It’s no secret that the world is in a state of disruption and change. As a result, many people are feeling uncertainty and fear about their futures.
When we are stuck in a state of fear it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and hopeless. It can often feel like the whole world is conspiring against us.
The important thing to remember is that no one lives a life free from difficulty and hardships. Even the wealthiest people on earth can’t shield themselves from their problems.
Struggling is a part of the human experience. In fact, humans have been struggling since the dawn of time.
Fortunately, we are very resilient creatures and no matter how difficult things seem to get, we always preserver and move forward.
Still, the pain and fear are real and sometimes we need a dose of encouragement to keep us going. That’s why I put together a list of the best quotes on moving forward.
I hope these quotes are a source of encouragement to you and I hope you know that you’re not alone in your struggle. Afterall, we’re all in this together.
101 Moving Forward Quotes to Get You Through Difficult Times
1. “The answer to every adversity lies in courageously moving forward with faith.”
– Edmond Mbiaka
2. “Life is like riding a bicycle, to keep your balance, you must keep moving.”
– Albert Einstein
3. “If you’re not moving forward, you’re falling back.”
– Sam Waterson
4. “March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life’s path.”
– Kahlil Gibran
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6. “A very wise man once told me that you can’t look back – you just have to put the past behind you, and find something better in your future.”
– Jodi Picoult
7. “It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.”
– Theodore Roosevelt
8. “Life moves on and so should we.”
– Spencer Johnson
9. “You are always a student, never a master. You have to keep moving forward.”
– Conrad Hall
10. “Even a rock moves on.”
– Anthony Liccione
11. “I demolish my bridges behind me…then there is no choice but to move forward.”
– Fridtjof Nansen
12. “We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”
– Walt Disney
13. “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.”
– Steve Jobs
14. “In a moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing to do, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.”
– Theodore Roosevelt
15. “When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.”
– Alexander Graham Bell
16. “Rehashing the past wouldn’t change anything. Time to move forward.”
– Zena Wynn
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18. “There are things that we never want to let go of, people we never want to leave behind. But keep in mind that letting go isn’t the end of the world, it’s the beginning of a new life.”
– Unknown
19. “Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed.”
– Wayne Dyer
20. “Don’t dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energy moving forward together towards an answer.”
– Denis Waitley
21. “A year from now you may wish you had started today.”
– Karen Lamb
22. “You can spend minutes, hours, days, weeks, or even months overanalyzing a situation; trying to put the pieces together, justifying what could’ve, would’ve happened… or you can just leave the pieces on the floor and move on.”
– Tupac Shakur
23. “The only thing a person can ever really do is keep moving forward. Take that big leap forward without hesitation, without once looking back. Simply forget the past and forge toward the future.”
– Alyson Noel
24. “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
25. “If we fail to adapt, we fail to move forward.”
– John Wooden
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27. “You can’t expect to move forward if your emergency break is on.”
– Angela Cecilia
28. “The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward.”
– Steve Maraboli
29. “Your past does not equal your future.”
– Anthony Robbins
30. “A bridge can still be built while the bitter waters are flowing beneath.”
– Anthony Liccione
31. “You need to have faith in yourself. Be brave and take risks. You don’t have to have it all figured out to move forward.”
– Roy T. Bennett
32. “There’s an awful lot of future out there, and what you got to do, is you go to out and grab it, wrestle it to the ground, accept the challenges, and then decide. You’ve got the skills. You’ve got the knowledge. You’ve got the love, and you’re capable of moving forward and making a great life yourself.”
– Gene Kranz
33. “The way I look at it, every day that I’m moving forward is a day I’m not moving backward. Just the fact that I’m in the race at all is a miracle.”
– Bobby Bones
34. “I can’t take back the past, but I can fight for the future.”
– Shannon A. Thompson
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36. “Don’t let the blights from the past hold you back from the bliss of the future.”
– Constance Friday
37. “Every single day is an opportunity for you to start anew; I call this my ’24-hour Reset Button.”
– Tamara Tilleman
38. “Take the changes in stride, and understand that you may have setbacks. Instead of focusing on that, make sure to keep moving forward.”
– Esther King
39. “If you’re satisfied with everything, you’re just going to stay at one level and the world will move ahead”
– Michael Jackson
40. “There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.”
– C. S. Lewis
41. “Every great journey begins with one step and it begins with moving forward, turning on the engine, and shifting into the right gear at the right time. Remember, going through pain is temporary and it will subside, but quitting on the other hand lasts forever.”
– Louie Herron
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43. “Are the people around you holding you back or empowering you to move forward? If you life is going nowhere, take a look at the group of people you hang around with.”
– Les Brown
44. “Life may not be going well for you now, but as long as you are here, as long as you press forward, anything is possible. Hold on to hope.”
