101 Inspiring Quotes to Help You Push Yourself to Succeed

A wise man once said that life as a human being was so predictable.

We are born, we go to school, we find a job, we have families, and then we grow old and die.

And truly he’s not wrong.

That is basically the cycle of life. At the same time, it’s for that very reason that we need to push ourselves. We have to push ourselves to become the best versions of ourselves.

Quotes to Help You Push Yourself to Succeed

We have to push ourselves to test our limits and go beyond them. We have to push ourselves from living ordinary and mediocre lives.

If you’re tired, feeling hopeless, or just simply need a nudge, we hope these motivational quotes give you the strength to push yourself just a little more everyday and help you achieve your dreams.

I learned from my mom to always keep pushing yourself. – Gabby Douglas

And to learn, you have to be willing to push yourself. – Brandi Chastain

Push daily so future self will thank

I push myself daily so my future self will thank me.

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. – Confucius

You will never have the answers, but you have to keep pushing yourself and keep reading and keep working on yourself. – Benjamin Booker

eleanor roosevelt quote

Do one thing every day that scares you. – Eleanor Roosevelt

Usually your biggest trials come right before your biggest breakthroughs. Keep pushing on!

Under gold clouds, he pushed the limits of my body, setting a faster pace—some days surpassing forty rugged miles, unstopping through morning’s thick peach haze; noon’s warmth; red evening sun. – Aspen Matis, Your Blue Is Not My Blue: A Missing Person Memoir

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world. – Robin Williams

Build step by step. Push yourself, but not too hard. Learn. Keep it fun. – Matt Fitzgerald

dakota kirk quote

A kite can’t soar without some kind of force against it. – Dakota Kirk

Every day I try to push the boundaries, and it’s paid off. – Adam Peaty

Go faster. Push harder. This is not pain you feel. It’s pure pleasure. Come on, you can go even faster. – Jean-Philippe Soulé, I, Tarzan: Against All Odds

Set higher standards for you own performance than anyone around you, and it won’t matter whether you have a tough boss or an easy one. It won’t matter whether the competition is pushing you hard, because you’ll be competing with yourself. – Rick Pitino

Being mentally tough is having to battle those demons and push yourself out of your comfort zone and force yourself to be the person that your mind is telling you you aren’t. – Michael Chiesa

tony robbins quote

You must find something you want to live for that’s bigger than yourself—a mission—whether it’s your children, a business, a non-profit, whatever. That pulls you to achieve, which is far more sustainable than to push yourself to. You can only push yourself for so long. – Tony Robbins

In music, push yourself but not too hard; if you play too many sharps you may cut your fingers. – Sneha Abraham

You can’t be paralyzed by fear of failure or you will never push yourself. – Arnold Schwarzenegger

I’m competitive with myself. I always try to push past my own borders. – Tyra Banks

Forget your excuses. You either want it bad or don’t want it at all.

shannon l adler quote

Don’t say you don’t have enough time or enough money to change the world. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Gandhi, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci and Jesus Christ. – Shannon L. Alder

The artists I look up to are the ones who push their own limits. – Christina Aguilera

Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny. – C.S. Lewis

You just need to say, ‘One more step, I can do this. I have more in me.’ You’ll be so proud of yourself once you push yourself past your threshold. – Kerri Walsh

If you’re going through hell, keep going. – Winston Churchill

Do what you think you cannot do

You must do the kind of things you think you cannot do. – Eleanor Roosevelt

Music breeds its own inspiration. You can only do it by doing it. You may not feel like it, but you push yourself. It’s a work process. Or just improvise. Something will come. – Burt Bacharach

There is something that you can do, for a greater good, for a greater cause, one that is far bigger than just yourself. Find it, and then, do it.” – Kevin Abdulrahman, THE BOOK on What Ever You’re Into

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

Maybe you don’t have to push yourself forward. Maybe you just have to stop holding yourself back. – Doe Zantamata

manoj arora quote

When you push yourself beyond limits, you discover inner reserves, which you never thought existed earlier. – Manoj Arora, Dream On

Stop being afraid of what can go wrong and start being positive about what can go right.

Your love for what you do and willingness to push yourself where others aren’t prepared to go is what will make you great. – Laurence Shahlaei

Believe in yourself. Have faith in yourself because no one else is going to. – Janet Jackson

Next time, ask: What’s the worst that will happen? Then push yourself a little further than you dare. – Audre Lorde

robert kiyosaki quote


When you hear that something can’t be done, ignore that advice and push forward. – Robert Kiyosaki

For me, I like to push myself—I hate feeling complacent or that I’m not learning. – Derek Hough

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

Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don’t. – Steve Mariboli

Push yourself or else Life is gonna be boring.

eileen cook quote


How will I know who I can become if I don’t give myself the chance to try new things, to push myself beyond my normal boundaries? Who might I be if I am away from the things that I currently use to define myself? – Eileen Cook, With Malice

Believe in yourself and you will be unstoppable.

