Entrepreneurs are a special breed of people. They see opportunity where others see obstacles. They work tirelessly to turn their dreams into a reality. And they never give up, no matter how hard things get.

This is a compilation of some of the best quotes about entrepreneurship and what it takes to be successful. Whether you’re just starting out or you’ve been in business for years, these quotes will inspire and motivate you to keep moving forward.

The best blood quotes

1. You know those vampire myths? Bollocks to them. — Rosemary A. Johns, Blood Dragons

2. I’m growing very talented at watching blood and guts on screen because I have zero emotional response. — Nicholas D’Agosto

3. This won’t stop her from getting elected…Stupider people get elected all the time. It’s America. We love the sleazy. And the crazy. — Rachel Caine, Bitter Blood

4. She did it without thinking––At that moment she was pure Gilly again: red–haired, with fury for blood, perfect aim, and nothing to lose. — Tiffany Baker, The Gilly Salt Sisters

5. I believe in racial memory too. I’m sure I’ve got ancient African blood in me that has something to do with what I am. — Nina Simone

6. Remorse weeps tears of blood. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

7. A political satirist’s job is to draw blood. I’m not so much interested in politics as I am in overthrowing the government. — Mort Sahl

8. Ah, well…hell is full of burning boats, did you know that, Nadir? I daresay that’s what makes it so bloody hot. — Susan Kay, Phantom

9. Our government conceived in freedom and purchased with blood can be preserved only by constant vigilance. — William Jennings Bryan

10. Day–colored wine, night–colored wine, wine with purple feet or wine with topaz blood, wine, starry child of earth. — Pablo Neruda

11. The day after, bloody revolutions seem always to disappoint, and in the scramble to the top, those with the most blood on their hands seem always to get there first. — Norman G. Finkelstein

12. Do not give dalliance too much rein; the strongest oaths are straw to the fire in the blood. — William Shakespeare

13. I confessed I did not have an opinion; I was only thirteen, and this was my very first dismemberment. — Rick Yancey, The Isle of Blood

14. I want to bask deeply in the taste of his blood, in that flowing crimson filled with his feelings melted in it… — Matsuri Hino

15. Pursue knowledge as though it is your life–blood, then you will know greatness! — Monique Rockliffe

16. Jason hated being an old man. — Rick Riordan, The Blood of Olympus

17. In the house of poetry nothing endures that is not written with blood to be heard with blood. — Pablo Neruda

18. Divination is turning out to be much more trouble than I could have foreseen, never having studied the subject myself. — J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half–Blood Prince

19. Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price of rhetoric. — Thomas Sowell

20. This land, which we have watered with our tears and our blood, is now our mother country, and we are well satisfied to stay where wisdom abounds and gospel is free. — Richard V. Allen

21. Maybe someone will know I didn’t weave crowns to draw blood; that I faught against mockery; that I did fill the high tide of my soul with truth. I repaid vileness with doves. — Pablo Neruda

22. A life is not a waste of time — Nalini Singh, Angels’ Blood

23. There is special power in that sword, ‘ Ewer went on, ‘the gem in the guard of the Ares holds the blood of the Creature that has been slain by it. — S.C. Parris, The Two Swords

24. We are the children of many sires, and every drop of blood in us in its turn betrays its ancestor. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

25. We’re all as susceptible to the lure of power. — Nalini Singh, Angels’ Blood

26. For Poetry is the wisdom of the blood, That scarlet tree within, which has the powerTo make dull words bud forth and burst in flower. — Osbert Sitwell

27. Energy defines life not flesh and blood. WE are infinite energies experiencing infinity. Through a finite aperture. — Stanley Victor Paskavich

28. But too much love is poison, especially when that love is not returned — Rick Riordan, The Blood of Olympus

29. He hated being filled with terror. It was embarrassing. — Rick Riordan, The Blood of Olympus

30. Of all the problems and complications in my life, I had not expected love to be one of them. — Stacie Evans, Crying Bloody Murder

31. Perhaps once one realised how deeply one could bond with a creature as foreign as a dragon, all forms of human love seemed more acceptable. — Robin Hobb, Blood of Dragons

32. That we may give our body and our blood over to suffering and pain, like Christ–not for Self, but to give harvests of peace and justice to our People. — Oscar Romero

33. Some men drink the blood of other men, all I drink is wine. — Mohsin Hamid, Moth Smoke

34. Books are flesh–and–blood ideas and cry out, silently, when put to the torch. — Ray Bradbury

35. It is a mother’s duty to teach her daughters about the uses of blood, particularly a magical daughter. — Zen Cho, Sorcerer to the Crown

36. You were the missing piece of my soul, the breath in my lungs, and the blood in my veins. — J.A. Redmerski

37. There is a love that binds us allIt’s in our blood, it’s who we areand it’s nested in the branches of this treeand it’s rooted in the Earth where we keepall of our stories — Prairie Empire

38. I don’t come from a famIly dynasty, but a workIng famIly. I grew up blue–collar, not blue blood. — Mike Huckabee

39. A trickle of blood slid down his arm.He felt nothing. He only saw it.Because nothing hurt like missing her.He suspected nothing ever would — Renee Ahdieh, The Rose & the Dagger

40. In our neighborIng sri lanka, terrorists have played a bloody game. they killed Innocent people. — Narendra Modi

41. That little girl was dead and in her place stood a cold–blooded killer. — Reyna Pryde, Unique: A New Breed

42. The world is dyed with the color of blood. It will never be able to go back to the way it was before. — Matsuri Hino

43. Mortality is one of the greatest gifts ever bestowed. After a long and fruitful life, we are able to rest. — Nancy Straight, Blood Debt

44. You always know the truth, because when you cut yourself or someone else with it, there’s always a bloody show. — Stephen King

45. They had to match blood type and meet all sorts of things I don’t know about. — Shelley Fabares

46. ‘were you proposing to shoot these people in cold blood, sergeant?””Nossir. Just a warning shot inna head, sir.’ — Terry Pratchett, Jingo

47. I’ve been to war, and it’s not easy to kill. It’s bloody and messy and totally horrifying, and the consequences are serious. — Oliver Stone

48. I see you are–”Dumbledore’s man through and through, ‘ said Harry. ‘That’s right. — J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half–Blood Prince

49. Blood is that fragile scarlet tree we carry within us. — Osbert Sitwell

50. Every generation that goes into your genes is a generation of fighters, of survivors. And all those millions of lives are in you, in your blood. — Nick Lake, There Will Be Lies

Conclusion

We hope that these quotes about blood have not only inspired you, but also made you think about the importance of taking care of our own health, as well as the health of those around us. Blood is a precious and remarkable thing that can be shared and used to heal, save lives, and ultimately keep us healthy and strong.