Top 200 Moving Forward Quotes (2025 Update)
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101. “Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don’t fight them. Just find a new way to stand.”

— Oprah Winfrey

102. “If you’re willing to put yourself and your dreams on the line, at the very least you’ll discover an inner strength you may not have known existed.”

— Kurt Warner

103. “The biggest rewards in life are found outside your comfort zone. Live with it. Fear and risk are prerequisites if you want to enjoy a life of success and adventure.”

— Jack Canfield

104. “One of the greatest values of mentors is the ability to see ahead what others cannot see and to help them navigate a course to their destination.”

— John C. Maxwell

105. “No one likes to fail. But we mortals do not become champions without effort and discipline or without making mistakes.”

— Dieter F. Uchtdorf

106. “Each day is a new opportunity. I chose to make this day a great one.”

— Louise Hay

107. “Life happens. Adapt. Embrace change, and make the most of everything that comes your way.”

— Nick Jonas

108. “I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, you're doing something.”

— Neil Gaiman

109. “The only thing permanent is change.”

— Heraclitus

110. “No matter how small you start, start something that matters.”

— Brendon Burchard

111. “Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional.”

— Roger Crawford

112. “We can do anything we want as long as we stick to it long enough.”

— Helen Keller

113. “That’s it. When things are going bad: Don’t get all bummed out, don’t get startled, don’t get frustrated. No. Just look at the issue and say: “Good.”

— Jocko Willink

114. “Keep positive and keep pushing on and things will turn good.”

— Conor McGregor

115. “You will face many defeats in your life, but never let yourself be defeated.”

— Maya Angelou

116. “Life is 10 percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.”

— Lou Holtz

117. “Clarity comes from action, not thought.”

— Marie Forleo

118. “Whatever it takes to finish things, finish. You will learn more from a glorious failure than you ever will from something you never finished.”

— Neil Gaiman

119. “Stand up and walk. Move forward.”

— Hiromu Arakawa

120. “To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.”

— Lewis B. Smedes

121. “He who moves not forward, goes backward.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

122. “If you want to accomplish something, you must first expect it of yourself.”

— Wayne W. Dyer

123. “Any fear is an illusion. You think something is standing in your way, but nothing is really there. What is there is an opportunity to do your best and gain some success.”

— Michael Jordan

124. “If you don’t make bold moves, the world doesn’t move forward.”

— Richard Branson

125. “Do you. Just focus on being the best version of yourself that you can be every day, and don’t compare yourself to anyone else or worry about what they’re doing.”

— Angie Martinez

126. “You have to be constantly reinventing yourself and investing in the future.”

— Reid Hoffman

127. “Things live by moving and gain strength as they go.”

— Bruce Lee

128. “Be brave, be bold, be free.”

— Angelina Jolie

129. “There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.”

— Toni Morrison

130. “I expand in abundance, success and love every day as I inspire those around me to do the same.”

— Gay Hendricks

131. “Remember how far you’ve come, not just how far you have to go. You are not where you want to be, but neither are you where you used to be.”

— Rick Warren

132. “Goal-setting is powerful because it provides focus. It shapes our dreams. It gives us the ability to hone in on the exact actions we need to perform to achieve everything we desire in life.”

— Jim Rohn

133. “The future is not set. There is no fate but what we make.”

— James Cameron

134. “Life is always at some turning point.”

— Irwin Edman

135. “Put your foot upon the neck of the fear of criticism by reaching a decision not to worry about what other people think, do, or say.”

— Napoleon Hill

136. “If you want to make a permanent change, stop focusing on the size of your problems and start focusing on the size of you.”

— T. Harv Eker

137. “If you do follow your bliss you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Follow your bliss and don’t be afraid, and doors will open where you didn’t know they were going to be.”

— Joseph Campbell

138. “Don’t wait for an employer, friend, or mentor to show appreciation for your work. Take pride in your own efforts on a daily basis.”

— Denis Waitley

139. “Action cures fear. Indecision, postponement, on the other hand, fuel fear.”

— David J. Schwartz

140. “Strive for continuous improvement, instead of perfection.”

— Kim Collins

141. “Once you choose hope, anything’s possible.”

— Christopher Reeve

142. “Let us move forward with strong and active faith.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

143. “Even if you fall on your face, you’re still moving forward.”

— Victor Kiam

144. “When you’re curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.”

— Walt Disney

145. “Keep trying. Stay humble, Trust your instincts. Most importantly, act. When you come to a fork in the road, take it.”

— Yogi Berra

146. “Fear not for the future, weep not for the past.”

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

147. “The darker the night, the nearer the dawn. Victory in life is decided by that last concentrated burst of energy filled with the resolve to win.”

— Daisaku Ikeda

148. “If we fail to adapt, we fail to move forward.”

— John Wooden

149. “My ambition cannot be stopped!”

— Cao Cao

150. “You are going somewhere. Every day. Every experience you get. You’re moving forward.”

— Jimmy Chin