101 Grant Cardone Quotes That’ll Change Your Life

101 Grant Cardone Quotes That’ll Change Your Life

Mike Cahill
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6 min readJan 10, 2020

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Grant Cardone is a world-renowned sales guru, best selling author, and real estate equity fund manager with nearly a billion dollars under management.

Needless to say … he knows a few things about sales and success.

Without further delay, here are my picks for the 101 all-time best Grant Cardone quotes that’ll change your life and inspire you to achieve more.

Quote #1: “Never lower your target; increase your actions.”

Quote #2: “Anyone that suggests to do less is either not a real friend or confused.”

Quote #3: “Small thinking has and always will be punished in one way or another.”

Quote #4: “There’s no shortage of money, only of people thinking big enough.”

Quote #5: “Have goals so big your problems pale in comparison.”

Quote #6: “The ambitious are criticized by those that have given up.”

Quote #7: “Criticism is easily avoided by saying, doing and being nothing.”

Quote #8: “You’ll never be admired without being criticized first.”

Quote #9: “Approach every situation with a whatever-it-takes-mindset.”

Quote #10: “Your greatness is limited only by the investments you make in yourself.”

Quote #11: “Average is a failing formula.”

Quote #12: “Never lower your price, add value.”

Quote #13: “Doubt is your enemy.”

Quote #14: “Being born broke is not the issue. Staying broke is.”

Quote #15: “Be nice to people. It doesn’t cost anything.”

Quote #16: “The world will only give you what you refuse to give up on.”

Quote #17: “Leaving your comfort zone is hard. Staying broke is hard. Pick your hard.”

Quote #18: “Success is your duty, obligation, and responsibility.“

Quote #19: “Let the rest do whatever, while you do whatever it takes.”

Quote #20: “You can make time. You can make excuses. But you can’t make both.”

Quote #21: “Think about it: What’s the worst thing that can happen to you if you just totally go for it?“

Quote #22: “A business owner told me; I don’t want to push products on customers. I said; ‘‘it’s a shame you have products you don’t believe in.’”

Quote #23: “Starting at the bottom isn’t a deficit. It’s a gift.”

Quote #24: “Those who say your dreams are ridiculous have given up on theirs.”

Quote #25: “Rich people invest. Poor people spend.”

Quote #26: “If you don’t get serious about your money, you will never have serious money.”

Quote #27: “If it is important to you, you will find a way. If not, you’ll find an excuse.”

Quote #28: “Set targets for yourself that are 10X greater than what you believe you can achieve.”

Quote #29: “Economies don’t determine success; your actions do.”

Quote #30: “Don’t just make money, make a difference.”

Quote #31: “Grind while they rest. Study when they party. And you will live like they dream.”

Quote #32: “If you don’t control your environment, someone else will.”

Quote #33: “Comfort makes more prisoners than all the jails combined.”

Quote #34: “Be great because nothing else pays.”

Quote #35: “Quit settling.”

Quote #36: “Hustle until your haters ask if you’re hiring.”

Quote #37: “Self-confidence is the only outfit you can’t buy. You must develop it.”

Quote #38: “What if the only thing standing in your way of greatness was that you just had to go after everything obsessively, persistently, and as though your life depended on it?”

Quote #39: “No matter how much it may seem otherwise, no one has control of your life but you.”

Quote #40: “Luck is just one of the by-products of those who take the most action.”

Quote #41: “Building trust is key to discovering and understanding your buyers’ motives.”

Quote #42: Show up early. Stay late.”

Quote #43: “As long as you are alive, you will either live to accomplish your own goals and dreams or be used as a resource to accomplish someone else’s.”

Quote #44: Quit blaming your past for your current condition. Yesterday has nothing to do with today or tomorrow unless you decide it does.”

Quote #45: “Rich people don’t get rich by accident. And poor people don’t stay poor by accident.”

Quote #46: Success is no different than any other skill. Duplicate the actions and mindsets of successful people, and you will create success for yourself.”

