Michael Bloomberg Quotes

Progress is not inevitable. It's up to us to create it.

Michael Bloomberg

• Progress
• Inevitable

I like the theater, dining and chasing women. Let me put it this way: I am a single, straight billionaire in Manhattan. It's like a wet dream.

Michael Bloomberg

• Dreams
• Manhattan
• Billionaire

Don't be afraid to assert yourself, have confidence in your abilities and don't let the bastards get you down.

Michael Bloomberg

• Business
• Confidence
• Successful

If someone tells me they skied all day and never fell down, I tell them to find another mountain.

Michael Bloomberg

• Mountain
• Another

Life is too short to spend your time avoiding failure.

Michael Bloomberg

• People
• Time
• Surround

Being an entrepreneur isn't really about starting a business. It's a way of looking at the world: seeing opportunity where others see obstacles, taking risks when others take refuge.

Michael Bloomberg

• Business
• Entrepreneur
• Obstacles

If you don't encounter setbacks in your career, if you don't have doubts and disappointments , let me tell you, you're not dreaming big enough.

Michael Bloomberg

• Careers
• Disappointment
• Encounters

I do think there are certain times we should infringe on your freedom.

Michael Bloomberg

• Thinking
• Freedom
• Should

You must first be willing to fail — and you must have the courage to go for it anyway.

Michael Bloomberg

• Firsts
• Failing
• Willing

Entrepreneurship is having an idea to do something great and not entirely have a plan on how to do it but the drive and will power to make it work

Michael Bloomberg

• Power
• Ideas
• Plans

I've always respected those who tried to change the world for the better, rather than just complain about it.

Michael Bloomberg

• Complaining
• Changing
• Philanthropy