Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
HardshipFamilyLossHelplessness I was brought up as an only child, and we were very close. But when I was 14, we got evicted. We came home to a padlock, and I looked up at my mom and she was crying, and there was nothing to do.
PerseveranceStruggleHardshipOvercoming AdversityOpportunity I grew up where, when a door closed, a window didn't open. The only thing I had was cracks. I'd do everything to get through those cracks - scratch, claw, bite, push, bleed. Now the opportunity is here. The door is wide open, and it's as big as a garage.
InnocenceDenialHardshipSelf-AwarenessReality When you go to war as a boy, you have a great illusion of immortality. Other people get killed, not you... Then, when you are badly wounded the first time, you lose that illusion, and you know it can happen to you.
LeadershipEmpathySacrificeHardshipResilience I'm no longer just a candidate. I'm the President. I know what it means to send young Americans into battle, for I have held in my arms the mothers and fathers of those who didn't return. I've shared the pain of families who've lost their homes, and the frustration of workers who've lost their jobs.
HardshipComfortPerspectiveEndurance It is a much easier and less distressing thing to draw remonstrances in a comfortable room by a good fireside than to occupy a cold bleak hill and sleep under frost and snow without clothes or blankets.
HardshipResilienceStarting From NothingDedicationSacrifice I remember I used to sleep on my records. In a room with no furniture. I remember I used to sleep in my car.
IndividualityResilienceHardshipPerseveranceDetermination To become 'unique,' the challenge is to fight the hardest battle which anyone can imagine until you reach your destination.
InjusticeExclusionHardshipEndurance Here comes a time when people get tired of being pushed out of the glittering sunlight of life's July and left standing amid the piercing chill of an alpine November.
ResilienceLoyaltyHardshipSupportPerseverance The fans know what's happened to me over the past couple of years. I lost my family. I pretty much got devastated financially and the fans know that I've had some hard times - and that's the nature of loyal fans. They want to see the people that they love and believe in get back on their feet.
