950 Inspiring Leadership Quotes For Tough Times (2023)
1. “All of life is a test and we all have our challenges to meet.” ― Marjory Sheba
2. “The three ‘C’s’ of leadership are consideration, caring, and courtesy. Be polite to everyone.” Brian Tracy
3. “No matter how much falls on us, we keep plowing ahead. That’s the only way to keep the roads clear.” ~ Greg Kincaid
4. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston Churchill
5. “Leadership is not about titles, positions, or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.” –John C. Maxwell
6. Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity. — Coco Chanel
7. “There exist limitless opportunities in every industry. Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.” — Charles F. Kettering
8. “Tough times never last, but tough people do.”—Robert H. Schuller
9. “Happiness isn’t something that depends on our surroundings…it’s something we make inside ourselves.” ~ Corrie ten Boom
10. “365 Days 365 Opportunities – every day, do something that will inch you closer towards a better tomorrow.”! ???
11. If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. — Isaac Newton, mathematician, physicist, and author
12. “Energy and persistence conquer all things.” — Benjamin Franklin
13. “A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see, and who sees before others see.” — Leroy Eimes
14. “He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity.” — William Samuel Johnson
15. “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
16. “Only those who dare to fail greatly, can ever achieve greatly.” — Robert F. Kennedy
17. “Hard times and funky living can season the soul, true enough, but joy is the yeast that makes it rise.” ― Tom Robbins
18. “Never to suffer would never to have been blessed.” – Edgar Allan Poe
19. “Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.” – Timothy Keller
20. “When the leadership job is finished, the people will say, “we did it ourselves” - Lao Tsu
21. “Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” - Jack Welch
22. “I don’t know if I’ve had my share of drama, but I’ve definitely had my share of hard times.” — Serena Williams
23. “The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within strength, courage and dignity.” – Ruby Dee
24. “Success is very much the intersection of luck and hard work.” — Dustin Moskovitz, Co-founder and CEO of Asana.
25. “Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them become what they are capable of being.” –Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
26. “You’ve got to stay strong to be strong in tough times.” – Tilman J. Fertitta
27. “If you are patient...and wait long enough...Nothing will happen” — Jim Davis creator of Garfield
28. “You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.” –Nancy D. Solomon
29. “The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.” Bob Marley
30. “Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.”
31. Hard times are sometimes blessings in disguise. We do have to suffer but in the end it makes us strong, better and wise. — Anurag Prakash Ray
32. “What helps you persevere is your resilience and commitment.” — Roy T. Bennett
33. “Prosperity is not without many fears and disasters; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.” – Francis Bacon
34. “Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better.” —Bill Bradley
35. “The human capacity for burden is like bamboo – far more flexible than you’d ever believe at first glance.” ~ Jodi Picoult
36. “Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.” – Steve Martin, ‘Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life’
37. “Remember that just because you hit bottom doesn’t mean you have to stay there.” — Robert Downey Jr
38. “When life takes the wind out of your sails, it is to test you at the oars.” –
39. “And one has to understand that braveness is not the absence of fear but rather the strength to keep on going forward despite the fear.” — Paulo Coelho
40. “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” – Thomas Edison
41. “A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.” - Lao Tzu
42. “People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.” –John C. Maxwell
43. “If you’re presenting yourself with confidence, you can pull off pretty much anything.” – Katy Perry
44. “Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” – Joshua J. Marine
45. “Just think how happy you would be if you lost everything you have right now, and then got it back again.” – Frances Rodman
46. “The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” — Ernest Hemingway
47. “Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.” —Les Brown
48. “The key to success is action.” Brian Tracy
49. “Hard times, when held with open hands and a tender heart, can prepare us for the future.” ― Cindee Snider Re
50. “Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” — Khalil Gibran
51. “There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.” – Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
52. “Smile even when you’re going through some hard times.” ― Alcurtis Turner
53. “Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning how to dance in the rain.” — Vivian Greene
54. “Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.” – Steve Martin
55. “You start with a darkness to move through but sometimes the darkness moves through you.” – Dean Young
56. “Every adversity brings new experiences and new lessons.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita
57. “The difference between a strong man and a weak one is that the former does not give up after a defeat.” ~ Woodrow Wilson
58. “Hard times and fake friends are like oil and water: they don’t mix.” – Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
59. Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other. — Walter Elliot, British politician
60. “Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” —Napoleon Hill
61. “Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” – Dr. Seuss
62. “We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
63. “Certainly, there were tough times, but no, you can’t go back and change it. So, why dwell on it?” – Alex Smith
64. “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
65. “Attitude-flexibility is the mentality that helps us to smoothly persevere through turbulent times.”― Dr. Jacinta Mpalyenkana
66. “Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” –John D. Rockefeller
67. “Learning to trust is one of life’s most difficult tasks.” ~ Isaac Watts
68. “Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.” –Margaret Fuller
69. “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying ‘I will try again tomorrow.” – Mary Anne Radmacher
70. “Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.” Diogenes of Sinope
71. “The world breaks everyone, and afterwards, some are strong at the broken places.” – Ernest Hemingway
72. “Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.” - Stephen Covey
73. “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” – Frederick Douglass
74. It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up. — Babe Ruth, former professional baseball player
75. “If you believe it will work out, you’ll see opportunities. If you believe it won’t, you will see obstacles.” – Wayne Dyer
76. “True heroes are made of hard work and integrity.” — Hope Solo, American former soccer goalkeeper.
