Pushing quotes
229 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"Don't ever give up on yourself. Keep pushing because the change of guards is what life's all about. [...] You've always got to stick with whatever you're into because you're day is going to come. You're day is destined. If you walk away from that, whether it be from fear or whether you're just giving up. [...] The greatest sin is fear and giving up."
"By replacing fear of the unknown with curiosity we open ourselves up to an infinite stream of possibility. We can let fear rule our lives or we can become childlike with curiosity, pushing our boundaries, leaping out of our comfort zones, and accepting what life puts before us."
"You cannot give up - you have to be persistent and keep pushing, and press on."
"If you're not creating waves, then you're not pushing enough."
"You must let life flow naturally, for life’s secret is patience; you must stop pushing for change and allow things to unfold."
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"We all enjoy pushing ourselves to accomplish our objectives. But we don't need stress to get there."
"Don't ever give up on yourself. Keep pushing because the change of guards is what life's all about."
"Thinking of holding back is blowing it more than pushing your hardest and falling."
"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."
"We are pushing hard to find quality advertising clients."
"Understanding science and pushing the boundaries of science is what makes me immensely satisfied."
"I'm always pushing for human responsibility. Given that chimpanzees and many other animals are sentient and sapient, then we should treat them with respect."
"He that is pushing his predecessors into the gulf of obscurity, cannot but sometimes suspect, that he must himself sink in like manner, and, as he stands upon the same precipice, be swept away with the same violence."
"It's something that I had been pushing down my whole life. The search for meaning, I guess, the whispering of the soul."
"I like pushing boundaries."
"The joy of surmounting obstacles which once seemed unremovable, and pushing the frontier of accomplishment further — what joy is there like unto it?"
"The plant is blind but it knows enough to keep pushing upwards towards the light, and it will continue to do this in the face of endless discouragements."
"So now we are pushing economic reform, bank reform and enterprise reform. So we can finish that reform this year, in September or October. Then our economy may be much more, you know, normalized."
"I'm still getting used to changing earrings - It still feels really weird to be pushing bits of metal through holes in my earlobes that weren't there a few weeks back, and actually seeing and feeling the holes in my lobes is still a bit freaky."
"You keep pushing because you believe in yourself and in your vision and you know that it is the right thing to do, and success will come. So don't be afraid to fail!"
"Pushing yourself to be the best is unsustainable. Simply push yourself to be better than the day before."
"For most of my 20s, I looked like I was 12. Now that I'm pushing 40, I guess I look closer to... 15? It must be my macrobiotic diet. Oh, wait, except that I don't have one of those."
"I like pushing the envelope. But I don't like to do it just for the sake of doing it."
"I've surfed once in the gulf. I wouldn't really call it surfing. It was like an ex-boyfriend pushing me into the waves or something. That was my limited experience."
"The true way is the middle one, halfway between deserving a place and pushing oneself into it."
