Robert Herjavec Quotes

Cash is the lifeblood of your business. There are very few things in business that will kill you, but running our of cash is one of those things. You can recover from almost any other mistake, but if you run out of cash you're dead.

I just don't sleep enough. But I have never met someone very successful who, at the end of their life, says 'I wish I slept more.'

Don't start a business. Find a problem, Solve a problem, The business comes second.

when the bullets are flying and the bombs are dropping, the ability to zig and zag is far more valuable than the capacity to figure out the calibre of the bullets and what kinds of planes are flying overhead.

The best way to get past doubt and inexperience is simply action.

I'm really inspired to build a billion-dollar company. The hardest part is building the vehicle to get you there.

It is human nature, especially as we get older, to look for stability in our lives. But if you want to be a successful entrepreneur, you have to fight against that somewhat, as starting a business requires movement. You cannot stay still.

Successful businesspeople retain a quality most others not only lack but often fail to comprehend, and that's the unrelenting drive to convert a vision into reality. They are driven to realize this goal in a manner that appears to defy logic among others who lack this drive.

I don't think anyone wakes up and says, 'I want my life to suck today.'

People ask, 'Are entrepreneurs born, or are they made?' I think it's a combination of both.

I own a Ferrari race team, and we race all over North America.

I don't look at failure as death, I don't look at failure as finality. I just look at it and pick myself up and say 'we shouldn't have done that' and move on.

I was one of those guys who never wanted to start their own business. I never saw myself as a leader. I saw myself as a great No. 2.

I have my mother's hips. The minute I eat it, it ends up on my hips.

I'm intrigued that the same letters from the alphabet are used in the word silent and in the word listen. Perhaps it's evidence that the most important part of listening involves remaining silent.

You have to have something bigger than you. You have to have a goal that is greater than you.

Thinking too much leads to paralysis by analysis. It's important to think things through, but many use thinking as a means of avoiding action.

I balance my meals. I have never been a big dessert guy.

Long before I had money, my passion for cars was there.

Some people will lie to you because they mean to. Others will do it to tell you what you want to hear.

A goal without a deadline is just a dream.

Without the ability to visualize a goal and believe it will be reached, nothing of substance will be achieved. Not by anybody. Not at any time. Not in any place.

I came from a communist country where there are no luxury cars.

Just like any business is a living, breathing thing, an entrepreneur has to be able to adapt over time.

What is great about entrepreneurship is that entrepreneurs create the tangible from the intangible.

Work hard ... have fun ... be nice ... play fair ... dream big. We only get one chance at this life. If you're going to play this game, play it to win.

Older cars tend to drive like older cars. That is not for me.

You can't rush the miles. No matter how fast I run, the five miles isn't going to be done in the first five minutes.

I like to invest in people that I like to hang with.

When I sold my first business, I wanted to do something nice for my dad. I wanted to give my parents a bunch of money, but they wouldn't take anything from me. They were so happy for me; they felt they didn't need money.

If you're emotional and you're great at something, the money will follow.

Work-life balance is one of the biggest misconceptions people have,