77. “Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you.” — Walt Whitman
78. “Success can cause people to unlearn the habits that made them successful in the first place.” — Satya Nadella, Indian-American business executive.
79. There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits. — Michael Phelps, Olympic swimmer
80. “If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done.” – Bruce Lee
81. Hard times may have held you down, but they will not last forever. When all is said and done, you will be increased. — Joel Osteen
82. “Persistence and resilience only come from having been given the chance to work through difficult problems.” — Gever Tulley
83. “It’s your reaction to adversity, not adversity itself, that determines how your life’s story will develop.” — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
84. Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard. — Tim Notke, basketball coach
85. “To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist.”—Gail Sheehy
86. “She stood in the storm and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails.” — Elizabeth Edwards
87. The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. - William Arthur Ward
88. “Practice Golden Rule Management in everything you do. Manage others the way you would like to be managed.” Brian Tracy
89. “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” — Abraham Lincoln
90. “Whatever you are, be a good one.” –Abraham Lincoln
91. “Difficult times produce strong men and women. Keep on your struggle to achieve your dreams!”― Avijeet Das
92. “We are not a product of what has happened to us in our past. We have the power of choice.” ~ Stephen Covey
93. “You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
94. “In hard times nothing is visible, life seems to beat you down, with courage hit the problems ball will be in your court.” ― Kishore Bansal
95. “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I’ll try again tomorrow.”―Mary Anne Radmach
96. “Don’t wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get, you’ve got to make yourself.” – Alice Walker
97. “You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.”— Margaret Thatcher
98. “We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.” ~ J.K. Rowling
99. “A good half of the art of living is resilience.” ~ Alain de Botton
100. Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing. - Tom Peters
101. “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” — Albert Einstein
102. “I’ve got nothing to do today but smile.” – Paul Simon
103. “Elevate true productivity over the appearance of hard work.” — Scott Belsky, American entrepreneur and author.
104. “What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.”— Ralph Waldo Emerson
105. “The price of greatness is responsibility.” — Winston Churchill
106. “A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
107. “Enthusiasm is common. Endurance is rare.” — Angela Duckworth
108. “Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” — Carl Bard
109. “After a storm comes a calm.” – Matthew Henry
110. “Don’t find fault, find a remedy.” — Henry Ford
111. “In times of great stress or adversity, it’s always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.” – Lee Iacocca
112. “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” - Steve Jobs
113. “No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.” — Andrew Carnegie
114. “Every adversity, every failure and every heartache carries with it the seed of an equivalent or a greater benefit.” — Napoleon Hill
115. “I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.” – Abraham Lincoln
116. “New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.” – Lao Tzu
117. “There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” –Edith Wharton
118. “Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.” — Maya Angelou
119. “Successful leaders see the opportunities in every difficulty rather than the difficulty in every opportunity.” — Reed Markham
120. “No matter how hard the battle gets, or no matter how many people don’t believe in your dream, never give up!” – Eric Thomas
121. “The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.” –Dwight D. Eisenhower
122. “What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
123. “I should be grateful for the tough times because Allah chose me, though I was good enough to go through it.” ― Nouman Ali Khan
124. “Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.” –Brian Tracy
125. “Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.” – Michael Jordan
126. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail.”– Nelson Mandela
127. “Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” – A. A. Milne
128. “Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.” — Ovid
129. “Hard times don’t create heroes. It is during the hard times when the ‘hero’ within us is revealed.” ~ Bob Riley
130. “The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.” John Maxwell
131. “Difficult times will come.” It’s a fact of life, isn’t it? There are good times and bad times in everybody’s life.”― Raj Kosaraju
132. “Tough times never last, but tough people do.” – Robert Schuller
133. “Tough times call for tough choices and pinching every penny.” – John Hickenlooper
134. Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable. — Coco Chanel, fashion designer
135. “Let us all be the leaders we wish we had.” — Simon Sinek, Author and inspirational speaker.
