Entrepreneurship is a mindset. It’s about seeing opportunities where others see roadblocks, and it’s about having the courage to take risks. These quotes will remind you of why you became an entrepreneur in the first place, and they’ll inspire you to keep going no matter what obstacles you face.

1. I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance. — Pablo Casals

2. After a while, though, even the deepest sorrow faltered, even the most penetrating despair lost its scalpel edge. — Richard Matheson, I Am Legend and Other Stories

3. It is the deepest of wrongs I am driven to write…. And losing you was one of them. — Ranata Suzuki

4. We must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our real selves. — Thomas Merton

5. The deepest need of our darkness is to comprehend the light which shines in the midst of it. — Thomas Merton, The Silent Life

6. Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain. — Richard M. Nixon

7. The private wound is deepest. O time most accurst, ‘Mongst all foes that a friend should be the worst! — William Shakespeare

8. Knowing your deepest intention can be your guiding force in the creation of a better life. — Oprah Winfrey

9. Our minds thirst for anything that reminds us of the deepest wisdom of the soul. — Vironika Tugaleva

10. The spiritual journey is not about acquiring something outside yourself, rather, you are penetrating deep layers and veils to return to the deepest truth of your own being. — Ram Dass

11. Everything is important. To the smallest insect, even the mouldering tree, the deepest stone in the drift. — Marlene Van Niekerk, Agaat

12. The deepest need of our darkness is to comprehend the light which shines in the midst of it. — Thomas Merton, The Silent Life

13. He confided his deepest secret to you — be always wary of his secret.

14. It is difficult to realize the true Way just through sword–fencing. Know the smallest things and the biggest things, the shallowest things and the deepest things. — Miyamoto Musashi

15. It is difficult to realize the true Way just through sword–fencing. Know the smallest things and the biggest things, the shallowest things and the deepest things. — Miyamoto Musashi

16. The deepest need of our darkness is to comprehend the light which shines in the midst of it. — Thomas Merton, The Silent Life

17. I have asked paramount pIctures to remove thIs shot ImmedIately from the pIcture, I want to also extend my deepest apology to the famIlIes, and also to the u.s. aIr force. — Michael Bay

18. ‘at Gethsemane: ”Jesus is subordinating His loudest desires to His deepest desires.’ — Timothy J. Keller, King’s Cross: The Story of the World in the Life of Jesus

19. Deepest principle of human nature is to be appreciated. — William James

20. God’s deepest secrets often miss the wise and prudent and are revealed unto babes. We say, ‘Children, be like your parents.’ Jesus said, ‘Parents, be like your children. — Vance Havner

21. Tears are often to be found where there is little sorrow, and the deepest sorrow without any tears. — Samuel Johnson

22. Never are we nearer the Light than when the darkness is deepest. — Swami Vivekananda

23. Live simply. Deepest joy is like a flower….beautiful in essence. — Tony Samara

24. Oh, humiliation is poisonous. It’s one of the deepest pains of being human. — Pierce Brosnan

25. Stars burn clear all night till dawn. Do that yourself, and a spring will rise in the dark with water your deepest thirst is for. — Rumi

26. And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, the instruments of darkness tell us truths, win us with honest trifles, to betray’s in deepest consequence. — William Shakespeare

27. I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance. — Pablo Casals

28. The dreams that were buried the deepest were the hardest to get rid of. — Michelle M. Pillow, The Barbarian Prince

29. Our politics are our deepest form of expression: they mirror our past experiences and reflect our dreams and aspirations for the future. — Paul Wellstone

30. In his deepest heart there surge tremendous shame and madness mixed with sorrow and love whipped on by frenzy and a courage aware of its own worth. — Virgil

31. My deepest gratitude to the Creator for His gift to me…the joy I receive in creating my music. — Michael Jackson

32. Sheer animated fantasy is still my first and deepest production impulse. — Walt Disney

33. Tears are often to be found where there is little sorrow, and the deepest sorrow without any tears. — Samuel Johnson

34. My deepest gratitude to the Creator for His gift to me…the joy I receive in creating my music. — Michael Jackson

35. One who has conquered every aspect of his pain except the deepest. — Mary Balogh, Simply Love

36. I am trying to make clear through my writing something which I believe: that biography–history in general–can be literature in the deepest and highest sense of that term. — Robert Caro

37. Humans were made for love and beauty — their vulnerability was what made them feel on the deepest level and what could also crush their will to live.

38. The first cut is the deepest. — Rod Stewart

39. When hearts speak, they touch each other and transform the deepest sorrow. — Na’ama Yehuda

40. We reserve our deepest respect and admiration for those who volunteer for service and give their lives to help keep our nation secure. — Mitt Romney

41. In all the vastness of the world, the deepest adventure is not of war or mortal danger, but of heart, of soul, of the InfInite discovery of a beloved other. — A.S. Peterson, Fiddler’s Green

42. Our politics are our deepest form of expression: they mirror our past experiences and reflect our dreams and aspirations for the future. — Paul Wellstone

43. Music is the language of soul — it can express the deepest feelings of life which language cannot touch.

44. You could climb to the top of the world and jump into the deepest of ravines, but if you don’t have someone to share it with you’ll always be looking back. — Saim Cheeda

45. It is the deepest of wrongs I am driven to write…. And losing you was one of them. — Ranata Suzuki

46. The first cut is the deepest. — Rod Stewart

47. There is no drop of water in the ocean, not even in the deepest parts of the abyss, that does not know and respond to the mysterious forces that create the tide. — Rachel Carson

48. When anger rushes unrestrained to action, like a hot steed, it stumbles on its way. The man of thought strikes deepest and strikes safely. — Richard Savage

49. You could climb to the top of the world and jump into the deepest of ravines, but if you don’t have someone to share it with you’ll always be looking back. — Saim Cheeda

50. Joy and growth come from following our deepest impulses, however foolish they may seem to some, or dangerous, and even though the apparent outcome may be defeat. — A. J. Muste

I hope that this collection of quotes about the depths of life has inspired you to look within and explore the depths of your own soul. No matter what obstacles you may face, there is always the potential within yourself to find the strength and courage to push past them. Life can be a beautiful journey if you take the time to appreciate the depths of it.