☰              102 Inspirational Quotes - Perseverance, Courage & Dreams     Perseverance and Resilience          Progress and Small Steps          Self Belief and Confidence          Failure Risk and Courage          Mindset and Perspective          Taking Action and Starting Now          Discipline Habits and Consistency          Dreams Vision and Growth          Optimism and Hope          Purpose and Meaning             Perseverance and Resilience     It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. — Confucius When the going gets tough, put one foot in front of the other and just keep going. — Roy T. Bennett You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. — George Lucas Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going. — Sam Levenson If you’re going through hell, keep going. — Winston Churchill It always seems impossible until it’s done. — Nelson Mandela Perseverance is the mother of success. — Benjamin Disraeli A winner is just a loser who tried one more time. — George M. Moore Jr. Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all. — Dale Carnegie Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient. — Steve Maraboli Enthusiasm is common. Endurance is rare. — Angela Duckworth The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived. — Robert Jordan  
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                                                  Progress and Small Steps     The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. — Confucius Progressing at a snail’s pace is still progress, and slow progress is better than no progress. — Richelle E. Goodrich Even small positive shifts in thinking create huge results if you are consistent in your efforts. — Nanette Mathews The successful person has the habit of doing the things failures don’t like to do. — Success Magazine Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. — Vincent van Gogh Step by step and the thing is done. — Charles Atlas Little by little, one travels far. — J. R. R. Tolkien Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still. — Chinese Proverb Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out. — Robert Collier Big things have small beginnings. — T. E. Lawrence  
                                             See also: Success Quotes to Fuel Your Ambition   
                                                  Self Belief and Confidence     No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. — Eleanor Roosevelt Believe you can and you’re halfway there. — Theodore Roosevelt To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. — Ralph Waldo Emerson You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. — A. A. Milne You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. — Buddha Your victory is right around the corner. Never give up. — Nicki Minaj You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realise this, and you will find strength. — Marcus Aurelius The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it. — J. M. Barrie You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win. — Zig Ziglar      Failure Risk and Courage     Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. — Winston Churchill Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. — Robert F. Kennedy Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear. — George Addair One man with courage makes a majority. — Andrew Jackson The one who falls and gets up is stronger than the one who never tried. Do not fear failure but rather fear not trying. — Roy T. Bennett Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. — Winston Churchill Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. — Mark Twain      Mindset and Perspective     Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t – you’re right. — Henry Ford Change your thoughts and you change your world. — Norman Vincent Peale We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails. — Dolly Parton You cannot always control what goes on outside, but you can always control what goes on inside. — Wayne Dyer What you think, you become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create. — Buddha The mind is everything. What you think you become. — Buddha The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude. — Oprah Winfrey Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude. — Zig Ziglar Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. — Buddha      Taking Action and Starting Now     The secret of getting ahead is getting started. — Mark Twain The future depends on what you do today. — Mahatma Gandhi Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. — Arthur Ashe The path to success is to take massive, determined action. — Tony Robbins If you can dream it, you can do it. — Walt Disney Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out. — Robert Collier Don’t wait. The time will never be just right. — Napoleon Hill Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking. — William B. Sprague Well done is better than well said. — Benjamin Franklin      Discipline Habits and Consistency     Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most. — Abraham Lincoln Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievements. — John C. Maxwell Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment. — Jim Rohn Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period. — Lou Holtz The pain of self-discipline will never be as great as the pain of regret. — Anonymous You will never always be motivated, so you must learn to be disciplined. — Anonymous Our character basically is a composite of our habits. — Stephen Covey Habits can be learned and unlearned. But I also know it isn’t a quick fix. It involves a process and a tremendous commitment. — Success Magazine Discipline is the silent force that turns dreams into reality. — Anthony Robbins We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. — Aristotle      Dreams Vision and Growth     There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure. — Paulo Coelho Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will. — Karim Seddiki You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. — Wayne Gretzky Dream big and dare to fail. — Norman Vaughan The distance between dreams and reality is called discipline. — Michael John Bobak Try not to become a man of success, but rather become a man of value. — Albert Einstein All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. — Walt Disney Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. — Goethe What is now proved was once only imagined. — William Blake      Optimism and Hope     Once you choose hope, anything’s possible. — Christopher Reeve In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity. — Albert Einstein A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. — Winston Churchill Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise. — Victor Hugo Hope is a waking dream. — Aristotle Turn your wounds into wisdom. — Oprah Winfrey Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground. — Theodore Roosevelt The only limit to our realisation of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. — Franklin D. Roosevelt      Purpose and Meaning     The purpose of life is a life of purpose. — Robert Byrne He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. — Friedrich Nietzsche Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it. — Buddha Don’t aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally. — David Frost The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away. — Pablo Picasso The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why. — Mark Twain Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose. — Viktor Frankl Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Your purpose in life is to find your voice and give it away. — Stephen Covey