Top 200 Moving Forward Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Change your thoughts and you change your world.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Attitude Quotes, Change Quotes, Life Lessons Quotes, Encouragement Quotes

2. “You can keep going and your legs might hurt for a week, or you can quit and your mind will hurt for a lifetime.”

— Mark Allen

Also featured in: Perseverance Quotes, Quotes About Strength, Discipline Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Never Give Up Quotes

3. “You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.”

— Brian Tracy

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Confidence Quotes, Attitude Quotes, Inspirational Life Quotes

4. “If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes – then learn how to do it later!”

— Richard Branson

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Inspirational Quotes, Action Quotes, Opportunity Quotes

5. “Go as far as you can see and you will see further.”

— Zig Ziglar

Also featured in: Goal Quotes, Positivity Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes, Short Positive Quotes

6. “Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.”

— Michael Jordan

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Courage Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Athlete Quotes

7. “Don’t worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try.”

— Jack Canfield

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Courage Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Failure Quotes, Opportunity Quotes

8. “It’s not how far you fall, but how high you bounce that counts.”

— Zig Ziglar

Also featured in: Business Quotes, Failure Quotes, Self-Esteem Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes

9. “Start before you’re ready.”

— Steven Pressfield

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Goal Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Opportunity Quotes

10. “Kid, you’ll move mountains.”

— Dr. Seuss

Also featured in: Change Quotes, Self-Esteem Quotes, Optimistic Quotes, Self-Realization Quotes, Meaningful Quotes

11. “We can change the world and make it a better place. It is in your hands to make a difference.”

— Nelson Mandela

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Make A Difference Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes

12. “The obstacle in the path becomes the path. Never forget, within every obstacle is an opportunity to improve our condition.”

— Ryan Holiday

Also featured in: Empowering Quotes, Opportunity Quotes, Obstacles Quotes, Resilience Quotes, Challenges Quotes

13. “Winners are not afraid of losing. But losers are. Failure is part of the process of success. People who avoid failure also avoid success.”

— Robert T. Kiyosaki

Also featured in: Failure Quotes, Short Inspiring Quotes, Positive Motivation Quotes, Hustle Quotes

14. “When I look at the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes for Women, Opportunity Quotes, Future Quotes, Quotes About Hope

15. “Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.”

— Bruce Lee

Also featured in: Perseverance Quotes, Quotes About Strength, Motivational Quotes About Life, Not Giving Up Quotes

16. “Change is inevitable. Growth is optional.”

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Change Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes, Personal Development Quotes

17. “It’s not about the goal. It’s about growing to become the person that can accomplish that goal.”

— Tony Robbins

Also featured in: Goal Quotes, Change Quotes, Coaching Quotes, Inspirational Life Quotes

18. “Scared is what you’re feeling. Brave is what you’re doing.”

— Emma Donoghue

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Boldness Quotes, Encouragement Quotes, Overcoming Fear Quotes

19. “The best revenge is to improve yourself.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

Also featured in: Transformation Quotes, Encouragement Quotes, Growth Quotes, Intelligent Quotes

20. “You don’t stop running because you get old, you get old because you stop running.”

— Christopher McDougall

Also featured in: Athlete Quotes, Motivational Workout Quotes, Fitness Quotes, Running Quotes

21. “You cannot change your destination overnight. You can change your direction.”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Change Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Short Inspiring Quotes, Positive Life Quotes

22. “Fail early, fail often, but always fail forward.”

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Failure Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Motivational Monday Quotes, Motivational Quotes About Life

23. “Our first duty is not to hate ourselves, because to advance we must have faith in ourselves first and then in God. Those who have no faith in themselves can never have faith in God.”

— Swami Vivekananda

Also featured in: Confidence Quotes, Believe in Yourself Quotes, Personal Development Quotes, Quotes About Believing

24. “Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.”

— Robert H. Schuller

Also featured in: Perseverance Quotes, Optimism Quotes, Friday Motivational Quotes, Intelligent Quotes, Encouraging Quotes

25. “At some point in life you have to face your fears.”

