As an entrepreneur, you will inevitably face times when you feel indifferent. Those times can be discouraging, but it’s important to remember that you’re not alone. Check out these indifference quotes to help you keep going during tough times. They’ll remind you that there are others who have gone through what you’re experiencing and made it through successfully.

The best indifference quotes

1. She was never neutral, but she could be tolerant, although it was hard work–never a tolerance of indifference. — Mary Allsebrook, Born to Rebel: The Life of Harriet Boyd Hawes

2. You need fire, conviction, to write. You can’t write out of indifference. — Marty Rubin

3. Most of us have no real loves and no real hatreds. Blessed is love less blessed is hatred but thrice accursed is that indifference which is neither one nor the other. — Mark Rutherford

4. Future indifferences is no consolation for present pain. — Mary Balogh, Simply Perfect

5. She knew with painful certainty that the opposite of love was not hate, but indifference. — Susan Wiggs, Summer by the Sea

6. It is not a matter of indifference whether we like oysters or clams, snails or shrimp, if only we know how to unravel the existential significance of these foods.–Jean — Paul Sartre

7. Desire is half of life — indifference is half of death.

8. Have not women preferred hatred to indifference, and the reputation of witchcraft, with all its penalties, to absolute insignificance? — J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Uncle Silas

9. Faced with delicate issue, consider kindness and deference. It’s neither familiarity, indifference nor ire, but a perceived warmth to another soul — Val Uchendu

10. The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it withing his means to nourish the former and outgrow the latter. — Norman Cousins

11. Indifference is the revenge the world takes on mediocrities. — Oscar Wilde

12. Never adopt an attitude of indifference, for if you do you will suffer for it. The weight will grow heavier and heavier. — Watchman Nee

13. It is not opposition but indifference which separates men. — Mary Parker Follett

14. At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference. — Soren Kierkegaard

15. Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike …We wizards have mistreated and abused our fellows for too long, and we are now reaping our reward. — J. K. Rowling

16. Indifference to ideas is a sign of good health. — Marty Rubin

17. Above all, life for a photographer cannot be a matter of indifference — Robert Frank

18. Affection can withstand very severe storms of vigor, but not a long polar frost of indifference. — Walter Scott

19. It is not opposition but indifference which separates men. — Mary Parker Follett

20. Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike …We wizards have mistreated and abused our fellows for too long, and we are now reaping our reward. — J. K. Rowling

21. Future indifferences is no consolation for present pain. — Mary Balogh, Simply Perfect

22. It occurred to Anita that hatred and dislike and even indifference were all luxuries, born of the mistaken belief that anything could last forever. — Tommy Wallach, We All Looked Up

23. I discover no kinship, no understanding, no mercy. I see only the overwhelming indifference of nature. — Werner Herzog

24. Nothing succeeds like indifference to success. — Marty Rubin

25. The power of a corrupt government is located in the ignorance and indifference of its people–rjs — rassool jibraeel snyman

26. James Joyce–an essentially private man who wished his total indifference to public notice to be universally recognized. — Tom Stoppard

27. It is noticed, that the consideration of the great periods and spaces of astronomy induces a dignity of mind, and an indifferenceto death. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

28. I discover no kinship, no understanding, no mercy. I see only the overwhelming indifference of nature. — Werner Herzog

29. I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion. — Robert Louis Stevenson

30. Politeness is organized indifference. — Paul Valéry

31. Any artist must expect to work amid the total, rational indifference of everybody else to their work, for years, perhaps for life. — Ursula K. Le Guin

32. It is noticed, that the consideration of the great periods and spaces of astronomy induces a dignity of mind, and an indifferenceto death. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

33. Marriage as an institution is not so much threatened by same–sex couples as it is by heterosexuals’ increasing indifference to it. — Mike Huckabee

34. Silence and indifference would not take you anywhere at the end of the day. — Sunday Adelaja

35. The only noise now was the rain, pattering softly with the magnificent indifference of nature for the tangled passions of humans. — Sherwood Smith

36. Be thankful for the efforts of people who worked hard to get you where you are — you should not take it for granted and treat them with indifference.

37. Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is immortal. — William Hazlitt

38. Any artist must expect to work amid the total, rational indifference of everybody else to their work, for years, perhaps for life. — Ursula K. Le Guin

39. The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it withing his means to nourish the former and outgrow the latter. — Norman Cousins

40. Feelings and togetherness might cause hatred but indifference doesn’t even know what feeling is. — Pratee Singh

41. The power of a corrupt government is located in the ignorance and indifference of its people–rjs — rassool jibraeel snyman

42. Truth cannot be sacrificed at the altar of pretended tolerance. Real tolerance is deference to all ideas, not indifference to the truth. — Ravi Zacharias

43. Jekyll had more than a father’s interest; Hyde had more than a son’s indifference. — Robert Louis Stevenson

44. Indifference to fate which, though it often makes a villain of a man, is the basis of his sublimity when it does not. — Thomas Hardy

45. Indifference is the revenge the world takes on mediocrities. — Oscar Wilde

46. Whoever incites anger has a strong insurance against indifference. — Philip Stanhope

47. A BURNING DESIRE TO BE, AND TO DO is the starting point from which the dreamer must take off. Dreams are not born of indifference, laziness, or lack of ambition. — Napoleon Hill

48. I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion. — Robert Louis Stevenson

49. Nothing succeeds like indifference to success. — Marty Rubin

50. Whoever incites anger has a strong insurance against indifference. — Philip Stanhope

Conclusion

In conclusion, indifference is a powerful emotion that can have a profound effect on our lives. It can be a source of strength and resilience, or it can be a source of apathy and stagnation. Learning to recognize the difference between healthy and unhealthy indifference is an important part of self-discovery and personal growth. When faced with difficult decisions, it is important to consider the impact of indifference on your life, and to make the decision that will best serve you and your goals.