Quitting is never an option.
When you feel like giving up, remember these 135 keep pushing quotes to inspire you to never give up on your dreams. These quotes come from famous athletes, entrepreneurs, and other inspiring individuals who have faced difficult challenges in their lives. They will help motivate you to continue fighting for your goals, no matter how tough things get. So don’t quit – keep pushing!
Keep Pushing Quotes
- “Perseverance means keep pushing.” – Lailah Gifty Akita
- “We just keep pushing until we can do it.” – Bobby Boland
- “Real champions fight through adversity.” – Conor McGregor
- “Set your goal and keep moving forward.” – Georges St-Pierre
- “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain
- “If you’re going through ****, keep going.” – Winston Churchill
- “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
- “Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.” – Napoleon Hill
- “Once you choose hope, anything’s possible.” – Christopher Reeve
- “You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.” – Babe Ruth
- “Believe you can, and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
- “Believe in yourself. Push to your highest limit.” – Marsai Martin
- “Don’t resist the growing pains, push through them.” – Germany Kent
- “It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.” – Edmund Hillary
- “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson
- “Success is what comes after you stop making excuses.” – Luis Galarza
- “Difficult roads always lead to beautiful destinations.” – Zig Ziglar
- “Fire is the test of gold. Adversity, of strong men.” – Martha Graham
- “Don’t stop when you’re tired. Stop when you’re done.” – Marilyn Monroe
- “The difference between a goal and a dream is a deadline.” – Steve Smith
- “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney
- “We generate fears while we sit. We overcome them by action.” – Henry Link
- “You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.” – Walt Schmidt
- “We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.” – Kenji Miyazawa
- “Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” – George Addair
- “We generate fears while we sit. We overcome them by action.” – Dr. Henry Link
- “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
- “The most certain way to succeed is to just try one more time.” – Thomas Edison
- “Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” – Jim Ryan
- “Keep positive and keep pushing on, and things will turn good.” – Conor McGregor
- “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” – Robert Kennedy
- “The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” – Confucius
- “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas Edison
- “Motivation is the fuel necessary to keep the human engine running.” – Zig Ziglar
- “You can’t expect to move forward if your emergency break is on.” – Angela Cecilia
- “I don’t think anything is unrealistic if you believe you can do it.” – Mike Ditka
- “It’s not whether you get knocked down. It’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi
- “Do today what others won’t so tomorrow you can do what others can’t.” – Jerry Rice
- “All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney
- “Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” – C.S. Lewis
- “Difficulties increase the nearer we approach our goal.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- “There’s no time for regrets. You’ve just got to keep moving forward.” – Mike McCready
- “Life keeps throwing me stones. And I keep finding the diamonds.” – Ana Claudia Antunes
- “It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.” – Theodore Roosevelt
- “Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, only this time more wisely.” – Henry Ford
- “I thrive on obstacles. If I’m told that it can’t be told, then I push harder.” – Issa Rae
- “Faith moves mountains, but you have to keep pushing while you are praying.” – Mason Cooley
- “Any man can win when things go his way. It’s the man who overcomes adversity.” – Jock Ewing
- “Our best years are only ahead of us, so we got to continue to keep pushing.” – Kevin Durant
- “Life is like riding a bicycle, to keep your balance, you must keep moving.” – Albert Einstein
- “Do not wait to strike ’till the iron is hot. Make it hot by striking.” – William Butler Yeats
- “No matter the circumstances that you may be going through, just push through it.” – Ray Lewis
- “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” – Albert Einstein
- “The answer to every adversity lies in courageously moving forward with faith.” – Edmond Mbiaka
- “Everything ends. You just have to figure out a way to push to the finish line.” – Jesse Itzler
- “You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
- “I demolish my bridges behind me…then there is no choice but to move forward.” – Fridtjof Nansen
- “Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.” – William James
- “Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” – Harriet Beecher Stow
- “You don’t overcome challenges by making them smaller but by making yourself bigger.” – John Maxwell
- “When you hear that something can’t be done, ignore that advice and push forward.” – Robert Kiyosaki
