don’t you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.” Barbara Corcoran
26. “People imitate their leader. Lead by example.” Barbara Corcoran
27. “People most resistant to fun need it the most.” Barbara Corcoran
28. “I turned $1,000 into a billion-dollar business.” Barbara Corcoran
29. “I had twenty-two jobs before I started my business at the age of twenty-three and I didn’t want one more boss telling me what to do. So I was motivated simply because I didn’t want a boss.” Barbara Corcoran
30. “Everytime you push through failure there’s always a prize for you on the other side. ” Barbara Corcoran
31. “I have a theory and I really believe it. I think your worst weakness can become your greatest strength.” Barbara Corcoran
32. “I love myself.” Barbara Corcoran
33. “Insecurity is a wonderful motivator.” Barbara Corcoran
34. “I built the business exactly the way my mother built and ran her family. I wanted a replication of the big, happy family I grew up in. I wanted happy people having fun.” Barbara Corcoran
35. “Never be ashamed of who you are. People always recognize and appreciate authenticity.” Barbara Corcoran
