Sophia Amoruso Quotes - Page 2

I was OK before this, I will be OK after this.

The only thing I smoke is my competition

Focus on the positive things in your life and you'll be shocked at how many more positive things start happening

If you’re frustrated because you’re not getting what you want, stop for a second: Have you actually flat-out asked for it? If you haven’t, stop complaining. You can’t expect the world to read your mind. You have to put it out there, and sometimes putting it out there is as simple as just saying, “Hey, can I have that?

You don't get what you don't ask for

You belong wherever you want to belong.

There's so many moving pieces, but to be as public as I've become and to be at the front and take the brunt of anything that happens is a huge responsibility, but also something that takes some time to step into and that has been really challenging.

Clothing is ultimately the suit of armor in which we battle the world.

You can't act like you've arrived when you're only just receiving the invitation.

The biggest challenge is people thinking you know everything going on in your company, because you're at the top of it and you started it. But the thing is, nobody knows everything about anything.

It’s cool to be kind. It’s cool to be weird. It’s cool to be honest and to be secure with yourself.

A #GIRLBOSS knows when to throw punches and when to roll with them.

Our lives are so visual now, with social media and we're constantly shifting gears. Nobody requires a table of contents. Nobody requires that one page leads to the next page, we're okay being surprised by things that are eclectic.

Knowing when to speak up and when to shut up will get you very far not only in business, but in life.

To be an author, and an executive producer, and a host, and I don't even know, I mean I actually have a resume now, which is pretty cool.

The last thing I’d ever subscribe to are fashion rules. However, I do think that you should put effort into what you wear. Clothing is ultimately the suit of armor in which we battle the world. When you choose your clothing right, it feels good. And there’s nothing shallow about feeling good. Owning your style, however, is much more about your attitude than it is about what’s on your back. But don’t underestimate the transformational possibilities that getting dressed can afford you.

In my teens I saw the world in only black and white. Now I know that most things exist in a certain gray area. Though it took a while to get here, I now call this gray area home. I once believed that participating in a capitalist economy would be the death of me, but now realize that agonizing over the political implications of every move I make isn’t exactly living.

I'm telling you that you don't have to choose between smart and sexy. You can have both. You are both.

There is no normal. What my job was a few years ago was completely different than what it is today. As soon as I have it dialed in, the company changes and the team changes and my role changes as a result. What the company needs is always evolving, and I don't get to choose what I want to do as much as I thought I would be now - which is OK. It keeps me in this position of learning new things and keeping me humble. There is always something I don't know, and I'm comfortable with that.

What do you do when you’re living in a hut for $500 a month and subsisting on Boston Market and Subway? You just keep doing what you’re doing.

Forcing me to figure out how to provide for myself was probably one of the best things my parents ever did for me.

My philosophy is that you sell things for more than you bought them.

Dive headfirst into things without being too attached to the results

It just means that your talents lie elsewhere, so take the opportunity to seek out what you are good at, and find a place where you can flourish. Once you do, you’re going to kill it.

It takes a special kind of stubbornness to succeed as an entrepreneur