Top 16 Quotes & Sayings by Arlene Dickinson

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Canadian entrepreneur Arlene Dickinson.

Last updated on December 3, 2024.

Arlene Dickinson is a South African Canadian businesswoman, investor, author, and television personality. She is the general partner of District Ventures Capital and CEO of Venturepark. Dickinson joined the cast of the CBC business reality show Dragons' Den during its second season in 2007 and departed in the ninth season in 2015. She then returned to continue with the Dragons for the 12th season in 2017. She was selected to perform on the series after she won numerous awards, including Calgary Business Owner of the Year, PROFIT magazine's Top 100 Women Business Owners, the Pinnacle Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence, Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards and Canada's Most Powerful Women Top 100. The show describes her as a self-made multi-millionaire.

Canadian - Entrepreneur | Born: October 8, 1956

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I've got a lot of businesses that I've invested in and I am really enjoying it.

Arlene Dickinson

My dream was to fall in love and be a mom. I never thought too much past those two things.

Arlene Dickinson

I have been truly blessed with the ability to compartmentalize the many competing agendas in my mind. Because of this I can shut it off and enjoy the moment.

Arlene Dickinson

People give up control because they don't want to make mistakes.

Arlene Dickinson

The true measure of success isn't winning, it's whether you won & could actually deliver.

Arlene Dickinson

Sometimes being in control of everything comes with a lot of challenges.

Arlene Dickinson

Our kids are our future. They deserve every possible opportunity to start their day with enthusiasm, encouragement and food in their stomachs. Protecting human rights of every man, woman and child is fundamental. Kids cannot protect themselves. It's up to us to ensure they have what they need to be all they can possibly be.

Arlene Dickinson

I want to own my own business because then I can be in control of everything.

Arlene Dickinson

I believe my high school book said I was most likely to become a candlestick maker. Guessing I didn't exactly exude confidence but just goes to show you that your path is yours to choose and make the best of and not for someone else to tell you what you can or cannot be.

Arlene Dickinson

You can't base your life's decisions on potential future regrets.

Arlene Dickinson

There's a tendency to attribute magical skills and knowledge to people who've been elevated in some way - appearing on TV, or having an impressive title, or coming from a wealthy family. There's often an assumption that these people possess some rare, mysterious qualities mere mortals lack. What crap.

Arlene Dickinson

You need more than an idea to run a business

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I am excited to be able to do something at this stage in my life that I feel is going to have some meaning. More helping people from a financial perspective understand their own strengths and lend a voice to things that I think are socially important.

Arlene Dickinson

I would say my mind is always working - no matter where I am I continue to see opportunities all around me. My only sorrow is that I can't possibly explore them all!

Arlene Dickinson

I believe its a lifestyle choice and like any lifestyle choice it will be what you make of it and how fully you live and enjoy it.

Arlene Dickinson

My dad used to call me "yeah but" because no matter what the answer was I always wanted to explore why things were what they were and how they might be different.

Arlene Dickinson

Top 16 Quotes & Sayings by Arlene Dickinson

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