During tough times, most of us fail to get ample supply of motivation and enthusiasm from deep within. These are the times when inspiration from motivational business quotations comes handy to keep the spark burning!

If you put good people in bad systems you get bad results. You have to water the flowers you want to grow. – Stephen R. Covey

Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good. – Vaclav Havel

Never deprive someone of hope — it may be all they have. – Unknown

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust and hostility to evaporate. – Albert Schweitzer

If doubt is challenging you and you do not act, doubts will grow. Challenge the doubts with action and you will grow. Doubt and action are incompatible. – John Kanary

Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom. – Colton

If you doubt you can accomplish something, then you can’t accomplish it. You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through. – Rosalyn Carter

My father said: “You must never try to make all the money that’s in a deal. Let the other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for always making all the money, you won’t have many deals. – J. Paul Getty