Keep Going Quotes

We all need words of encouragement every now and then! That’s why I’m sharing these Keep Going quotes – to help you, or anyone you know who needs to hear them, keep going! Enjoy!

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“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
“Some people want it to happen, some people wish it would happen, others make it happen.” ― Michael Jordan
“The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.” — Colin R. Davis
“Just keep going like crazy and look back when it’s over. Otherwise, you just get confused.” – Cliff Burton
“We cannot solve problems with the kind of thinking we employed when we came up with them.” — Albert Einstein
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” – Albert Einstein
“Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don’t have the strength.” – Theodore Roosevelt
“Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” – Harriet Beecher Stowe
“If you’re going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill
“What’s done is done. What’s gone is gone. One of life’s lessons is always moving on. It’s okay to look back to see how far you’ve come but keep moving forward.” ― Roy T. Bennett
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe
“Learn as if you will live forever, live like you will die tomorrow.” — Mahatma Gandhi
“Things aren’t always easy, but you just have to keep going and don’t let the small stuff bog you down.” – Stella Maeve
“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 gotta keep dancing, you gotta keep your feet moving.” – Morgan Freeman
“We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.” – Kenji Miyazawa
“Believe in yourself, take on your challenges, dig deep within yourself to conquer fears. Never let anyone bring you down. You got to keep going.” – Chantal Sutherland
“If you really want to eat, keep climbing. The fruits are on the top of the tree. Stretch your hands and keep stretching them. Success is on the top, keep going.” ― Israelmore Ayivor
“Don’t think about making art. Just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.” – Andy Warhol
“Stay away from those people who try to disparage your ambitions. Small minds will always do that, but great minds will give you a feeling that you can become great too.” — Mark Twain
“Courage doesn’t always roar, sometimes it’s the quiet voice at the end of the day whispering ‘I will try again tomorrow’.” – Mary Anne Radmacher
“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
“Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.” – Greg Anderson
“Focus on what lights a fire inside of you and use that passion to fill a white space. Don’t be afraid of the challenges, the missteps, and the setbacks along the way. What matters is that you keep going.” – Kendra Scott
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” ― C. S. Lewis
“I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life. He taught me that if you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it full speed ahead. Embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it, and above all become passionate about it. Lukewarm is no good. Hot is no good either. White hot and passionate is the only thing to be.” – Roald Dahl, “My Uncle Oswald”
“When you change your thoughts, remember to also change your world.”—Norman Vincent Peale
“I don’t know what lies ahead, but I want to keep going forever…”― Fuyumi Soryo
“Believe in yourself and all that you are, know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” – Christian D Larson
“Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.” – Dale Carnegie
“Always believe in yourself and keep going. You don’t have to have the most talent in the world. You don’t have to be the smartest person in the world. If you persist and you persist and you persist, you will be successful.” – Dean Cain
“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
“We have a strategic plan. It’s called doing things.” – Herb Kelleher
“It is only when we take chances, when our lives improve. The initial and the most difficult risk that we need to take is to become honest. —Walter Anderson
“You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead.” – George Lucas
“Failure is a bend in the road, not the end of the road. Learn from failure and keep moving forward.” – Roy T. Bennett
“Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold, the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul.” – Democritus
“Just keep going. You never know how far you can go.” – Gunna
“Things aren’t always easy, but you just have to keep going and don’t let the small stuff bog you down.” ― Stella Maeve
“Sometimes, you’ve got to work a little, so you can ball a lot.” – Tom Haverford
“Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston S. Churchill
“Keep going on hikes, keep having your friends in your life, keep that downtime sacred as well because as hard as you work in any job, it’s really nice to have the relaxing de-stressors. Stress is the worst thing. That’s the ultimate demise of any good thing.” – Dianna Elise Agron
“Life is like riding a bicycle, to keep your balance, you must keep moving.” – Albert Einstein
“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” – John Wooden
“Keep going and keep believing and do what makes you feel good. And when you feel good and get to the point where no-one can take that from you, then that feeling will the best feeling.” – NikkieTutorials
“You just do it. You force yourself to get up. You force yourself to put one foot before the other, and God damn 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
“Sometimes things don’t go your way, but you get up and keep going.” – CM Punk
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” ― Thomas A. Edison
