Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide 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.
PovertySelf-SufficiencyResourcefulnessHardship I do remember how it was to be poor. I do remember that in my early years, we had to grow and raise all of our food, even our animals. And I remember in my early life, we didn't even have electricity. So it was very, very hard times then.
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.
InstabilityHardshipSingle ParentResilience I'd go to, like, six different schools in one year. We were on welfare, and my mom never ever worked.
HardshipResponsibilityDeterminationOvercoming Adversity My parents were dealing with evictions and repossessions and electricity getting shut off, and I just realized that I had to get it together.
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.
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.