136. “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” - John Quincy Adams
137. “Rock bottom became the solid foundation in which I rebuilt my life.” — J.K. Rowling
138. “On the other side of a storm is the strength that comes from having navigated through it. Raise your sail and begin.” — Gregory S. Williams
139. “I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through — then follow through.” — Edward Rickenbacker
140. “You can make heaven out of hell, or hell out of heaven. The choice is yours.”― Shannon L. Alder
141. “The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.” — Epictetus
142. “The task of the leader is to get their people from where they are to where they have not been.” — Henry Kissinger
143. “Hard times don’t create heroes. It is during the hard times when the ‘hero’ within us is revealed.” — Bob Riley
144. “Grief and resilience live together.” ~ Michelle Obama
145. “The best leaders never stop learning.”
146. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations.” – Ralph Marston
147. “I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders.”~ Jewish Proverb
148. “Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.” – Wayne Dyer
149. “Hard times are sometimes blessings in disguise. We do have to suffer but in the end it makes us strong, better and wise.” — Anurag Prakash Ray
150. “Pettiness, spite, and vengeance are emotional reactions considered to be beneath the dignity of a leader.”
151. “Nothing is more beautiful than the smile that has struggled through the tears.” ~ Demi Lovato
152. “A leader is a dealer in hope.” — Napoleon Bonaparte
153. With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts. — Eleanor Roosevelt
154. “As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.” Bill Gates
155. “It’s true that no one ever said life would be easy, but it is also true that no one ever said you had to go through it alone.”― Jellis Vaes
156. “Hard times don’t create heroes. It is during the hard times when the ‘hero’ within us is revealed.” – Bob Riley
157. “Every goal first started as something in our mind. You have it all within you!” – Deborah Day, ‘BE HAPPY NOW!’
158. “Problems are not stop signs; they are guidelines.”—Robert Schuller
159. “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” –John F. Kennedy
160. “The greatest leaders mobilize others by coalescing people around a shared vision.” — Ken Blanchard
161. “If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don’t have integrity, nothing else matters.” Harvey Mackay
162. “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” — John Quincy Adams
163. “What helps you persevere is your resilience and commitment.” ~ Roy T. Bennett
164. “Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing.” - Tom Peters
165. “Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.” –Robert Louis Stevenson
166. “You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.” – Oprah Winfrey
167. “Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations. The best is yet to come.”― Zig Ziglar
168. “Leadership is the capacity to transform vision into reality.” Warren G. Bennis
169. “He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.” ~ Louisa May Alcott
170. “You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.” ~ Bob Marley
171. “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” — Steve Jobs
172. “Hard times may have held you down, but they will not last forever. When all is said and done, you will be increased.” — Joel Osteen
173. “The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free.” Oprah Winfrey
174. “No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.” —Andrew Carnegie
175. “A leader is a dealer in hope.” - Napoleon Bonaparte
176. “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” John C. Maxwell
177. “I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure, which is: Try to please everybody.” –Herbert Swope
178. “Don’t stop breathing just because night has fallen! Don’t stop breathing just because you are sleeping.”― Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
179. “I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance,
180. “Leadership is an ever-evolving position.” –Mike Krzyzewski
181. “Where there is no struggle, there is no strength” – Oprah
182. “Hard times are like thunder. They make a lot of noise but do little harm. Don’t fear hard times.”― Debasish Mridha
183. “Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.” – Bruce Lee
184. “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life. It goes on.” – Robert Frost
185. “Even in hard times there’s a possibility to have fun.” ― Eyden I
186. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.” — Margaret Mead
187. “A winner is just a loser who tried one more time.” – George M. Moore Jr.
188. “I am strong because I’ve been weak. I am fearless because I’ve been afraid.” — Unknown
189. “Fall seven times, stand up eight.” ~ Japanese Proverb
190. The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived. — Robert Jordan
191. “Strong people alone know how to organize their suffering so as to bear only the most necessary pain.” — Emil Dorian
192. “Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.” — L.M. Montgomery
193. That which does not kill us makes us stronger. — Friedrich Nietzsche
194. “Being a self-leader is to serve as chief, captain, president, or CEO of one’s own life” - Drucker
195. “A good leader leads the people from above them. A great leader leads the people from within them.” M.D. Arnold
196. “Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower
197. “There is meaning in every journey that is unknown to the traveler.” — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
198. “Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.” — Og Mandino
199. “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” Benjamin Franklin
200. “Real leadership is leaders recognizing that they serve the people that they lead.” - Pete Hoekstra
201. “There is meaning in every journey that is unknown to the traveler.” ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer
202. “Anyone is free to judge me, but they weren’t there in my tough times.” — S. Sreesanth
203. “The person who can dominate during rough times is the person who can dominate, period.” ― Gary Vaynerchuk
204. “In my experience, people who don’t stick around during the hard times weren’t worth having around anyway.” – Kimberly Belle
205. “I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.” ~ Maya Angelou
206. “Become a happy memory collector. Live fully in the now, appreciating each moment. This is how you capture future memories.” – Karen Salmansohn
207. Every adversity, every failure, and every heartache, carries with it the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit. — Napoleon Hill
208. “There exist limitless opportunities in every industry. Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.” —Charles F. Kettering
209. “Hard times lifts the seeking souls to higher spiritual realms.”― Lailah Gifty Akita
210. “When you delegate work to a member of the team, your job is to clearly frame success and describe the objectives.” Steven Sinofsky
211. “You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.” — Bob Marley
212. “The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.” — Ken Blanchard, American author and motivational speaker.