“To be contented—that’s for the cows.” ― Diana Vreeland
“Success usually comes to those who are too busy looking for it.” — Henry David Thoreau
“If you stop, you’ll lose everything. You’ve got to keep going.” – Greyson Chance
“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
“There were some tough days, there were some good days, but you have to just keep going, keep dreaming, and keep believing.” – Bukayo Saka
“You just do it. You force yourself to get up. You force yourself to put one foot before the other, and God damn 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 man on top of the mountain didn’t fall there.” ― Vince Lombardi
“I am not the richest, smartest or most talented person in the world, but I succeed because I keep going and going and going.” – Sylvester Stallone
“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
“Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.” – Bruce Barton
“I’m not going to get somewhere and say, ‘OK, I’m done.’ Success is never final; I’ll just keep on going. The same way as failure never being fatal. Just keep going. I’m going to the stars and then past them.” – Conor McGregor
“We love being mentally strong, but we hate situations that allow us to put our mental strength to good use.” ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.” ― Steve Jobs
“Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. The slogan ‘Press On’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” —Calvin Coolidge
“Let everything happen to you. Beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final.” – Rainer Maria Rilke
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” – Thomas A. Edison
“Be thankful for what you have and you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.” – Oprah Winfrey
“Rejection is a common occurrence. Learning that early and often will help you build up the tolerance and resistance to keep going and keep trying.” – Kevin Feige
“When the going gets tough, put one foot in front of the other and just keep going. Don’t give up.” ― Roy T. Bennett
“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 can’t tell you how many times I’ve been given a no. Only to find that a better, brighter, bigger yes was right around the corner.” — Arlan Hamilton
“When in doubt, throw doubt out and have a little faith….” ― E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
“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 is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them – that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.” – Lao Tzu
“We shall never have more time. We have, and always had, all the time there is. No object is served in waiting until next week or even until tomorrow. Keep going… Concentrate on something useful.” – Arnold Bennett
“Keep going and keep growing. Never allow those who do not know where you are going to stop you from going where you should be going.” ― Gift Gugu Mona
“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
“We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes – understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success.” — Ariana Huffington
“You just have to keep on doing what you do. It’s the lesson I get from my husband; he just says, Keep going. Start by starting.” – Meryl Streep
“Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you.” – George Whitefield
“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.” – David Brinkley
“I’ll keep going. That’s one thing about myself – I’ll roll my sleeves up and keep going.” – Robert Snodgrass
“Never surrender until the challenge turns you into a champion.” ― Hiral Nagda
“Don’t think about your errors or failures; otherwise, you’ll never do a thing.” ― Bill Murray
“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” — Henry Ford
“Autumn is my favourite season of all. It is a transitory period that allows the earth to rest before it sees the harshness of winter and hears the promise of spring.” ― Kamand Kojouri
“Those who move forward with a happy spirit will find that things always work out.” – Gordon B. Hinkley
“You can’t stop getting older; you just have to keep going and laugh a lot.” – Anita Dobson
“Never settle unless there’s something worth settling for.” ― Adrian Hayward
“It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old. They grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.” – Gabriel García Márquez
“You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.” — Wayne Dyer
“It is the combination of reasonable talent and the ability to keep going in the face of defeat that leads to success.” – Martin Seligman
“Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” – Harriet Beecher Stow
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover.” – Mark Twain
“What winning is to me is not giving up, is no matter what’s thrown at me, I can take it. And I can keep going.” – Patrick Swayze
“Keep your head up. Move forward. Keep going.” ― Alex Trebek
“One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don’t throw it away.” ― Stephen Hawking
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” — Aristotle
“Experience has taught me how important it is to just keep going, focusing on running fast and relaxed. Eventually it passes and the flow returns. It’s part of racing.” – Frank Shorter
“When we stop opposing reality, action becomes simple, fluid, kind, and fearless.” – Byron Katie
“You go through stuff, and you keep going.” – Gary Rossington
“Fight until the last moment because you never know what luck will fall your way.” ― T.A. White
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” — Arthur Ashe
“At the very moment when people underestimate you is when you can make a breakthrough.” ― Germany Kent
“Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy.” – Groucho Marx
