Sophia Amoruso Quotes

I’ve been wondering for a while now if the CEO role is one that I want – and the one that I’m best at.

I stopped feeling like I didn't belong anywhere, and realized that I actually belonged anywhere I wanted to be.

You combine hard work, creativity, and self-determination, and things start to happen.

No matter where you are in life, you'll save a lot of time by not worrying too much about what other people think about you. The earlier in your life that you can learn that, the easier the rest of it will be.

A #GIRLBOSS is in charge of her own life. She gets what she wants because she works for it.

True success lies in knowing your weaknesses and playing to your strengths

Abandon anything about your life and habits that might be holding you back. Learn to create your own opportunities. Know that there is no finish line; fortune favors action. Race balls-out toward the extraordinary life that you’ve always dreamed of, or still haven’t had time to dream up. And prepare to have a hell of a lot of fun along the way.

The world loves to tell you how difficult things are, and the world's not exaggerating. But difficult doesn't mean impossible, and out of the bajillions of things in this universe that you can't control, what you can control is how hard you try, and if or when to pack it in.

We choose what and how we believe, and our beliefs are tools that we then use to make things happen ... or not.

Treat your mind like your money, don't waste it.

I believe that there is a silver lining in everything, and once you begin to see it, you'll need sunglasses to combat the glare.

Compete with yourself, not with others.

When you think about people, you give them power.

There are secret opportunities hidden inside every failure.

The energy you'll expend focusing on someone else's life is better spent working on your own. Just be your own idol.

One of the best things about life—a reason not to go blindly after one goal and one goal only—is that sometimes it will take you to something that is way cooler than anything you would have consciously set out to do in the first place.

When your goal is to gain experience, perspective, and knowledge, failure is no longer a possibility

If you listen only to those around you, the chances of your dreams coming true are very small.

Create your own job. Become the master of what you do. Fully imerse yourself in your culter. Be humble. You are never above having to pack boxes. Never forget where you came from. And always be polite. Good old-fashioned manners can get you very far. -Jenne Lomardo

Abandon anything about your life and habits that might be holding you back

The last thing the world needs is another boring person or another boring brand, so embrace all the things that make you different. Alter your clothes all you want, but don't you dare alter your inner freak - she's got your back as much as I do.

Look at the other side of things even if you know you'll never agree. It creates empathy.

Just balancing all the different projects, I mean I spent almost 10 years just doing Nasty Gal and I say "just" but that was a lot, and it's still a lot.

It’s the age-old concept of like attracts like, or the law of attraction. You get back what you put out, so you might as well think positively, focus on visualizing what you want instead of getting distracted by what you don’t want, and send the universe your good intentions so that it can send them right back.

You create the world, blink by blink. It is entirely yours to discover and yours to create.