— Eric Thomas

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Friday Motivational Quotes, Overcoming Fear Quotes, Motivational Workout Quotes

26. “Activity leads to productivity.”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Effort Quotes, Taking Action Quotes, Progress Quotes

27. “The sky calls to us. If we do not destroy ourselves, we will one day venture to the stars.”

— Carl Sagan

Also featured in: Universe Quotes, Future Quotes, Thought Provoking Quotes

28. “Turn your wounds into wisdom.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Life Quotes, Wisdom Quotes, Recovery Quotes

29. “If I can’t – then I must. If I must – then I will.”

— Tony Robbins

Also featured in: Perseverance Quotes, Change Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Empowering Quotes

30. “Successful people are action oriented.”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Action Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Winning Quotes, Professional Growth Quotes

31. “The biggest risk a person can take is to do nothing.”

— Robert T. Kiyosaki

Also featured in: Motivational Work Quotes, Taking Action Quotes, Choices Quotes, Growth Quotes

32. “Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.”

— Warren G. Bennis

Also featured in: Leadership Quotes, Short Inspiring Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Work, Inspirational Business Quotes

33. “Nothing is impossible unless you think it is.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

Also featured in: Confidence Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Short Inspiring Quotes, Feel Good Quotes, Manifestation Quotes

34. “Surround yourself only with people who are going to take you higher.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Also featured in: Attitude Quotes, Emotional Quotes, Positivity Quotes, Empowering Quotes

35. “After all, tomorrow is another day.”

— Margaret Mitchell

Also featured in: Interesting Quotes, Short Quotes About Life, Short Positive Quotes, Quotes About Hope

36. “All limits exist only in the mind, and it is only in the mind that they can be overcome.”

— Alan Cohen

Also featured in: Powerful Motivational Quotes, Believe in Yourself Quotes, Perspective Quotes, Positive Short Quotes, Mind Quotes

37. “Get out of your own way. Often, we’re our own worst enemy when working towards our goals.”

— Robert T. Kiyosaki

Also featured in: Goal Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes, Mindset Quotes, Obstacles Quotes

38. “Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on.”

— Eckhart Tolle

Also featured in: Interesting Quotes, Acceptance Quotes, Life Lessons Quotes, Wisdom Quotes

39. “Happiness and self-confidence come naturally when you feel yourself moving and progressing toward becoming the very best person you can possibly be.”

— Brian Tracy

Also featured in: Confidence Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes

40. “If you want to change your life, begin by changing your words. Start speaking the words of your dreams, of who you want to become, not the words of fear or failure.”

— Robert T. Kiyosaki

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Empowering Quotes, Optimism Quotes

41. “You can suffer the pain of change or suffer remaining the way you are.”

— Joyce Meyer

Also featured in: Change Quotes, Short Motivational Quotes, Transformation Quotes, Motivational Quotes About Life, Personal Responsibility Quotes

42. “Change is never easy, but always possible.”

— Barack Obama

Also featured in: Short Motivational Quotes, Short Quotes, Monday Motivation Quotes, Progress Quotes

43. “Life before Death. Strength before Weakness. Journey before Destination.”

— Brandon Sanderson

Also featured in: Fiction Quotes, Meaningful Quotes, Sunday Inspirational Quotes, Path Quotes

44. “The journey is what brings us happiness, not the destination.”

— Dan Millman

Also featured in: Live Life Quotes, Short Positive Quotes, Wellness Quotes, Perspective Quotes, Philosophy Quotes

45. “Some people don’t like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.”

— Elon Musk

Also featured in: Startup Quotes

46. “The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Short Inspiring Quotes, Positivity Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes

47. “Keep walking the walk, one step at a time.”

— Joyce Meyer

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Short Positive Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes

48. “Hardships make us strong. Problems give birth to wisdom. Sorrows cultivate compassion. Those who have suffered the most will become the happiest.”

— Daisaku Ikeda

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Strong Quotes, Emotional Quotes, Life Philosophy Quotes, Moving On Quotes

49. “If you want to have more, you have to become more!”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Short Quotes, Positive Life Quotes

50. “Change brings opportunity.”

— Nido R. Qubein

Also featured in: Optimistic Quotes, Motivational Quotes About Life, Opportunity Quotes, Good Morning Quotes