213. “People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.” – Abraham Lincoln
214. “Do not get discouraged in times of difficulties.”― Lailah Gifty Akita
215. “In prosperous times, the marginal workers get by. But in tough times, they get the shaft.” — Bill O’Reilly
216. “No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit.” Andrew Carnegie
217. “We are not a product of what has happened to us in our past. We have the power of choice.” — Stephen Covey
218. “Don’t follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.” —Margaret Thatcher
219. “It doesn’t matter who you are, or where you came from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always.” - Oprah Winfrey
220. “Every adversity, every failure, and every heartache, carries with it the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.” ~ Napoleon Hill
221. “Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.” Brian Tracy
222. If your heart is broken, make art with the pieces. — Shane Koyczan
223. “I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times.” — Willie Nelson
224. “Don’t tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.” —George S. Patton Jr.
225. “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”–Abraham Lincoln
226. “Hard times build determination and inner strength. Through them we can also come to appreciate the uselessness of anger.” — Dalai Lama
227. “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
228. “In tough times, one has to see if the fundamentals of the business are good or not.” — Naveen Tewari
229. “Once you’ve been through tough times, you can only become stronger.” — Alesha Dixon
230. Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible. —Tony Robbins, American author, and speaker
231. “Fruitful times are waiting those who are patient in the hard times.” — Jonathan H. Wilson
232. The only difference between success and failure is the ability to take action. — Alexander Graham Bell
233. “A leader is a person you will follow to a place you would not go by yourself.” –Joel Barker
234. You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice. — Bob Marley
235. “A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power.” Brian Tracy
236. “Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.” – Lucy Maud Montgomery
237. “Only during hard times do people come to understand how difficult it is to be master of their feelings and thoughts.” – Anton Chekhov
238. “Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” Jack Welch
239. “Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.” — Seth Godin
240. “I don’t know a startup that hasn’t been through tough times.” – Vinod Khosla
241. “Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.” —Dalai Lama
242. Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy. — Leo Buscaglia
243. “Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.” ~ Leo Buscaglia
244. “Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better.” –Bill Bradley
245. “No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent,”
246. “High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.” — Charles F. Kettering, American inventor and engineer.
247. “The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them.” — Carlos Ghosn
248. “Integrity is the most valuable and respected quality of leadership. Always keep your word.” Brian Tracy
249. “Let perseverance be your engine and hope your fuel.” — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
250. “In difficult times, it’s so hard to look around and to see what to be grateful for.” – Alice Barrett
251. “Being successful is a choice and, therefore, being defeated is a decision.” — Jim Stovall, American writer.
252. If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful after all. — Michelangelo, sculptor and painter
253. “As the worst comes to us when we are unprepared, so shall we Strive when the best in unexpected.” – Goitsemang Mvula
254. “Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” —George Addair
255. “You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” ~ Marcus Aurelius
256. “A good leader leads the people from above them. A great leader leads the people from within them.” –M.D. Arnold
257. “Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” –Warren G. Bennis
258. “Don’t cry for a man who’s left you; the next one may fall for your smile.” – Mae West
259. “You’ll never regret what you do in life. You’ll only regret what you don’t do.”— Dr. Wayne Dyer
260. “In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.” – Albert Camus
261. Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all. — Emily Dickinson
262. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” ~ Thomas Alva Edison
263. “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” –John Maxwell
264. “Successful leaders see the opportunities in every difficulty rather than the difficulty in every opportunity.” Reed Markham
265. “If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” — Dr. Wayne Dyer
266. “The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.” ~ Chinese Proverb
267. “Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want.” ~ Jim Rohn
268. “Resilience is based on compassion for ourselves as well as compassion for others.” — Sharon Salzberg
269. “Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results, not attributes.” –Peter F. Drucker
270. I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. — Thomas Jefferson, American Founding Father
271. “You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.” — Nancy D. Solomon
272. “You don’t achieve success, you attract success.” — Farshad Asl, Entrepreneur.
273. “Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.” ~ Maya Angelou
274. “Teamwork is the secret that makes common people achieve uncommon results.” — Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha, Educator and bestselling author.
275. Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. — Thomas Edison, inventor
276. “The highest of distinctions is service to others.” –King George VI
277. “Be strong. You never know who you are inspiring.” – Unknown
278. A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves. - Lao Tzu
279. “Only those who dare to fail greatly, can ever achieve greatly.” ~ Robert F. Kennedy
280. “There are no great people in this world, only great challenges which ordinary people rise to meet.”—William Frederick Halsey, Jr.
281. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.” –Margaret Mead
282. “When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.”—Franklin D. Roosevelt
283. “The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.”– Seneca
284. Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat. — F. Scott Fitzgerald, author
285. Whatever we believe about ourselves and our ability comes true for us. — Susan L. Taylor, journalist
286. “Be thankful for the bad things in life. They open your eyes to see the good things you weren’t paying attention to before.”
287. “I had a lot of tough times, and I know what it is. We must move forward, working equally and always strong.” — David de Gea
288. “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein
289. The only thing standing between you and outrageous success is continuous progress. — Dan Waldschmidt, business strategist
290. “In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” — Albert Camus
291. “It may sound strange, but many champions are made champions by setbacks.” ~ Bob Richards
292. Hard times build determination and inner strength. Through them we can also come to appreciate the uselessness of anger. — Dalai Lama
293. “We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” —Kurt Vonnegut
294. “Remember: Every champion was once a contender that refused to give up.” – Rocky Balboa
295. My barn having burned down, I can now see the moon. — Mizuta Masahide
296. “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” –Harold R. McAlindon
297. “There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” — Edith Wharton
298. “You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too.” — Sam Rayburn
299. “What people have the capacity to choose, they have the ability to change.” — Madeleine Albright, American politician.
300. “We must meet the challenge rather than wish it were not before us.” – William J. Brennan, Jr.
301. “I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.” ~ Og Mandino
302. “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” ~ Confucius
303. “Doing what is right isn’t the problem. It is knowing what is right.” –Lyndon B Johnson
304. “I will always find a way and a way will always find me.” – Charles F. Glassman
305. “Turn your wounds into wisdom.” ~ Oprah Winfrey
306. “Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple and it is also that difficult.” –Warren Bennis
307. If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader. - John Quincy Adams
308. “Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.” – Zig Ziglar
309. “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” - John F. Kennedy
310. “By sticking it out through tough times, people emerge from adversity with a stronger sense of efficacy.”- Albert Bandura
311. “If you’re not sure where you are going, you’re liable to end up someplace else.” –Robert F. Mager
312. “A failure is not always a mistake. It may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.” – B.F. Skinner
313. “Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.” ― Henry Ward Beecher
314. “The only thing that’s keeping you from getting what you want is the story you keep telling yourself.” – Tony Robbins
315. “Love so joyfully and freely given can never be taken away. It is never truly gone.” – Cameron Dokey
316. “Hard times are purposeful, meant to refine and redirect us. They’re not arbitrary or random, and they’re definitely not cruel.” ― Liz Curtis Higgs
317. “Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.”
318. “We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.”– Martin Luther King
319. “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill
320. “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” – Thomas Edison
321. “When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” – Joseph Kennedy
322. “Just because I’m in the spotlight – I’m actually no better than anyone else. Everyone has hard days and tough times.” – Kyle Carpenter
323. “I like to use the hard times of the past to motivate me today.” –Dwayne Johnson
324. “One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.” Arnold Glasow
325. “Hard days are the best because that’s when champions are made.” – Gabrielle Douglas
326. “I don’t know if I’ve had my share of drama, but I’ve definitely had my share of hard times.” ― Serena Williams
327. “A problem is a chance for you to do your best.” – Duke Ellington
328. “To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift.” – Steve Prefontaine
329. “Falling down is how we grow. Staying down is how we die.” – Brian Vaczily
330. “Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want.” – Jim Rohn
331. “Be strong, things will get better. It might be stormy now, but rain doesn’t last forever.” – Unknown
332. “Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right thing.” –Peter F. Drucker
333. “One of the most important things you can do on this earth is to let people know they are not alone.” – Shannon L. Alder
334. “Look over your shoulder now and then to be sure someone’s following you.” –Henry Gilmer
335. “Leaders don’t inflict pain, they share pain.” — Max Depree
336. “Every champion was once a contender that refused to give up.” — Sylvester Stallone
337. “The most effective way to lead is to lead from within.” –(could not help myself) Lolly Daskal
338. “Turn your wounds into wisdom.” – Oprah Winfrey
339. “The effective leader recognizes that they are more dependent on their people than they are on them. Walk softly.” Brian Tracy
340. “I’m used to really struggling and facing a hard time to get things going, until I’m comfortable at all with them.” ― Seth Rogen
341. “Always choose the future over the past. What do we do now?” Brain Tracy
342. “Leaders never use the word failure. They look upon setbacks as learning experiences.” Brian Tracy
343. “I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.”– Og Mandino
344. “Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do.” Jessica Jackley
345. “If I persist long enough I will win.” – Og Mandino
346. “The difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is how you use them.” ~ Anonymous
347. “Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.” ~ Nelson Mandela
348. “Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.” Mary Tyler Moore
349. “Failing to fail will never give you the real joy and happiness of success” ~ Invajy
350. “Sometimes the tide is with us, and sometimes against. But we keep swimming either way.” – Charlie Munger
351. “Encouragement is like water to the soul, it makes everything grow.” – Chris Burkmenn
352. Leadership is an action, not a position.” - Donald McGannon
353. “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
354. “No matter what you’re going through there’s no pit so deep that God can’t reach in and get you out.” ― Joyce Meyer
355. “Imperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we’re all in this together.” — Brené Brown, American researcher and storyteller.