Quote #47: “Better to be disliked by others than to be disliked by yourself.”

Quote #48: No one is going to come to your house and make your dreams come true.”

Quote #49: “I don’t have time” is the biggest lie you tell yourself.”

Quote #50: Keep your attention on creating and producing a future. Not on talking about what happened yesterday.”

Quote #51: “Everything in life is a sales and everything you want is a commission.”

Quote #52: “You sleep like you’re rich, I’m up like I’m broke.”

Quote #53: “Obscurity is a bigger problem than a lack of money.”

Quote #54: “The average call me obsessed, the successful call me for advice.”

Quote #55: “If you are flying under the radar, you’ll never launch into orbit.”

Quote #56:“Quit sharing bad news and gossip, you aren’t a garbage truck.”

Quote #57: “All your dreams await just on the other side of your fears.”

Quote #58: “If you don’t confront the tough stuff it will always have control over you.”

Quote #59: “Whatever you want, go all in and dominate, learn it, eat it, sleep it, breath it and believe it.”

Quote #60: “Freedom is not something you buy, but something you earn.”

Quote #61: “If you don’t do something, you’ll end up being nothing.”

Quote #62: “Your family is depending on you. No better reason to bring all your game all the time.”

Quote #63: “Never fear the haters. You can’t reach your potential without them.”

Quote #64: “Do what others refuse to do.”

Quote #65: “Perfection is basically a symptom of procrastination.”

Quote #66: “You don’t get burnout — you lose purpose! You lose your meaning. When I’m tired, I look at my purpose.”

Quote #67: “The single biggest financial mistake I’ve made was not thinking big enough.”

Quote #68: “Independence is something you have to work hard to get and harder to keep.”

Quote #69: “Spectators pay — players get paid.”

Quote #70: “Knowledge speaks. Wisdom listens. Action wins.”

Quote #71: “A little imagination combined with massive action goes a long way.”

Quote #72: “Just because most don’t make it doesn’t mean you can’t.”

Quote #73: “No commitment = no results.”

Quote #74: “The goal is not comfort, it is freedom.”

Quote #75: “This is how you get freedom — sacrifice a few years for a life!”

Quote #76: “When you start rethinking your targets, making up excuses, and letting yourself off the hook, you are giving up on your dreams.”

Quote #77: “If you’re having financial trouble it is because you have the wrong information.”

Quote #78: “Dreams don’t happen on couches.”

Quote #79: “Quit playing small.”

Quote #80: “My English ain’t good but my bank account is.”

Quote #81: “I hate sales’ means ‘I hate revenue.”

Quote #82: “I’m accused of going overboard by people who never got on board.“

Quote #83: “The weak compete. The strong dominate.”

Quote #84: “The money you have is equal to the courage you exhibit.”

Quote #85: “If you want something bad enough, go out and fight for it.”

Quote #86: “Being around others at or above your level takes you higher.”

Quote #87: “Your emotions will want you to quit. Disregard them.”

Quote #88: “Some people dream of success while others wake up and work.”

Quote #89: “If you want to be in the 1%, don’t do what the 99% do.”

Quote #90: “Commit like your life depends on it, because it does.”

Quote #91: “Only invest in income-producing assets.”

Quote #92: “A quitter is anyone that settles.”

Quote #93: “90% of all success is showing up.”

Quote #94: “Stay optimistic about your future even when others aren’t.”

Quote #95: “The more I do, the more I realize I can do.”

Quote #96: “What I think about me matters more than what you think about me.”

Quote #97: “You think knowledge is expensive? Try stupidity.”

Quote #98: “Your skills have to be bigger than your fears.”

Quote #99: “The best way you can help people in need is to not be someone in need.”

Quote #100: “Want more time? Do more with the time you have.”

Quote #101: “Look to your future. Not toward Friday.”

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Mike Cahill
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Media Executive and Consultant. Formerly VP of Content at Mic