Entrepreneurs who are innovative, imaginative, visionary full of enthusiasm for learning and working have gained importance in adapting to changes and developments in the world. The entrepreneurs who are armed with these characteristics come before the capital and natural resources. Entrepreneurship, as a key factor for countries in reaching their development targets, is important for the economic, social and cultural aspects of societies. Having the enterprising individuals in terms of economy is an essential feature and also it forms the basis for social entrepreneurship. The cultural values that express the presence of this approach in terms of infrastructure, customs, and traditions of entrepreneurship are extremely important. Due to conditions such as social structure and cultural heritage, while some countries have very competitive characteristics in terms of entrepreneurship, Turkey, despite a number of features from its historic depths, has not been able to capture the entrepreneurship of cultural history. In this study, Erzincan local proverbs and idioms that overlap with entrepreneurial characteristics are discussed.