“Everyone goes down a road that they’re not supposed to go down. You can do two things from it. You can keep going down that road and go to a dark place. Or you can turn and go up the hill and go to the top – try to go to the top.” – Julian Edelman
“Believe in yourself and all that you are, know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” ― Christian D Larson
“Everything you’ve ever wanted is sitting on the other side of fear.” — George Addair
“Also, stick around. Don’t lose your heart, just keep going, keep at it.” – Mark Ruffalo
“Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you.” – Denis Waitley
“I’ve always loved journaling as a way to clear my mind. Whether I’m traveling or at home, the first thing I do when I wake up is pull out my notebook and record positive things that have happened to me as well as uplifting thoughts.” – Gloria Reuben
“You’ve just got to keep going through the tough times and try your best every time you play.” – Tammy Abraham
“Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you.” ― George Whitefield
“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” — Ayn Rand
“We’re not going to quit. We’re going to keep going after everybody.” ― Keith Tkachuk
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.“ – Frederick Douglass
“Of course everyone has those moments of frustration now and then, when you say, ‘I wish I could play well already – or just stop.’ But it’s too much trouble to stop just for a moment of frustration. It is when you keep going that you make the most progress.“ – Hilary Hahn
“Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” — Babe Ruth
“If beautiful lilies bloom in ugly waters, you too can blossom in ugly situations.” ― Matshona Dhliwayo
“In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It’s not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.” – Tony Robbins
“Take everything you can from what people say. Keep going and stick to your instincts. And what your soul tells you to do, use that.” – Jon Pardi
“The road of growth, enlargement and glory is outrageously difficult, but avoiding it is like avoiding your magnificent destiny.” ― Hiral Nagda
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” — Thomas A. Edison
“With age, you see people fail more. You see yourself fail more. How do you keep that fearlessness of a kid? You keep going. Luckily, I’m not afraid to make a fool of myself.“ – Hugh Jackman
“Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once.” —Drew Houston
“It’s been one of those years where you just try to keep going and learn on what you need to do to make yourself better. You just have to keep going.” – Kyle Busch
“A constructive, useful life, good works, and good relationships are as valid as writing poetry or inventing a machine. Anything that one does well and obtains satisfaction from is a good enough reason for living. To be a decent human being that people like and feel better for knowing is enough.” – Robert Gould
“My goal is to keep going and reach as far as possible to beat all odds placed before me.” – Lauren Wasser
“Doors will open, but you have to be looking forward to see them and be thinking kindly of yourself in order to trust walking through them.” ― Brittany Burgunder
“Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.” —Earl Nightingale
“When it’s your time you will walk right into your blessing.” ― Germany Kent
“A ship is always safe at the shore – but that is NOT what it is built for.” – Albert Einstein
“You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead.” – George Lucas
“It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent.” —Charlie Munger
“I’m a workaholic, so I ignore the signs of fatigue and just keep going and going, and then conk out when I get home. It can be pretty stressful.” – Keke Palmer
“Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.” – L.M. Montgomery
“As long as you keep going, you’ll keep getting better. And as you get better, you gain more confidence. That alone is success.” – Tamara Taylor
“I don’t want to look back. I want to keep going forward, I still have something to say to people.” ― Joe Strummer
“Fear is an assassin; if you let it in your life, it will kill your dreams.” ― Matshona Dhliwayo
“Rise above the storm and you will find the sunshine.” – Mario Fernandez
“You learn more from losing than winning. You learn how to keep going.” – Morgan Wootten
“Instead of letting the hard times get me down, I’ve learned to keep going to look for the hidden good.” ― Paul J. Meyer
“Don’t listen to what anybody says except the people who encourage you. If it’s what you want to do and it’s within yourself, then keep going and try to do it for the rest of your life.” –Jake Gyllenhaal
“Every small positive change we make in ourselves repays us in confidence in the future.” – Alice Walker
“You just gotta keep going and fighting for everything, and one day you’ll get to where you want.” – Naomi Osaka
“Fantasy has a dark side to it. It also has a light hemisphere – the power of the human imagination to keep going, to imagine a better tomorrow.” ― Tim O’Brien
“We’ve just got to keep going. More. More work, more action, more results.” ― Gina Raimondo
“If I’m going to have hope, I’m going to have to learn to endure disappointment.” ― Sharon Weil
“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” – Will Rogers
“I’m just trying to stay within myself every day and keep going.” – Cody Bellinger
“If I just keep putting one foot in front of the other, it stands to reason that I’m going to get there.” ― Rachel Joyce
“Even small positive shifts in thinking, create huge results if you are consistent in your efforts.” ― Nanette Mathews
“We’re involved in trillions of little acts just to keep going.” – Morrie Schwartz
