No one said being an entrepreneur would be easy, and these dark quotes compilation from some of history’s most successful entrepreneurs proves it. From facing constant rejection to dealing with crippling self-doubt, these entrepreneurs have seen it all. So if you’re feeling down about your business, take a few minutes to read through these quotes and you’ll feel inspired (or at least motivated) to keep going.

The best dark quotes

1. Darren wasn’t darkness, and I wasn’t his light. — Rachel E. Carter, Candidate

2. Even the darkest of hearts needs a little comfort from time to time. — J.L. Vallance, Corruption of the Soul

3. Sometimes when the world goes dark, and everyone turns their backs on you, just look to the sky to see the light, and follow the stars to paradise — Timothy Norr

4. I like the dark, mysterious, maybe even gothic type girls. They have to have a good personality too! I’m very picky! — Shia Labeouf

5. She took off her dark glasses and squinted at me. It was as though her eyes were shattered prisms, the dots of blue and gray and green like broken bits of sparkle. — Truman Capote

6. Don’t be afraid of the darkness — just carry a light with you!

7. When you leave the light behind you, shadows and darkness become your guide! — Mehmet Murat ildan

8. A certain darkness is needed to see the stars. — Rajneesh

9. Race prejudice is not only a shadow over the colored it is a shadow over all of us, and the shadow is darkest over those who feel it least and allow its evil effects to go on. — Pearl S. Buck

10. You musn’t be afraid of the dark.’ ‘I’m not, ‘ said Shadow. ‘I’m afraid of the people in the dark. — Neil Gaiman

11. It is better to go in the dark when the road must pass a lion and there is no other road. — Robert E. Howard

12. It’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. — Samwise Gamgee

13. Her smile was as beautiful as the only star in a dark night… — shivangi lavaniya

14. The night is what allows us to see the stars. Darkness is nothing less than a thousand sunlights. — Tiffanee Dee Duran

15. While we read a novel, we are insane–bonkers. — Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

16. She is like the white skies, the shine, the sun and its rhyme.While he is the darkness that blinds, the moon, the wolf in mysterious confines. — akhil shah

17. Far above the golden clouds, the darkness vibrates. The earth is blue. And everything about it is a love song. Everything about it. — Paul Simon

18. Yet, the man never goes slow! Feted against all the odds.How? Nobody knows.Undeterred, unabated, yet uncharted he goes… — Subhajit Ganguly, Poems of Darkness

19. I always feel like I am on the dark side of the tracks. I feel I’m no good. I can’t read. — Ozzy Osbourne

20. @the darkest and most complex novel in (the Murdoch) series. — Maureen Jennings

21. It’s how we see the world that keeps the darkness beyond at bay. Keeps it from pouring through and devouring us. I think all of us might know that, way down deep. — Stephen King

22. As plants do not grow in the dark, never allow yourself to be in someone’s shadow. — Matshona Dhliwayo

23. Carve a tunnel of hope through the dark mountain of disappointment. — Martin Luther King

24. The dreadful dead of dark midnight. — William Shakespeare

25. Trying to destroy darkness is like trying to crush water. It will always be a part of you, whether you admit it or not. — C.M. Rayne, Dark Oracle

26. There were hints of sunrise on the rim of the sky, yet it was still dark, and the traces of morning color were like goldfish swimming in ink. — Truman Capote

27. Ani saw herself clearly in that moment, as a face in darkness gains sudden dimensions in a flash of lightning–a young girl, a silly thing, a lapdog, a broken mare. — Shannon Hale

28. His tongue fucks my mouth the way his cock fills my pussy. Deeply, urgently, and completely unrestrained. — Pam Godwin, Dark Notes

29. She wanted none of those days to end, and it was always with disappointment that she watched the darkness stride forward. — Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

30. Flesh, blood, bone––the body is only a container for who we truly are inside. — Megan Shepherd, Her Dark Curiosity

31. Last night was dark and full of terror and while we slept, the angels kept their watch of wondering love. — OMOSOHWOFA CASEY

32. Come on back and we’ll see if you remember the simplest thing of all–how it is to be children, secure in belief and thus afraid of the dark. — Stephen King

33. Allow the fear to keep you sensible but not to keep you still. If you’re afraid of the dark then open your eyes, see that you are home. — Taylor Patton

34. Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift. — Mary Oliver

35. A Kite in the Wind–with Love , Truth and Honesty–weathered A Wilderness of Voices, Through the Darkness, With Love — Sandeep N. Tripathi

36. If is see darkness in Christians, I bring light to them. — Sunday Adelaja

37. To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life. — Victor Hugo

38. Don’t Judge People By Their Outer Appearances, Even The Bright Beautiful Moon Has Its Dark Side Which It Keeps Hidden All The Time…. — Muhammad Imran Hasan

39. We must not lose our faculty to dare, particularly in dark days. — Winston Churchill

40. Even for a moment do not think that you are the body. Give yourself no name, no shape. In the darkness and the silence reality is found. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

41. Between the pages of a book is a divine place to be. — Tony Collins, In the Dark Shadow of Evil: The Countess de Couvegne Letters

42. I am a man, not a movement, ‘ he said. ‘But if a movement is what it takes to end this war, then I will play my part. — Victoria Schwab, Our Dark Duet

43. I guess what I’m trying to say is that you two make me believe that true love really exists. And that even the darkest hours can’t take that away. — Nicholas Sparks

44. My fancies are fireflies Specks of living light twinkling in the dark. — Rabindranath Tagore

45. But you are, you know, you were, the nearest thing to a real story to happen in my life — Renata Adler, Pitch Dark

46. My music had roots which I’d dug up from my own childhood, musical roots buried in the darkest soil. — Ray Charles

47. Plants turn their face to the Sun; Animals, to the ground; and Men, to the darkness! — Mehmet Murat ildan

48. I walk the darkness with a smile. — Wynand de Beer

49. Smile with instinct, then lick your wounds in the darkest of dark corners. Trace the scars back to your own fingers and remember them. — Markus Zusak

50. Happiness has to do with reason, and only reason earns it. — Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

Conclusion

We hope you enjoyed our list of the best quotes about darkness and how it can be used in a positive way. Darkness can be a powerful tool to help us reflect on our lives, to find our inner strength, and to move forward in life. In the darkest of times, these quotes can serve as a reminder that the light will always shine again.