356. “The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.” — Chinese Proverb
357. “When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
358. “Messages are more often “heard” when the communicator is honest, sincere, and succinct. In other words, say what you mean, and mean what you say.”
359. “Be passionate and move forward with gusto every single hour of every single day until you reach your goal.” — Ava DuVernay, American filmmaker.
360. “In the hard times everything will be revealed, stay watching.” – Gun Gun Febrianza
361. “Friends and family matter most during hard times.” ― Liz Miller
362. “Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.” ~ William Ellery Channing
363. “Most people fall upon tough times at some point.” – Esther McVey
364. “A problem is a chance for you to do your best.” ~ Duke Ellington
365. “A problem is a chance for you to do your best.”- Duke Ellington
366. “Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.” – Dale Carnegie
367. “A good half of the art of living is resilience.” – Alain de Botton
368. “The nice thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side.” — Margaret Carty, American author and executive director of MLA.
369. “My barn having burned down. I can now see the moon.” — Mizuta Masahide
370. “You are what you do, not what you say you’ll do.” Carl Jung
371. “Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.” - Jack Welch
372. “Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.” – Marcus Aurelius
373. “Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned.” –Harold Geneen
374. “The true measure of the value of any business leader and manager is performance.” – Brian Tracy
375. If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time. — Steve Jobs, co-Founder of Apple Inc.
376. “Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them become what they are capable of being.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
377. “When people talk, listen completely.” –Ernest Hemingway
378. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
379. Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out. — Robert Collier, author
380. “Difficult roads always lead to beautiful destinations.” — Zig Ziglar
381. “The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.” – Seneca The Younger
382. “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”Harold R. McAlindon
383. “Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand.”
384. “Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.” –Dwight D. Eisenhower
385. “Fall seven times and stand up eight.” – Japanese Proverb
386. “Tonight we cry, we despair, and we fear. Tomorrow we get back to work trying to build the world we want.” – Sam Altman
387. “Difficult times don’t come your way just so you can survive them; God uses these times in your life to form and refine you.” – Joel Osteen
388. “The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.” –John Buchan
389. “Hard times never last. Let your hope keep you joyful.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita
390. He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying. — Nietzsche, philosopher
391. Storms make trees take deeper roots. – Dolly Parton
392. “The only way round is through.” — Robert Frost, American poet.
393. “A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.” — Max Lucado
394. All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. — Walt Disney, founder of Walt Disney World
395. “The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.”
396. Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it. — Charles R. Swindoll, author and educator
397. “Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.” — Diogenes of Sinope
398. “Mastery is great, but even that is not enough. You have to be able to change course without a bead of sweat, or remorse.” – Tom Peters
399. “A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.” — Henry Kissinger
400. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail.” – Nelson Mandela
401. “Hard times may have held you down, but they will not last forever. When all is said and done, you will be increased.” ~ Joel Osteen
402. “The last 10% it takes to launch something takes as much energy as the first 90%.” — Rob Kalin, American entrepreneur.
403. “A leader is best when people barely know he exists. When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.” — Lao Tzu
404. “The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.” ~ Robert Jordan
405. “Everyone goes through a hard time in their life.” — Kirsten Dunst
406. “Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.” –Seth Godin
407. “The greatest oak was once a little nut who held its ground.” — Author Unknown
408. The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials. — Chinese Proverb
409. “We’ve gotten through a lot of tough times, and we’re going to keep working to make them better. I wish the record was better.” – Mike Quade
410. “Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” – Khalil Gibran
411. “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” John Quincy Adams
412. “A star wants to see himself rise to the top. A leader wants to see those around him rise to the top.” Simon Sinek
413. “A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.” Jim Rohn
414. “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying ‘I will try again tomorrow.’” ~ Mary Anne Radmacher
415. “Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.” General Dwight Eisenhower
416. “We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.”– Kenji Miyazawa
417. “I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples.” —Mother Teresa
418. “One’s dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered.” — Michael J. Fox
419. “He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.” — Louisa May Alcott
420. Confidence, courage and determined spirit are vital for surviving hard times. — Lailah Gifty Akita
421. “When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this – you haven’t.” – Thomas A. Edison
422. “The good life is not built on a foundation of ease…it’s the hard times that give us a rock solid foundation.” – Richie Norton
423. “With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
424. “You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” – Buddha
425. “When you’re at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.” – Theodore Roosevelt
426. “Leaders set high standards. refuse to tolerate mediocrity or poor performance.” Brian Tracy
427. “A company is only as good as the people it keeps.” — Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman and founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics.
