We all need a little motivation from time to time. A little reminder that we’re on the right path and that our hard work and big dreams will pay off one day. These 45 Inspirational quotes for female entrepreneurs are meant to do just that. Life hack: they also make a great screensaver!

The path of an entrepreneur is never smooth. It requires hard work, dedication, and a serious can-do attitude. If it was easy, everyone would do it! But it’s an adventure that constantly teaches us the power of resilience and a positive mindset.

Every now and again though, we start to doubt ourselves. The imposter syndrome creeps in. Can I really do this? What if I’m not capable? Is it even possible?!

These quotes are for those days. When you need a gentle push in the right direction and a reminder of what those dreams meant to you in the first place.

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1. You are the CEO of your own life

2. The key to success is to start before you’re ready

3. The most effective way to do it, is to do it – Amelia Earheart

4. I am creating the life of my dreams

5. One day. Or one day. You decide

6. If people are doubting how far you can go, go so far that you can’t hear them anymore – Michele Ruiz

7. You get in life what you have the courage to ask for – Oprah

8. I figure, if a girl wants to be a legend, she should go ahead and become one – Calamity Jane

9. If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary – Jim Rohn

10. The words you speak become the house you live in – Hafiz

11. Everything is hard before it is easy – Goethe

12. Everything you want is on the other side of Fear – Jack Canfield

13. Fear tricks us into living a boring life – Donald Miller

14. Success doesn’t come from what you do occasionally. It comes from what you do consistently – Marie Forleo

15. Growing might feel like breaking at first

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16. Normality is a paved road. It is comfortable to walk on but no flowers grow on it – Van Gough

17. Do the one thing you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never truly tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it. – Oprah

18. Your direction is more important than your speed

19. I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it – Van Gogh

20. Ask yourself, what would I do if I weren’t afraid? And then go do it – Sheryl Sandberg

21. Nothing works unless you do – Maya Angelou

22. It always seems impossible until it’s done – Nelson Mandela

23. If you want things you’ve never had, you must be willing to do things you’ve never done – Thomas Jefferson

24. Doubting yourself is normal. Letting it stop you is a choice – Mel Robbins

25. We learn the way on the way – Shannon Kaiser

26. Progress not perfection

27. Old ways won’t open

28. You run the day or the day runs you

29. Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission – Zig Ziglar

30. You miss 100% of the chances you don’t take

31. The secret of getting ahead is getting started – Mark Twain

32. Success is not final. Failure is not fatal – Winston Churchill

33. The ones that are successful are the ones that never give up

34. It doesn’t matter how slow you go as long as you do not stop – Confucius

35. If you don’t have big dreams and goals, you’ll end up working really hard for someone who does

36. If your dreams don’t scare you, they’re too small – Richard Branson

37. If you have no tolerance for failure, you will not create anything new – Brené Brown

38. Play small, stay small

39. You can’t fail if you don’t quit

40. If it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you – Fred Devito

41. Always go with the choice that scare you the most because that is the one that is going to help you grow – Caroline Myss

42. When you learn how much you’re worth, you’ll stop giving people discounts – Helen Keller

43. Opportunities are usually designed as hard work, so most people don’t recognise them

44. Don’t ask people for directions when they’ve never been where you’re going

45. I never dreamt of success, I worked for it – Estee Lauder