Show the world you mean business

Ever wondered what the heck you’re supposed to put as your LinkedIn background? We’ve got you covered. Choose from a wide selection of real, no-jargon-allowed quotes from top business leaders – plus a few of our Section professors.

Male Avatar

Section

Logo with image

Download linkedin banner
Male Avatar

Scott Galloway

"Failure and invention are inseparable twins."

Download linkedin banner
Male Avatar

Scott Galloway

"Don’t follow your passion. Follow your talent."

Download linkedin banner
Male Avatar

Karan Girotra

"Don't be a know it all.
Be a learn it all."

Download linkedin banner
Male Avatar

MBS

"Tell less and ask more. Your advice is not as good as you think it is."

Download linkedin banner
Male Avatar

Sahar Yousef

"Don’t think about what’s going to happen next year. Think about what you’ll do in the next hour."

Download linkedin banner
Male Avatar

Elon Musk

"I'd rather be optimistic and wrong than pessimistic and right."

Download linkedin banner
Male Avatar

Satya Nadella

"To be a leader in this company, your job is to find the rose petals in a field of shit."

Download linkedin banner
Male Avatar

Michael Bloomberg

"You’re entitled to your own opinions, but not your own facts."

Download linkedin banner
Male Avatar

Sara Blakely

"The smartest thing I ever did was to hire my weakness."

Download linkedin banner
Male Avatar

Sheryl Sandberg

"If you’re offered a seat on a rocketship, don’t ask what seat."

Download linkedin banner
Male Avatar

Jack Ma

"Opportunity lies in the place where the complaints are."

Download linkedin banner
Male Avatar

Jay Z

“You learn more in failure than you ever do in success.”

Download linkedin banner
Male Avatar

Warren Buffet

"It's good to learn from your mistakes. It's better to learn from other people's mistakes."

Download linkedin banner
Male Avatar

Indra Nooyi

“If you don’t give people a chance to fail, you won’t innovate.”

Download linkedin banner
Male Avatar

Oprah

“Where there is no struggle, there is no strength”

Download linkedin banner
Male Avatar

Arvind Krishna

"Curiosity is what will allow you to find problems that are worth solving."

Download linkedin banner
Male Avatar

Amar Bose

"No one ever won a chess game by betting on each move."

Download linkedin banner
Male Avatar

April Dunford

"It's better to be a little boring than completely baffling."

Download linkedin banner

Start learning for free

• Dive into our most popular sprints
• Watch top case studies and live lectures
• RSVP to upcoming events

Section logo pop up