The Importance of Curiosity
25 Quotes Demonstrating the Importance of Curiosity
June 1, 2022 | 5 min read
In writing his book, Corner Office, Adam Bryant asked over 700 CEOs, “What qualities do you see most often in those who succeed?”
The top answer? Curiosity.
Curiosity is a posture of humble wonder. It drives innovation. Staying curious is vital in the realm of internet marketing… and in every other field, industry, and business. Curious business owners are constantly asking questions about their target customers and are willing to try new approaches in reaching them.
Curious business owners try new social media platforms, technologies, and innovations, believing the potential for success outweighs the risk of failure.
Curious business owners ask “what if” with an excited twinkle in their eyes.
Looking for something to spark your curiosity? Read the quotes below from remarkable leaders whose lives were marked by wonder.
25 Quotes about curiosity from leaders, business owners, and historical figures:
“I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.” ― Albert Einstein
“We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” ― Walt Disney
“There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder.” ― Ronald Reagan
“I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt
“Much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity an intuition turned out to be priceless later on.” ― Steve Jobs
“Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.” ― Neil Armstrong
“Learning is by nature, curiosity.” ― Plato
“The best in business have boundless curiosity and open minds.” ― Robin Sharma
“Intelligence follows curiosity.” ― James Clear
Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton asked why. Bernard Baruch
“Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.” ― Socrates
“The more I wonder, the more I love.” ― Alice Walker
“What I have is a malevolent curiosity. That’s what drives my need to write and what probably leads me to look at things a little askew. I do tend to take a different perspective from most people.” – David Bowie
“Pay attention to those employees who respectfully ask why. They are demonstrating an interest in their jobs and exhibiting a curiosity that could eventually translate into leadership ability.” – Harvey Mackay
“Remain a lifelong student. Don’t lose that curiosity.” ― Indra Nooyi, former CEO of PepsiCo.
“It always seems impossible, until it is done.” ― Nelson Mandela
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”― Thomas Edison
“If you want to live a curiosity-driven life, you must commit to being vigilant about looking for what’s piquing your curiosity.” ― Elizabeth Gilbert
“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.” ― Plutarch
“Stay hungry, stay young, stay foolish, stay curious, and above all, stay humble because just when you think you got all the answers, is the moment when some bitter twist of fate in the universe will remind you that you very much don't.” ― Tom Hiddleston
“The best scientists and explorers have the attributes of kids! They ask questions and have a sense of wonder. They have curiosity. ‘Who, what, where, why, when and how!’ They never stop asking questions, and I never stop asking questions, just like a five year old.” – Sylvia Earle
“A state of wonder is a state of mind.” - Margaret Stone
“There’s always an element of chance and you must be willing to live with that element. If you insist on certainty, you will paralyze yourself.“ - J.P. Getty
“There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period.” - Brené Brown
“He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.” ― Albert Einstein
