It is a fantastic feeling when you have accomplished something that seems complicated. It is also motivating to know that the work was not vain and helped you grow as a person.
We’ve all heard the saying that “nothing is impossible,” but have you ever truly believed it? That’s because we don’t see enough evidence around us to support that statement.
Today, we have a lot of instances highlighting how impossible it truly is. It’s not just in the world of entrepreneurship, either. We see this pattern across all aspects of life – and yet, we continue to push ourselves towards our goals. Why do we do this?
I believe there are two main reasons: courage and hope. As an entrepreneur, you need both if you want to succeed in your business or career. Here are some ways you can tap into these emotions and keep pushing yourself forward:
Here are the inspirational quotes that will give you the courage to keep on pushing towards your dreams.
70 Inspirational Keep Pushing Quotes To Achieve Success
1. “Difficulties increase the nearer we approach our goal.” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
2. “Progress always involves risks. You can’t steal second base and keep your foot on first.” ~ Frederick Wilcox
3. “Don’t think about making art. Just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.” ~ Andy Warhol
4. “No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.” ~ Epictetus
5. “With confidence, you have won before you have started.” ~ Marcus Garvey
6. “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” ~ Mark Twain
7. “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” —Sam Levenson
8. “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” ~ Michael Jordan
9. “Find out who you are and do it on purpose.” ~ Dolly Parton
10. “The pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow. For every challenge encountered there is opportunity for growth.” ~ Anonymous
11. “Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” ~ Will Rogers
12. “Go to your desire and don’t hang around here.” ~ Jack Kerouac
13. “Because some people see a wall, and assume that’s the end of their journey. Others see it, and decide it’s just the beginning.” ~ Angeline Trevena
14. “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”– Maya Angelou
15. “The difference between a goal and a dream is a deadline.” ~ Steve Smith
16. “Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I’ll show you someone who has overcome adversity.” ~ Lou Holtz
17. “Hang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day.” ~ E.B. White
18. “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” ~ Robert Kennedy
19. “It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” ~ Vince Lombardi
20. “The finish line is just the beginning of a whole new race.” ~ Anonymous
21. “You have to accept whatever comes, and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
22. “Success is what comes after you stop making excuses.” ~ Luis Galarza
23. “Some people want it to happen, some people wish it would happen, others make it happen.” ~ Michael Jordan
24. “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined!” ~ Thoreau
25. “Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” ~ George Addair
26. “It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.” ― Theodore Roosevelt
27. “Motivation is the fuel necessary to keep the human engine running.” ~ Zig Ziglar
28. “You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want.” ~ Zig Ziglar
29. “Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.” ~ Wayne Dyer
30. “Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers, you cannot be successful or happy.” ~ Norman Vincent Peale
31. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” ~ Theodore Roosevelt
32. “If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.” ~ William Arthur Ward
33. “Today’s accomplishments were yesterday’s impossibilities.” ~ Robert Schuller
34. “Life keeps throwing me stones. And I keep finding the diamonds.” ~ Ana Claudia Antunes
35. “Nobody ever wrote down a plan to be broke, fat, lazy, or stupid. Those things are what happen when you don’t have a plan.” ~ Larry Winget
36. “People who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” ~ Rob Siltanen
37. “Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.” ~ William Ellery Channing
38. “We have a strategic plan. It’s called doing things.” ~ Herb Kelleher
39. “Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.” ~ Brian Tracy
40. “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” ~ T.S. Eliot
41. “The man on top of the mountain didn’t fall there.” ~ Vince Lombardi
42. “Every time you stay out late, every time you sleep in, every time you miss a workout, every time you don’t give 100%, you make it that much easier for me to beat you.” ~ Anonymous
43. “At some point, you just have to decide you’re going to be confident. Then, as you do, you’re going to have more success.” ~ Mike Leach
44. “The impossible can always be broken down into possibilities.” ~ Anonymous
45. “Once you choose hope, anything’s possible.” ~ Christopher Reeve
46. “The most beautiful people I’ve known are those who have known trials, have known struggles, have known loss, and have found their way out of the depths.” ~ Elizabeth Kübler-Ross
47. “Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.” ~ Dale Carnegie
48. “Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.” ~ Winston Churchill
49. “Every thought is a seed. If you plant crab apples, don’t count on harvesting golden delicious.” ~ Bill Meyer
50. “Sometimes, you’ve got to work a little, so you can ball a lot.” ~ Tom Haverford
51. “If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception. It is a prevailing attitude.” ~ Charles Swindoll
52. “When we give ourselves permission to fail, we, at the same time, give ourselves permission to excel.” ~ Eloise Ristad
53. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” ~ Thomas Edison
54. “Take a limitation and turn it into an opportunity. Take an opportunity and turn it into an adventure by dreaming BIG!” – Jo Franz
55. “I don’t think anything is unrealistic if you believe you can do it.” ~ Mike Ditka
56. “There’s nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.” ~ Woody Hayes
57. “Life’s battles don’t always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.” ~ Vince Lombardi
58. “Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire.” ~ Patti Smith
59. “Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you.” ~ Mary Lou Retton
60. “Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” ~ Jim Ryan
61. “It is impossible to live without failing at something unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default.” ― J.K. Rowling
62. “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” ~ Confucius
63. “I dream, I test my dreams against my beliefs, I dare to take risks, and I execute my vision to make those dreams come true.” ~ Walt Disney
64. “I believe one of my strengths is my ability to keep negative thoughts out. I am an optimist.” ~ John Wooden
65. “Make it work.” ~ Tim Gunn
66. “It’s amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.” ~ Charles Kettering
67. “One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn’t pay to get discouraged.” ~ Lucille Ball
68. “You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.” ~ Walt Schmidt
69. “I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” ~ Estee Lauder
70. “It’s never too late to become what you might have been.” ~ George Eliot
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