428. “The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them.” –Carlos Ghosn
429. When you go through something, like, you learn to appreciate little things - the birds, trees, flowers. — Grizz Chapman
430. The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there. People will follow. - Seth Godin
431. “To add value to others, one must first value others.” –John Maxwell
432. “Difficult roads always lead to beautiful destinations.” – Zig Ziglar
433. “Character is simply habit long continued.” - Plato
434. “Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity.” ~ Coco Chanel
435. “The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.” — John Buchan
436. “The key responsibility of leadership is to think about the future. No one else can do it for you.” Brian Tracy
437. “One small crack does not mean you are broken, it means that you were put to the test and you didn’t fall apart.” – Linda Poindexter
438. “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I’ll try again tomorrow.”―Mary Anne Radmacher
439. “A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see, and who sees before others see.” –Leroy Eimes
440. “You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.” – Walt Disney
441. “A problem is a chance for you to do your best.”– Duke Ellington
442. “To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.” — Friedrich Nietzsche
443. “Things turn out the best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.” — John Wooden
444. “If someone is strong enough to bring you down, show them you are strong enough to get back up.”- A. Josland
445. “The things we fear most in organizations — fluctuations, distubances, imbalances — are the primary sources of creativity.” — Margaret Wheatley
446. “Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” — Helen Keller
447. “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
448. “Only during hard times do people come to understand how difficult it is to be master of their feelings and thoughts.” — Anton Chekhov
449. “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” – George Bernard Shaw
450. “Inside of a ring or out, ain’t nothing wrong with going down. It’s staying down that’s wrong.” – Muhammad Ali
451. You are your greatest asset. Put your time, effort and money into training. — Tom Hopkins, sales leader
452. “Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” — Warren G. Bennis
453. “Entrepreneurial leadership requires the ability to move quickly when opportunity presents itself.” Brian Tracy
454. “A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.” —Arnold H. Glasow
455. “As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.” — Bill Gates
456. “The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men, the conviction and the will to carry on.” — Walter Lippman
457. “Those who let things happen usually lose to those who make things happen.” –Dave Weinbaum
458. “Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself; do not look for a successful personality and duplicate it.” - Bruce Lee
459. “The signature of the truly great is not the absence of difficulty but the ability to recover from setbacks.”— Jim Collins
460. “The human capacity for burden is like bamboo – far more flexible than you’d ever believe at first glance.” — Jodi Picoult
461. We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
462. “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Confucius
463. “Happiness isn’t something that depends on our surroundings…it’s something we make inside ourselves.” — Corrie ten Boom
464. “I’m really out of touch with myself emotionally. I’ve always had a hard time talking about how I feel.” ― Sharon Van Etten
465. “Rock bottom became the solid foundation in which I rebuilt my life.” ~ J.K. Rowling
466. “Tough times never last, but tough people do.” – Robert H. Schuller
467. “Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving. We get stronger and more resilient.” — Steve Maraboli
468. “Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” –Jack Welch
469. “It’s your reaction to adversity, not adversity itself that determines how your life’s story will develop.” ~ Dieter F. Uchtdorf
470. “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” — William Arthur Ward
471. Grief and resilience live together. — Michelle Obama
472. “Unity is strength... when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.” — Mattie Stepanek, American poet.
473. “A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus, but a molder of consensus.” Martin Luther King, Jr.
474. “Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.”- Mary Anne Radmacher
475. “Once I’ve learned all those things and gotten through the hard times, I come out feeling really powerful.” ― Skylar Grey
476. “If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.”―H.G. Wells
477. “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” ~ Henry Ford
478. “I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.” Ralph Nader
479. “You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.” William Falkner
480. “On the other side of a storm is the strength that comes from having navigated through it. Raise your sail and begin.” ~ Gregory S. Williams
481. “Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.” Brian Tracy
482. The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it. ― Epicurus, Greek philosopher
483. “You don’t get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.” – Bill Parcells
484. “Small minds can’t comprehend big spirits. To be great, you have to be willing to be mocked, hated and misunderstood. Stay strong.” – Unknown
485. “A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.” –Martin Luther King Jr.
486. “There is no investment you can make which will pay you so well as the effort to scatter sunshine and good cheer through your establishment.”
