Entrepreneurship is hard. It’s a constant cycle of highs and lows, successes and failures. And during those tough times, it can be easy to lose faith in yourself and your ability to succeed. But you have to keep going. Because the truth is, entrepreneurship is one of the most rewarding things you can do in life. And if you don’t believe me, just take a look at some of these quotes from successful entrepreneurs. They’ll remind you why you’re doing all this hard work, and why it’s worth it in the end. So if you’re feeling down about your business, or just need a little motivation, read on for some words of wisdom from some of the world’s top entrepreneurs.

The best destructive quotes

1. Anger can be a useful emotion; it’s built into our genetic code to help with self preservation. But it can also be destructive, even when it is justified. — Michael Hayden

2. Producing food to eat is the single most destructive environmental activity humans engage in. — Ramez Naam

3. Put your energy into building what is creative, valuable and empowering. And you won’t have to constantly fight against what is destructive and draining. — Ralph Marston

4. Constructive change offers the best method for avoiding destructive change. — Theodore Roosevelt

5. We are never more creative than when we are at odds with the world and there is nothing so artistically destructive as comfort. Princess Leia taught me that. — Simon Pegg

6. That which offends you only weakens you. Being offended creates the same destructive energy that offended you in the first place–so transcend your ego and stay in peace. — Wayne Dyer

7. What is destructive is impatience haste expecting too much too fast. — May Sarton

8. Love can be more destructive than hate. — Tionne Rogers

9. I am not self–destructive. I am not a person who wants to die. — Whitney Houston

10. Evil’s just destructive? Then storms are evil, if it’s that simple. And we have fire, and there there’s hail. Underwriters lump it all under ‘Acts of God. — Thomas Harris

11. The writer Richard Manning has argued that ‘the most destructive force in the American West is its commanding views, because they foster the illusion that we command. — Phillip Connors

12. Aclu has become eccentric and destructive. — Newt Gingrich

13. To suffer destructive consequences is to obey laws in human nature — Sunday Adelaja

14. Ignorantly Violate the Laws of Universe Brings Destructive Result to Individual Lives — Sunday Adelaja

15. If you don’t find some way to discuss what’s going on inside you, it can come out in other ways that are self–destructive. — Viggo Mortensen

16. There is no glory in honesty if it is destructive. And no shame in dishonesty if its goal is to offer grace. — M.J. Rose, Lying In Bed

17. Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive. — Theodore Roosevelt

18. People still do not understand that a live fish is more valuable than a dead one, and that destructive fishing techniques are taking a wrecking ball to biodiversity. — Sylvia Earle

19. It will be destructive. — Mike Huckabee

20. My worst habit is my fear & my destructive rationalizing. — Sylvia Plath

21. Pain prompts us to change behavior that is destructive to ourselves or to others. Pain can be a highly effective instructor. — Tony Dungy

22. People still do not understand that a live fish is more valuable than a dead one, and that destructive fishing techniques are taking a wrecking ball to biodiversity. — Sylvia Earle

23. I am not self–destructive. I am not a person who wants to die. — Whitney Houston

24. Ideas have consequences, and totally erroneous ideas are likely to have destructive consequences. — Steve Allen

25. This is what I am. I have periods of enormous self–destructive depression, where I go completely off my trolley and lose all sight of reality and reason. — Siobhan Fahey

26. We are never more creative than when we are at odds with the world and there is nothing so artistically destructive as comfort. Princess Leia taught me that. — Simon Pegg

27. A terrible independence opens the door to destructive power of sin — Sunday Adelaja

28. It’s not uncool to worry about people who seem like they’re going on the wrong path. There’s nothing cool about being self–destructive. — Patti Smith

29. Happiness is based on a just discrimination of what is necessary, what is neither necessary nor destructive, and what is destructive — Ursula K. Le Guin

30. Even if you want to conjure up some things, they are not reason enough to rip America apart, particularly under the guise of fairness or whatever. It’s destructive. — Rush Limbaugh

31. Whenever you get such repulsive and destructive thoughts, always remember that there are more people in this world who love you unconditionally than the years of life you have lived. — Nirja

32. Let go of your hurts and fear. Let go of anger and revenge. Don’t live destructive… Live a happy life instead! — Timothy Pina

33. Judging oneself to be inferior to other people was one of the worst acts of pride because it was the most destructive way of being different. — Paulo Coelho

34. Anger can be a useful emotion; it’s built into our genetic code to help with self preservation. But it can also be destructive, even when it is justified. — Michael Hayden

35. Keeping passion at bay or surrendering blindly to it–which of these two attitudes is the least destructive? — Paulo Coelho

36. Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision. — Salvador Dali

37. Remember that this is not something we do just once or twice. Interrupting our destructive habits and awakening our heart is the work of a lifetime. — Pema Chodron

38. For me, acting was a way of taking destructive energy and doing something productive with it, and in that way it was quite a life saver. — Nicolas Cage

39. The sin that is most destructive in your life right now is the one you are most defensive about. — Timothy Keller

40. Worry is one of the most destructive scourges of mankind. — Maxwell Maltz

41. The attitude of ‘every nation unto itself’ is a destructive one for the future of Israel. — Tzipi Livni

42. When you have power and use it for destructive purpose: you don’t deserve it. — Udai Yadla

43. I was not self–destructive, though I almost destroyed myself. In the end, I turned away from stand–up with a tired swivel of my head… — Steve Martin

44. Only the liberation of the natural capacity for love in human beings can master their sadistic destructiveness. — Wilhelm Reich

45. In the final analysis, means and ends must cohere because the end is preexistent in the means, and, ultimately, destructive means cannot bring about constructive ends. — Martin Luther King

46. I didn’t love Jim Morrison ’cause he was self–destructive. I loved him because of his work. Because of the way he merged poetry and rock–and–roll. Because he did something new. — Patti Smith

47. We have the power to abstain from destructive behavior. — Sylvia Earle

48. Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision. — Salvador Dali

49. Pain prompts us to change behavior that is destructive to ourselves or to others. Pain can be a highly effective instructor. — Tony Dungy

50. People in pain can be very self–destructive. And sometimes they pull in the people who are close to them, often without realizing. — Sara Barnard

Conclusion

Destructive habits and behavior can have potentially disastrous results and it’s important to remember that in order to lead a positive, productive life. Remembering these quotes can help you stay on track and make sure you are actively working towards bettering yourself and your life. We hope these quotes help you stay mindful of the importance of being mindful of your actions and their potential consequences.