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Looking for words of wisdom to inspire you? We’ve got your back. These are the very best innovation quotes, sure to spark creativity and imagination in any situation.
- “The only limits are, as always, those of vision.” – James Broughton
- “Towering genius disdains a beaten path.” – Abraham Lincoln (1809 –1865), 16th President of The United States
- “If you’re not failing every now and again, it’s a sign you’re not doing anything very innovative.“ – Woody Allen (born 1935), Director, writer, actor, and comedian
- “The best way to predict the future is to create it.“ – Alan Kay, Computer scientist
- “It is not that I’m so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer.” – Albert Einstein, Theoretical Physicist, Mathematician, Created the Theory of Relativity (1879-1955)
- “A man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.” – Albert Einstein
- “The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before.” – Albert Einstein
- “You can’t solve a problem on the same level that it was created. You have to rise above it to the next level.” – Albert Einstein
- “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.” – Albert Einstein
- “If at first, the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.“ – Albert Einstein
- “If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied.“ – Alfred Nobel (1833 – 1896) Chemist, engineer, and inventor
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- “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” – Alvin Toffler
- “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – Andre Gide – French Author and Nobel Literature Winner
- “They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.“ – Andy Warhol (1928 – 1987), Artist
- “We will either find a way or make one.” – Anibal Barca
- “A pile of rocks ceases to be a rock pile when somebody contemplates it with the idea of a cathedral in mind.” – Antoine Saint-Exupery, Author, aviator (1900 – 1944)
- “You can’t allow tradition to get in the way of innovation. There’s a need to respect the past, but it’s a mistake to revere your past.“ – Bob Iger, Media executive & businessman (former CEO of Disney)
- “The riskiest thing we can do is just maintain the status quo.“ – Bob Iger
- “There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period.“ – Brené Brown (born 1965), Professor in social research
- “Don’t be afraid to take big steps when one is indicated. You can’t cross a chasm in two small jumps.” – David Lloyd George (1863-1945), Politician
- “If I had asked the public what they wanted, they would have said a faster horse.“ – Henry Ford (1863 – 1947), Founder of Ford Motor Company
- “Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.“ – George Addair (1823 – 1899), Real-estate developer
- “There’s always an element of chance, and you must be willing to live with that element. If you insist on certainty, you will paralyze yourself.“ – J.P. Getty (1892 – 1976), Petrol-industrialist
- “Because, you know, resilience – if you think of it in terms of the Gold Rush, then you’d be pretty depressed right now because the last nugget of gold would be gone. But the good thing is, with innovation, there isn’t a last nugget. Every new thing creates two new questions and two new opportunities.” – Jeff Bezos, Founder of Amazon
- “I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you’re going to innovate.“ – Jeff Bezos, Founder of Amazon
- “Innovation survives only when people believe in their own ideas.“ – Levo League
- “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but building on the new.“ – Socrates (470-399 BC), Philosopher
- “Innovation is more likely to come from a person who sits down and does the same thing every single day until they become an expert than from a person who sits down once because they feel inspired.“ – Stacy Caprio
- “I’m as proud of many of the things we haven’t done as the things we have done. Innovation comes from saying no to a thousand things.” – Steve Jobs (1955-2011), Co-founder of Apple
- “What is the calculus of innovation? The calculus of innovation is really quite simple: Knowledge drives innovation, innovation drives productivity, productivity drives economic growth.“ – William Brody, Scientist
- “Innovation is the unrelenting drive to break the status quo and develop anew where few have dared to go.“ – Steven Jeffes, Marketing & business expert
- “If you look at history, innovation doesn’t come just from giving people incentives; it comes from creating environments where their ideas can connect.“ – Steven Johnson, Science
- “Creativity is thinking up new things. Innovation is doing new things.“ – Theodore Levitt (1925 – 2006), Renowned Economist
- “There’s a way to do it better. Find it.“ – Thomas Edison (1847-1931), Inventor, businessman
- “The value of an idea lies in the using of it.“ – Thomas Edison
- “Innovation is taking two things that exist and putting them together in a new way.“ – Tom Freston, Co-founder of MTV
- “When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills.“ – Unknown Credit, An ancient Chinese proverb
- “I skate to where the puck is going, not where it has been.“ – Wayne Gretzky, National Hockey League legend
- “A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.“ – William Shedd (1820 – 1894), Presbyterian theologian
- “Creating opportunities means looking where others are not.“ – Mark Cuban
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