- “One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn’t pay to get discouraged.” – Lucille Ball
- “There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”- Paulo Coelho
- “You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.” – Andrew Carnegie
- “Life has got all those twists and turns. You’ve got to hold on tight, and off you go.” – Nicole Kidman
- “Those who move forward with a happy spirit will find that things always work out.” – Gordon B. Hinkley
- “It takes true strength of character to redefine your limits by pushing past them.” – Katherine Reutter
- “What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle, and giving 110% all the time.” – Don Zimmer
- “Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill
- “Life is hard enough. Life is always going to be hard, so you need to push for what you want.” – Dizzee Rascal
- “Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.” – Joseph Campbell
- “Challenges are what makes life interesting and overcoming them is what makes it meaningful.” – Joshua J. Marine
- “Hard times don’t create heroes. It is during the hard times when the ‘hero’ within us is revealed.” – Bob Riley
- “Hang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope, and wind the clock for tomorrow is another day.” – Elwyn Brooks White
- “Challenges are what make life interesting, and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” – Joshua J. Marine
- “Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.” – Newt Gingrich
- “The most important thing any broken individual can do is keep their chin up and keep moving forward.” – Matt Hardy
- “Courage is not having the strength to go on. It is going on when you don’t have the strength.” – Theodore Roosevelt
- “When we give ourselves permission to fail, we, at the same time, give ourselves permission to excel.” – Eloise Ristad
- “Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I’ll show you someone who has overcome adversity.” – Lou Holtz
- “When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. When I let go of what I have, I receive what I need.” – Lao Tzu
- “Failure is a bend in the road, not the end of the road. Learn from failure and keep moving forward.” – Roy T. Bennett
- “It depends on you to keep pushing forward until you win or giving in. Always choice the former.” – Lailah Gifty Akita
- “Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable.” – Leo Rosten
- “Press forward, do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you.” – George Whitefield
- “I put so much pressure on myself. I’m my toughest critic. I always push myself to go harder than I did last time.” – Polo G
- “Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.” – William Ellery Channing
- “I like people who are able to keep pushing themselves and challenging themselves even after great success.” – John C. Reilly
- “Take a limitation and turn it into an opportunity. Take an opportunity and turn it into an adventure by dreaming BIG!” – Jo Franz
- “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” – Thomas A. Edison
- “You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be made, but I just kept pushing.” – Rene Descartes
- “I think we all strive to push ourselves to overcome our struggles, and when we do, we get to know ourselves better.” – Ann Bancroft
- “The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.” – Arthur C. Clarke
- “When people try to discredit you, just remember who you are and whose you are. Raise your head high and keep pushing.” – Germany Kent
- “Never set limits, go after your dreams, don’t be afraid to push the boundaries, and laugh a lot—it’s good for you!” – Paula Radcliffe
- “When the tide gets high, sail on. You’ll make it safe to the shore …and all the hidden treasures will be yours!” – Chinonye J. Chidolue
- “I like to push myself to achieve a certain quality, eliminate the excess detail. I always want a high degree of purity.” – Elsa Peretti
- “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
- “When adversity strikes, that’s when you have to be the most calm, take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press on.” – LL Cool J
- “Believe in yourself and all that you are, know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” – Christian D Larson
- “We don’t develop courage by being happy every day. We develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.” – Barbara Angelis
- “Don’t dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energy moving forward together towards an answer.” – Denis Waitley
- “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
- “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes, courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says, ‘I’ll try again tomorrow.’” – Mary Anne Radmacher
- “March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life’s path.” – Kahlil Gibran
- “A very wise man once told me that you can’t look back – you just have to put the past behind you, and find something better in your future.” – Jodi Picoult
- “Never give up hope. All things are working for your good. One day, you’ll look back on everything you’ve been through and thank God for it.” – Germany Kent
- “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