487. “The key to successful leadership is influence, not authority.” - Kenneth H. Blanchard
488. “You are not allowed to let the sadness ruin you.” – Karen Salmansohn
489. “My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to take these great people we have and to push them and make them even better.” - Steve Jobs
490. “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” —Albert Einstein
491. “When you face any difficulty, do not panic but pray.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita
492. “With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
493. “Perseverance is the key to success. Never give up and keep making efforts. It’s often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock.” ~ Invajy
494. “Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.” — Robert Louis Stevenson
495. “It’s not exactly like you thought it would be, you think it’s a failure. What about the spectrum of colors in between.” – Sara Evans
496. “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” — Harold R. McAlindon
497. “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, ‘The Fellowship of the Ring’
498. “You don’t have to control your thoughts; you just have to stop letting them control you.” – Dan Millman
499. “The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.” – Epictetus
500. “Identify your problems, but give your power and energy to solutions.” – Tony Robbins
501. “When the going gets tough, the tough get going.”—Joseph Kennedy
502. “Doug Conant is remarkable—and so is this work.“
503. “Never give up on something that you can’t go a day without thinking about.” — Sir Winston Churchill
504. “In my experience, people who don’t stick around during the hard times weren’t worth having around anyway.”― Kimberly Belle
505. “I believe most people in their life will fall upon tough times at some point.” — Esther McVey
506. “A leader is best when people barely know he exists. When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.” –Lao Tzu
507. “Life is very interesting. In the end, some of your greatest pains become your greatest strengths.” — Drew Barrymore
508. “Don’t be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.” General Colin Powell
509. “The greatest leaders mobilize others by coalescing people around a shared vision.” –Ken Blanchard
510. “A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.” ~ Christopher Reeve
511. Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it. — Helen Keller
512. “I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong… I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.” ~ Audrey Hepburn
513. “When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.” ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
514. “Confidence, courage and determined spirit are vital for surviving hard times.” ~ Lailah Gifty Akita
515. “Accept hardship as a necessary discipline.” – Lailah Gifty Akita
516. “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” — Winston Churchill
517. “The greatest mistake you can make in life is to continually fear that you will make one.” – Elbert Hubbard
518. “A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.” — Christopher Reeve
519. “Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.” —George Patton
520. “Don’t bemoan your fate. Everybody’s not going to be dealt the same hand. Everybody’s going to go through tough times.”- Chuck Knox
521. “You’ll have bad times, but it’ll always wake you up to the good stuff you weren’t paying attention to.” – Robin Williams
522. “A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.” – Henry Kissinger
523. “Champions keep playing until they get it right.” – Billie Jean King
524. “Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.” John C. Maxwell
525. “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” – Socrates
526. “There have been some hard times, people around me supported me.” – Laure Manaudou
527. “Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.” — J.K. Rowling
528. “Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.” George Patton
529. “Nothing will work unless you do.” —Maya Angelou
530. “You start with a darkness to move through
531. “Leaders don’t create followers, they create more leaders.” Tom Peters
532. “Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” – Harriet Beecher Stowe
533. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” —Theodore Roosevelt
534. “Energy and persistence conquers all things.” — Benjamin Franklin
535. “You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” — Margaret Thatcher
536. “If you are being positive and strong in difficult times half of your problems will be solved automatically.” – Anurag Prakash
537. “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” John F. Kennedy
538. “Some knowledge is too heavy…you cannot bear it…your Father will carry it until you are able.” ~ Corrie ten Boom
539. “What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.” —Plutarch
540. “There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits.” – Michael Phelps
541. “Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.” — Corrie ten Boom
542. Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.— Stephen King, author
543. “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.” – Seneca
544. “People in tough times – it doesn’t mean they don’t have a great attitude.” – Joel Osteen
545. “Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right.” —Henry Ford
546. “Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.” – Robert Schuller
547. “Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you; they’re supposed to help you discover who you are.” — Bernice Johnson Reagon
548. “Hard times always uncover the basic goodness and evil of the day.” ― Zig Ziglar
549. Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don’t turn up at all. — Sam Ewing, author
550. “An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.” – Mae West
551. “Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.” – Steve Jobs
552. “Courage is looking fear right in the eye and saying, ‘Get the hell out of my way, I’ve got things to do.” – Unknown
553. “Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.” – Ayn Rand
554. “Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.”– Robert Schuller
555. “We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.” — Randy Pausch
556. “Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.” ― Aimee Mullins
557. “Leadership: the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.”
558. “The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.” -Ralph Nader
559. “The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.” —Ray Kroc
560. “Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
561. “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” —William Arthur Ward
562. “The trick is to enjoy life. Don’t wish away your days, waiting for better ones ahead.” – Marjorie Pay Hinckley
563. “I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” – Louisa May Alcott
564. “Nothing is more beautiful than the smile that has struggled through the tears.” — Demi Lovato
565. If God sends us on strong paths, we are provided strong shoes.~ Corrie ten Boom
566. “He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.” — Aristotle
567. “When life changes itself to harder. Change yourself to stronger.” –