C. S. Lewis
Writer, Scholar
"You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending."
Where You Are quotes
Where You Are
194 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
George Washington Carver
Agricultural Scientist, Inventor
"Start where you are, with what you have. Make something of it and never be satisfied."
Barack Obama
Politician
"Where you are right now doesn't have to determine where you'll end up."
Teresa of Avila
Saint, Mystic, Writer
"Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be."
Keith Green
Musician, Singer-Songwriter
"Are you willing to stay right where you are and let the Lord do great things through you, though no one may seem to notice at all?"
Explore further
Topics related to Where You Are
Browse quotes that often appear alongside where you are — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
Where You Are quotes (page 1 of 10)
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"Success. Is not the position where you are standing, but which direction you are going."
Read quote
99 likes
"The image of where you are going has to be more dominant than the image of where you are."
Read quote
87 likes
"Always believe in yourself. Do this and no matter where you are, you will have nothing to fear."
Read quote
60 likes
"Start where you are-do anything you can do, and do everything you can do, until you find something you must do! That something is probably your spiritual gift."
Read quote
51 likes
"You have to start from where you are today and from what can be done."
Read quote
49 likes
"Do not search for SUCCESS off in the distance, but instead recognize it and grasp it right where you are!"
Read quote
45 likes
"It’s not that you have to achieve anything, it’s that you have to get away from where you are."
Read quote
37 likes
"You can start where you are with what you've got and go wherever it is you want to go."
Read quote
33 likes
"Heaven is where you'll be when you are okay right where you are."
Read quote
30 likes
"Honesty means nothing until you are tested under circumstances where you are sure you could get away with dishonesty."
Read quote
29 likes
"Find out where you are at, where you are going and build a plan to get there."
Read quote
24 likes
"escapism isn't good or bad in itself. what is important is what you are escaping from and where you are escaping to."
Read quote
22 likes
"Begin where you are. It would be unscientific to begin anywhere else."
Read quote
21 likes
"Nirvana is where you are, provided you don't object to it."
Read quote
21 likes
"Ninety nine percent of the time it's not urgent and to create a culture where you are constantly plugged in and expected to be always-on is to create a culture of burnout."
Read quote
20 likes
"If you don't like who you are and where you are, don't worry about it because you're not stuck either with who you are or where you are. You can grow. You can change. You can be more than you are."
Read quote
19 likes
"You can't really know where you are going until you know where you have been."
Read quote
19 likes
"If you would truly bring peace to the world, identify with that place within you where you are Peace."
Read quote
16 likes
"You can get to where you want to be from wherever you are-but you must stop spending so much time noticing and talking about what you do not like about where you are."
Read quote
15 likes
"Authentic freedom is actually the freedom of knowing who you are, why you are here, your purpose in life and where you are going when you leave here."
Read quote
14 likes