Top 169 Quotes & Sayings by Sophia Amoruso - Page 2

Work hard, no matter how much recognition you get.

My days of being the tardy employee at the record store gave me a cultural and musical understanding that was more unique than if I'd just listened to garbage-y pop on the radio my entire life.

I'm not going to lie - it's insulting to be praised for being a 'woman' with 'no college degree.'

It's amazing how directly you can connect with people via social media.

Creativity is incredibly important, but drive is equally so.

A big practice in chaos magic is the use of sigils, which are abstract words or symbols you create and embed with your wishes.

In an ideal world, you'd never have to do things that are below your position, but this isn't an ideal world, and it's never going to be.

At the bare minimum, you need to be in your position for a year before you ask for a raise or title change.

I think I've just gotten really good at accessorizing personally. I've always been good at accessorizing other people, and intellectually, I've known how to accessorize, but I was pretty minimal personally - although I was wearing a ton of rings.

You want to know what four words I probably hate the most? 'That's not my job.'

I love mirrors.

Some of the best things that I ever sold on Ebay, I bought on Ebay - just for way less.

If this is a man's world, who cares? I'm still really glad to be a girl in it.

When I go through hundreds of applications from people who all have very similar-sounding experience, cover letters are the only glimpse I have into a person's personality.

You can't convince someone else - whether it's a potential employer, a loan officer at the car dealership, or someone you've been crushing on - that you're amazing and terrific if you don't actually think you are.

I don't read fashion blogs all that much. I do read magazines, and I trust my friends' opinions, even though we all dress very differently.

I have this arsenal of high-waisted wide-leg '70s pants and overalls. They are more roller-disco than Alexander Wang overalls.

A typical day for me involves a lot of meetings.

When I was 22, I wasn't too proud to do anything. I was taking out trash, buying stinky vintage clothes, and pulling gross Kleenex out of the pockets.

Selling $500 shoes when you make $12 an hour is just an awkward economic juxtaposition.

Spell check exists for a reason.

I love clothing and still shop a lot of vintage.

'Have you ever considered changing the name Nasty Gal?' is probably the dumbest question I've ever heard.

Chaos magic is the idea that a particular set of beliefs serves as an active force in the world. In other words, we choose what and how we believe, and our beliefs are tools that we then use to make things happen... or not.

I feel like there's so many places to shop today that just feel like an Excel spreadsheet put between four walls.

I can show up at a Goldman Sachs conference wearing a Judas Priest T-shirt - and I have - while everyone else is wearing the same dress.

My first job was as a sandwich artist at Subway.

If you knew what you wanted to be when you were 6 years old - great! If you have no idea what you want to be, that's OK!

You don't get taken seriously by asking someone to take you seriously. You've got to show up and own it.

Sometimes the expectation of being inspired in one specific way may close you off to the actual inspiration.

My entire youth has been Nasty Gal. My entire future is Nasty Gal.

Success is a scary concept because it assumes something kind of final. In the grand scheme of life, I don't think there is some ultimate success.

I don't have a lot of style icons. There are not a lot of people today who I look to.

I think there are very few brands with a person's point of view behind them.

As a visual person, I love a creative resume. Putting in a little effort on the design side will show that you care about making things look good.

It's a lot of work to sell one thing on the Internet.

I've never worked in a retail store, but I did sell shoes at Gimme Shoes in San Francisco, a job I was fired from.

I want people to feel the freedom to be themselves.

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

Compete with yourself, not with others.

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

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

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.

There are secret opportunities hidden inside every failure.

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.

When you think about people, you give them power.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.