- “Where God guides, He provides. No matter how things look, God is still in control. Stay in peace and be hopeful. Your blessing is coming soon.” – Germany Kent
- “My attitude has always been, if you fall flat on your face, at least you’re moving forward. All you have to do is get back up and try again.” – Richard Branson
- “It’s just life. You have to be able to get up, face your flaws, and just, whatever it is, a step, an inch, you just got to keep moving forward.” – Monty Williams
- “With each step I take, I see that my ability to perform gets a little better. So until it starts getting worse, I’m going to keep moving forward.” – Rivers Cuomo
- “If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” – Martin Luther King Jr
- “You just keep pushing yourself harder and harder to achieve more and more. I don’t think it’s ever quite as glamorous as it appears on the outside.” – Sean Parker
- “Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A ‘You can do it,’ when things are tough.” – Richard M. DeVos
- “No matter how dysfunctional your background, how broke or broken you are, where you are today, or what anyone else says, you matter, and your life matters!” – Germany Kent
- “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
- “Never give up. There are always tough times, regardless of what you do in anything in life. Be able to push through those times and maintain your ultimate goal.” – Nathan Chen
- “Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger
- “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
- “Pat yourself on the back when you win, and when you don’t, just keep moving! So long as you don’t stop moving, soon you may realize just how close you are to winning!” – Chinonye J. Chidolue
- “I’ve come to believe that all my past failure and frustrations were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.” – Tony Robbins
- “This is one of the most important themes I want you to take from me: Stay as positive and upbeat as you can possibly be. I’ll say it many times: if you can dream it, you can be it.” – John Calipari
- “The only thing a person can ever really do is keep moving forward. Take that big leap forward without hesitation, without once looking back. Simply forget the past and forge toward the future.” – Alyson Noel
- “You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.” – Maya Angelou
- “Humans are creatures of habit. If you quit when things get tough, it gets that much easier to quit the next time. On the other hand, if you force yourself to push through it, the grit begins to grow in you.” – Travis Bradberry
- “Your attitude is critical to success. If you expect things to be difficult, it will always be easier to solve problems, overcome adversity, and have an enthusiastic energy about how you go about and enjoy your work.” – Nick Saban
- “Be of good cheer. Do not think of today’s failures but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourself a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere, and you will find joy in overcoming obstacles.” – Helen Keller
- “I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that’s how you grow. When there’s that moment of ‘Wow, I’m not really sure I can do this,’ and you push through those moments, that’s when you have a breakthrough.” – Marissa Mayer
- “I always tell my kids if you lay down, people will step over you. But if you keep scrambling, if you keep going, someone will always, always give you a hand, always. But you got to keep dancing. You got to keep your feet moving.” – Morgan Freeman
- “There is definitely more left in you than what those negative thoughts are forcing you to believe. Quitting on yourself should never be an option in your life. Success is your true destiny. Keep pushing until something very rewarding happens.” – Edmond Mbiaka
- “If you are facing a new challenge or being asked to do something that you have never done before don’t be afraid to step out. You have more capability than you think you do but you will never see it unless you place a demand on yourself for more.” – Joyce Meyer
- “I can’t tell you how great a feeling it is for me, but I can’t stress enough that the dream is not over. I’m not satisfied or complacent with where I am. I want to keep pushing forward, and I want this team to keep doing good things. We’ve still got a long way to go.” – Wes Miller
- “You just do it. You force yourself to get up. You force yourself to put one foot before the other, and God **** it, you refuse to let it get to you. You fight, you cry, you curse, then you go about the business of living. That’s how I’ve done it. There’s no other way.” – Elizabeth Taylor
- “The best thing you can do is learn from those mistakes so that you continue to get better. That’s the management style or leadership style I believe in, which is push people to their limit such that they can become better than they thought they could be. That certainly has helped me.” – Lisa Su
Wrapping Up
So there you have it: these keep pushing quotes are here to inspire you to never give up. Whether you’re facing a setback, a challenge, or an opportunity, it’s important to remember that the only limits are those of your own imagination and determination. Keep pushing and never give up! With the right attitude and approach, you’re sure to succeed.
Good luck!
