"You need to see things as they are, not worse than they are, than see them better than they are, and make them that way."
Jordan Belfort
Stockbroker
Jordan Belfort is a former stockbroker and motivational speaker known for his role in financial markets and his book, 'The Wolf of Wall Street.'
- Born
- February 9, 1962
- Quotes
- 33
- Rank
- #5979
Quote collection
Jordan Belfort quotes (page 2 of 2)
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"There's no nobility in poverty."
"Best way to sell something: don't sell anything. Earn the awareness, respect and trust of those who might buy."
"If I earn a million dollars a week and the average American earns a thousand dollars a week, then when I spend twenty thousand dollars on something it’s the equivalent of the average American spending twenty dollars on something, right?"
"You are not the mistakes of your past, but the resources and capabilities that you have gleaned from your past."
"You don’t choose who you fall in love with, do you? And once you do fall in love—that obsessive sort of love, that all-consuming love, where two people can’t stand to be apart from each other for even a moment—how are you supposed to let a love like that pass you by?"
"There's only 1 way to get rich, quick! But not through a get rich quick scheme. There's a difference."
"You grow stronger from failure than you do from success."
"I do not come from a rich family, but I come from a really good family."
"No one hangs up the phone until the customer buys or dies."
"Some people say that it's so hard with the Internet, but I know for a fact that the Internet has made it easier for someone to establish themselves. There's so much you can do online. If you know how to use it right, the web serves as the great equalizer for someone that's just getting into business."
"There’s no way to succeed in business without the highest ethical standards."
"Don't hang up until the client either buys or dies."