“What winning is to me is not giving up, is no matter what’s thrown at me, I can take it. And I can keep going.” – Patrick Swayze
“Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you.” – Denis Waitley
“Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.” – Bo Jackson
“Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don’t have the strength.” ― Theodore Roosevelt
“To everyone battling a difficulty or under attack right now, smile, keep your head up, keep moving and stay positive, you’ll get through it.” ― Germany Kent
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
“We all have a list of things that we failed at. This list is not kept in our mind to remind us of the failure, but it’s there so we remember that we cannot let that be the thing we are known for. We must try again – this time, we will not fail.” ― C Miller
“Know this: whenever you think of leaving, a part of you has already left. But it’s never too late to get it back.” ― Kamand Kojouri
“Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.” – Les Brown
“When you walk in the fire, you start becoming fireproof.” ― Hiral Nagda
“I don’t want to look back. I want to keep going forward, I still have something to say to people.” – Joe Strummer
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” ― Arthur Ashe
“If you keep going with a definite purpose, you will find the way and reach the destination.” – Debasish Mridha
“Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.” – Napoleon Hill
“Only one person can stop me or keep me going; I myself.” ― Vikrmn, Corpkshetra
“We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light.” – Mary Dunbar
“Life has got all those twists and turns. You’ve got to hold on tight and off you go.” ― Nicole Kidman
“There are tomorrows on their way worth the struggles of today. Never give up.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich
“Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.” – Henry David Thoreau
“You think I’m giving up. I’m not. I’m giving in.” ― Kamand Kojouri
“Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.”― Roy T. Bennett
“Success is a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don’t quit when you’re tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.” – Robert Strauss
“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela
“In our ever-changing universe, lives collide, and, like runaway planets, we just keep going.” – Michael R. French, Once Upon a Lie
“Don’t give up on believing things can and will get better, even if they seem to be getting worse.”― Yedidah Spann
“I never wanted to go back and relive the glory days; I just want to keep moving forward. That’s what I took from punk. Keep going. Don’t look back.” – Paul Simonon
“There is always light. If only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it.” – Amanda Gorman
“If you are going through hell, keep going.” ― Winston S. Churchill
“I’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life and I’ve never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.” – Georgia O’Keeffe
“If someone is strong enough to bring you down, show them you are strong enough to get back up.” – A. Josland
“Don’t give up. Don’t lose hope. Don’t sell out.” – Christopher Reeve
“You don’t stop living because bad things happen. You keep going.” – Gina Neely
“You learn to rise above a lot of bad things that happen in your life. And you have to keep going.” – Lauren Bacall
“Defeat is simply a signal to press onward.” – Helen Keller
“No matter how hard the battle gets, or no matter how many people don’t believe in your dream, never give up.” – Eric Thomas
“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” – Jimmy Dean
“As long as we desire to reach new heights, we will find the strength to climb the mountain.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita
“Don’t do it! Don’t you dare think about giving up! EVERYTHING has a process. Work with the process, not against it. Move forward with purpose and never stop believing. You can do this! You know you can.” ― Stephanie Lahart
“The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.”― Arthur C. Clarke
“You are likely to fall when you stop paddling your bicycle. Such is life. As long as you don’t give up, you will never end up failing!” ― Israelmore Ayivor
“Only he who attempts the absurd is capable of achieving the impossible.”― Miguel de Unamuno
“When you come to the edge of all that you know, you must believe one of two things: there will be ground to stand on… or you will grow wings to fly.” ― O.R. Melling
“I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan
“You wouldn’t train for a marathon & then give up a mile before the finish line. Same goes with your life & dreams.” ― Dawn Gluskin
“The more the panic grows, the more uplifting the image of a man who refuses to bow to the terror.” – Ernst Junger
“Don’t give up on your daydream! That little voice inside is telling you how to live your life with intent & purpose.” ― Dawn Gluskin
“The world is more malleable than you think and it’s waiting for you to hammer it into shape.” – Bono
“Never give up,keep going,don’t quit,die in your tracks before ever giving up.If we back down every time we are faced with something tough,we are complete failures.” – LT. Lavoir
“It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.” – Joseph Campbell
“I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up. Most people in this business gave up and went on to other things. If you simply didn’t give up, you would outlast the people who came in on the bus with you.” – Harrison ford
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs
“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt

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