Do You Find Inspirational Quotes Help Conquer Tough Times?

Do you find inspirational quotes help you conquer tough times?

Being an entrepreneur requires a consistent positive attitude.

You need your game face on at all times – display constant determination – maintain a laser focus.

Especially during times of stress such as battling those particular days when nothing seems to go right.

Entrepreneurs need to remain optimistic and upbeat through the toughest of challenges.

Sometimes we just need words of wisdom like a few inspiring quotes to keep us on track.

Quotes That Inspire

Sorry to be cliche but who doesn’t love quotes of inspiration and motivation?

A couple of classics:

• “Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.” ~Winston Churchill
• “Win one for the Gipper!” – Knute Rockne

Of course, one of the most comical motivation speeches of all time comes from Bluto (John Belusi) in the 1978 movie “Animal House”.

Yet, entrepreneurs tend to turn to business icons or titans of industry for words of inspiration and motivation.

Great business quotes serve not only as an excellent source of inspiration but they also help put things in perspective during challenging times.

Inspirational Quotes by Henry Ford

Legendary auto icon Henry Ford was known for his insightful one-liners. Henry Ford delivered a wealth of outstanding quotes:

• “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said ‘faster horses.”
• “If you always do what you always did, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.”
• “Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.”
• “Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.”
• “Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice.”
• “Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.”
• “Coming together is the beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.”

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Inspirational Quotes by Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs needs no introduction. Technology visionary. Computer pioneer. Inventor. Entrepreneur. Co-founder of Apple. He also revolutionized the cartoon industry with Pixar. Steve Jobs died way too young in 2011.

Below include a few favorites:

• “I’m as proud of many of the things we haven’t done as the things we have done. Innovation is saying no to a thousand things.”
• “Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful…that’s what matters to me.”
• “Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow know what you truly want to become.”
• “If you define the problem correctly, you almost have the solution.”
• “The only way to do great work is to love what you do…. Don’t settle”
• “The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.”

Inspirational Quotes by John D. Rockefeller

John D. Rockefeller achieved great heights of unimaginable success. Rockefeller founded The Standard Oil Company in the 19th century.

• “Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one’s aim.” 
• “If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.”
• “Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.”
• “I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.”

Thanks for taking the time to read this post.

Do you have particular quotes that help you conquer tough times?