Commit yourself to do something innovative which average people are afraid to do. Aim high and push yourself to achieve every thing you wished. – Anil Sinha

Don’t resist the growing pains, push through them. – Germany Kent

If you don’t really have a dream, you can’t really push yourself; you don’t really know what the target is. – MS Dhoni

zara hairston quote

Let your dreams push you… instead of your fears. – Zara Hairston

Faith moves mountains, but you have to keep pushing while you are praying. – Mason Cooley

Life keeps throwing me stones. And I keep finding the diamonds. – Ana Claudia Antunes

We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough. – Helen Keller

You can’t be content with mastery; you have to push yourself to become a student again. – Austin Kleon

george adair quote

Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear. – George Adair

Change equals self-improvement. Push yourself to places you haven’t been before. – Pat Summitt

If you’re not pushing yourself beyond the comfort zone, if you’re not demanding more from yourself—expanding and learning as you go—you’re choosing a numb existence. You’re denying yourself an extraordinary trip. – Dean Karnazes

When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too. – Paulo Coelho

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

simon sinek quote

Pushing yourself to be the best is unsustainable. Simply push yourself to be better than the day before. – Simon Sinek

It’s not really the life of cooking that’s hard – it’s what you make of it and what level you push yourself to. – Grant Achatz

If you have no doubt in what you are about to do, you are not pushing yourself hard enough. – Silvio Micali

Don’t tell people about your dreams. Show them your dreams.

There’s a thing you confront when you’re going into something new and you come to this sort of abyss, and then you push yourself. It makes you try different things. – Forest Whitaker

Passions is pushing yourself

Passion is pushing yourself when no one else is around

It’s important to push yourself further than you think you can go each and every day―as that is what separates the good from the great. – Kerri Strug

Running alone is the toughest. You get to the point where you have to keep pushing yourself. – Walter Payton

It’s all about taking risks. Push yourself to do as much exploration as possible. Find yourself. Because sometimes we think we’ve found ourselves, but it’s only part of ourselves we’ve found. We haven’t pushed ourselves far out there where we make mistakes and things don’t work out, but at least we’ve discovered something. I felt that’s what my life had to be. – Robert Redford

Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better. – Jim Rohn

isabelle lafleche quote

Your passion is waiting for your courage to catch up. – Isabelle Lafleche

The pain that you’ve been feeling, cant compare to the joy that’s coming. – Romans 8:18

The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests. – Epictetus

Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds. – Larry Bird

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think. – Benjamin Disraeli

What you do quote


The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.

Pushing ourselves to do too much despite the pain will not result in gain but may cause additional injury.

However, sometimes we do need to push ourselves to get up and move around to avoid becoming stiff and actually increasing our pain. – Karen Lee Richards

Never too old, never too bad, never too late, never too sick to start from scratch once again. – Bikram Choudhury

Set goals that don’t feel all that easy, that challenge you, stimulate you and give you a chance to stretch and push yourself. That is where the power of growth lies. – Nathaniel Branden

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The moment you want to quit is the moment you need to keep pushing.

We need people who push boundaries rather than retreat inside them. – Tim Fargo

Push yourself because no one is going to do it for you.

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

Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts.

thomas edison quote


I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. – Thomas Edison

We don’t develop courage by being happy every day. We develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity. – Barbara De Angelis

You only do good work when you’re taking risks and pushing yourself. – Sally Hawkins

When you push yourself to be the best, your mind, heart, and body need to be in perfect balance to succeed.

If you are the best, you must go that extra mile. – Conor McGregor

neil gaiman quote


Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, you’re Doing Something. – Neil Gaiman

There is no education like adversity. – Benjamin Disraeli

The goal is not to be better than the other man, but your previous self. – The Dalai Lama

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self. – Aldous Huxley

Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart. – Roy Bennett

Just try one more time quote


The most certain way to succeed is to just try one more time. – Thomas Edison

navy seals quote


The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in combat. – Navy Seals

Reach for it. Push yourself as far as you can. – Christa McAuliffe

Push yourself. Don’t Settle. Just live well. Just LIVE. – Jojo Moyes

You are only limited to what you push yourself to, you know? You can always get better. – Lindsey Vonn

Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records. – William Arthur Ward

humble the poet quote

It’s about finding that balance where you have one foot in the familiar, one foot in the unfamiliar. If you have two feet in the unfamiliar it’s overwhelming. If you have two feet in the familiar then there’s just boredom. It’s about having both. – Humble the Poet

There is no failure except in no longer trying.

Push yourself to keep improving or you’ll stay as close to the bottom as you are to the top. – John Wooden

Believe in yourself. Push to your highest limit. – Marsai Martin

Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did. – Newt Gingrich

You can do anything if you set goals. You just have to push yourself. – RJ Mitte