Quotes from Barbara Corcoran

Everybody thinks that they're going to time the market, they're going to sharpshoot the market, and buy right at the bottom. The truth of the matter is that nobody is good at it.

I was well motivated. What I wanted to do was work for myself. I had twenty two jobs before I started my business at the age of twenty three and I didn't want one more boss telling me what to do. So I was motivated simply because I didn't want a boss.

No loan is free. The costs are in your loan somewhere, maybe rolled into the amount to be refinanced or even coming at a higher interest rate.

The most expensive hobby a rich man could have is a boat, and the second most expensive hobby he could have is a very old house.

Don't you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.

My best successes came on the heels of failures.

In New York City, the meek don't inherit the earth. The big mouth does.

People stayed with me and worked extra hard for me because I could see the potential in them - I'm not so sure they could see the potential in me.

I hadn't learned to read by third grade, which wasn't unusual for some kids. I knew something was wrong because I couldn't see or understand the words the way the other kids did. I wasn't the least bit bothered - until I was sent back to the second-grade classroom for reading help after school.

Whatever you got you have to accentuate. I ran my female card up and down the ladder my whole career, because I was in a man's world. It was worked by women but owned by men. I was the only female owner in my field at that time.

My husband had a very strong identity and was successful in his life. Thank God for that. There's no way I can control him. I wouldn't stay married to him if I felt I could. I can readily take my business personality into the home. But he forces me to be a partner rather than the boss.

My greatest strength as a child, I realize now, was my imagination. While every other kid was reading and writing, I had seven whole hours a day to practice my imagination. When do you get that space in your life, ever?

The best mistake I ever made was believing that I was stupid. It was a childhood thing, but it played out big-time as an adult. It scorned me the rest of my life - in a good way.

If you stand back and analyze the best way to do something, you'll be standing there forever. Follow your gut and jump right in!

All the best things that happened to me happened after I was rejected. I knew the power of getting past no.

I hate entrepreneurs with beautiful business plans.

Shark Tales: How I turned $1,000 into a Billion Dollar Business.

When you're building a business, you're either all in, or you're not.

Don't get cocky just because you've had a good run. You can lose your business as fast as you've earned it.

When you're in business, if you have some sort of gimmick it's a huge advantage.

Innovation and creativity are the juiciest parts of running a business.

The biggest challenge in business isn't your competition, it's what goes on inside your own head.

Stop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression, and depression breeds failure.

I think of my business and investments as extension of my family.