Ralph Lauren is one of the world’s best known names in fashion and style.
He started The Ralph Lauren Corporation in 1967 with men’s ties and it quickly grew to become a global multibillion-dollar enterprise.
While he stepped down from being CEO in September 2015, he remains the executive chairman and chief creative officer. His estimated net worth is $6.9 billion as of 2019.
This Ralph Lauren quotes collection gives a great insight into what made him successful, namely authenticity, vision and the power of dreams. I hope they inspire you to be true to yourself along your journey of success.
43 Inspirational Ralph Lauren Quotes
1. “Books open windows to the world and have the power to transform lives.” – Ralph Lauren
2. “A lot of hard work is hidden behind nice things.” – Ralph Lauren
3. “I don’t design clothes, I design dreams.” – Ralph Lauren
4. “I never said to myself, ‘I’m going to be the greatest.’ I just wanted to do my own thing.” – Ralph Lauren
5. “Personal style is about having a sense of yourself and what you believe in every day.” – Ralph Lauren
6. “People ask how can a Jewish kid from the Bronx do preppy clothes? Does it have to do with class and money? It has to do with dreams.” – Ralph Lauren
7. “I exercise at the gym with a trainer. I feel it’s very healthy, very important – important for everybody. I feel it’s good for you. It makes you feel better. It loosens you up a little bit.” – Ralph Lauren
8. “Knowledge is not a passion from without the mind, but and active exertion of the inward strength, vigor, and power of the mind, displaying itself from within.” – Ralph Lauren
9. “I have tried to be authentic in everything I do.” – Ralph Lauren
10. “I have a vision for living. It’s about elements of style. It’s about all the things that I love, that I believe in.” – Ralph Lauren
11. “I would love the legacy of this company to be not only the beautiful products we made but the way we thought about the world and tried to make it a better place.” – Ralph Lauren
12. “Enjoy your family. Do things that you like to do. Stay strong. That’s the secret to remaining happy.” – Ralph Lauren
13. “My life has been a dream. If someone had to write a story about it, it would seem a little unreal. It’s the kind of story I would read and say, Nah, that’s not possible.” – Ralph Lauren
14. “My eyes are on my life. They are my private camera. I extend all the experience from my private life into my work because living is my library.” – Ralph Lauren
15. “A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.” – Ralph Lauren
16. “You have to create something from nothing.” – Ralph Lauren
17. “It’s all possible and I’m living proof.” – Ralph Lauren
18. “You don’t have to wear a label to be important.” – Ralph Lauren
19. “I never went to fashion school. I didn’t know what a designer was. I knew I had something, but I didn’t know what it was. And it could just have easily been nothing.” – Ralph Lauren
20. “I love the challenge of new ideas.” – Ralph Lauren
21. “I think I’ve been happy because I’ve been able to do what I believe in, and on my own terms.” – Ralph Lauren
22. “My thing was always about individuality and about creating a world – because you don’t just wear clothes, you live a life. You have style. You project who you are.” – Ralph Lauren
23. “When you don’t do something anymore, all of a sudden everyone treasures it.” – Ralph Lauren
24. “I believe in God. I believe in doing the right thing. I believe in helping people if I can.” – Ralph Lauren
25. “I always feel like I have to keep going. You can sit back and say, ‘Maybe I can stop.’ But then you’re yesterday, and I love tomorrow.” – Ralph Lauren
26. “The world is open to us, and each day is an occasion to reinvent ourselves.” – Ralph Lauren
27. “I had talent. I wanted to be my own boss. I just had to.” – Ralph Lauren
28. “I didn’t want to be one of many but the only one.” – Ralph Lauren
29. “You have to look for things you really love, for what your dream is.” – Ralph Lauren
30. “I felt like I was a leader, not a follower.” – Ralph Lauren
31. “The real excitement of what you’re doing is in the doing of it.” – Ralph Lauren
32. “The key to longevity is to keep doing what you do better than anyone else. We work real hard at that. It’s about getting your message out to the consumer. It’s about getting their trust, but also getting them excited, again and again.” – Ralph Lauren
33. “You can make a statement by how you dress. Clothes are really part of an expression; they make a statement about you. It’s sort of an introduction; it’s not you.” – Ralph Lauren
34. “I came from nowhere. I had nothing.” – Ralph Lauren
35. “My dreams are my work. I design out of the things that I love.” – Ralph Lauren
36. “I didn’t have a vision as in, This is where I’m going. I had a vision as in, “This is what I love to do.”” – Ralph Lauren
37. “I’ve never wanted to be in fashion. Because if you’re in fashion, you’re going to be out of fashion.” – Ralph Lauren
38. “We all have to fight to maintain our unique style and taste in a world that would have us conform.” – Ralph Lauren
39. “And I’m excited when I find somebody stimulating to talk with. That’s one of the great treasures in life.” – Ralph Lauren
40. “What I feel best about is that while I enjoy what I have and don’t want to lose it, I also don’t need it.” – Ralph Lauren
41. “I have always done what I love myself. My philosophy was that I never had focus groups. I did what I wear.” – Ralph Lauren
42. “Success isn’t based on ‘look what I can do!’ but more on an inner sense of self and believing you have something to say in your own consistent way. And I think we all have to fight to maintain our unique style and taste in a world that would have us conform.” – Ralph Lauren
43. “My goal was always to be myself.” – Ralph Lauren
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