– Nick Vujicic
45. “The most successful people are those who are willing to keep moving forward after making mistakes.”
– Coach Flanagan
46. “I made a choice before I lost my legs that I was going to live the best life possible and that I wasn’t going to let this slow me down – and that choice has kept me moving forward.”
– Amy Purdy
47. “You can learn a lot from failure, but that requires you to continue moving forward despite having failed.”
– Darcy Oordt
48. “Ditch the dream and be a doer, not a dreamer, whether or not you know what your ‘passion’ might be. The truth is, it doesn’t matter. You don’t have to know. You just have to keep moving forward. You just have to keep doing something, seizing the next opportunity, staying open to trying something new.” – Shonda Rhimes
49. “It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.”
– Confucius
50. “Don’t be afraid if things seem difficult in the beginning. That’s only the initial impression. The important thing is not to retreat; you have to master yourself.”
– Olga Korbut
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52. “Life is about how much you can take and keep fighting, how much you can suffer and keep moving forward.”
– Anderson Silva
53. “Looking back isn’t going to help you. Moving forward is the thing you have to do.”
– McKayla Maroney
54. “I am grateful for all the moments that I have, and I’m moving forward one step at a time to the future.”
– Park Bo-gum
55. “I think that the power is the principle. The principle of moving forward, as though you have the confidence to move forward, eventually gives you confidence when you look back and see what you’ve done.”
– Robert Downey Jr.
56. “If you’re going through hell, keep going.”
– Winston Churchill
57. “Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.”
– Plato
58. “I think the only way for you to grow and evolve is to keep listening, keep moving forward, keep jumping in and trying to experience.”
– Dianne Reeves
59. “Faith is moving forward even when things don’t make sense, trusting that in hindsight everything will become clear.”
– Many Hale
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61. “The longer we keep looking back in the rearview mirror, it takes away from everything that’s moving forward.”
– Dan Quinn
62. “Change has to come for life to struggle forward.”
– Helen Hollick
63. “If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.”
– Henry Ford
64. “The most important thing any broken individual can do is keep their chin up and keep moving forward.”
– Matt Hardy
65. “Life moves forward. The old leaves wither, die and fall away, and the new growth extends forward into the light.”
– Bryant McGill
66. “When the world is at your back, and your heart is at your feet…the best way to go on is to just ‘be’.”
– Jennifer Varnadore
67. “When you get to the point where moving forward is the only thing your mind is willing to settle for, that’s when amazing things start to unfold in your journey.”
– Edmond Mbiaka
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69. “Man maintains his balance, poise, and sense of security only as he is moving forward.”
– Maxwell Maltz
70. “Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future.”
– Denis Waitley
71. “Even though you may want to move forward in your life, you may have one foot on the brakes. In order to be free, we must learn how to let go. Release the hurt. Release the fear. Refuse to entertain your old pain. The energy it takes to hang onto the past is holding you back from a new life. What is it you would let go of today?”
– Mary Manin Morrissey
72. “Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you.”
– George Whitefield
73. “Just keep moving forward and don’t give a damn about what anybody thinks. Do what you have to do, for you.”
– Johnny Depp
74. “You can never regret anything you do in life. You kind of have to learn the lesson from whatever the experience is and take it with you on your journey forward.”
– Aubrey O’Day
75. “Look at what you want to change, gather a few people who believe in it like you do, and start moving forward. It’s important to remember that you don’t always need a destination. Sometimes, you just have to make forward motion. And you absolutely can.”
– Debby Ryan
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77. “Don’t hold on to the past; it won’t help in moving forward. Dare to dream big”.
– Rajeev Suri
78. “It is important for us to let go of the hurt and pain our past left behind and open up to the possibilities of what the future may hold.”
– Ron Walker
79. “You just keep moving forward and doing what you do and hope that it resonates with people. And if it doesn’t, you just keep moving on until you find a project that does.”
– Octavia Spencer
80. “It is important that we forgive ourselves for making mistakes. We need to learn from our errors and move on.”
– Steve Maraboli
81. “My style is to stay on the offensive: to take risks, to recover very fast when you make a mistake, but to keep moving forward.”
– Newt Gingrich
82. “You have to come to your closed doors before you get to your open doors… What if you knew you had to go through 32 closed doors before you got to your open door? Well, then you’d come to closed door number eight and you’d think, ‘Great, I got another one out of the way’… Keep moving forward.”
– Joel Osteen
83.
84. Life may not be going well for you now, but as long as you are here, as long as you press forward, anything is possible. Hold on to hope.”
– Nick Vujicic
85. “It takes just as much energy to move forward as it does to engage in self-destructive moaning, blaming, and being miserable.”
– Catherine Pulsifer
86. “Start today by imagining the life you want in the future and taking one practice step towards it.”
– Denise Duffield Thomas
87. “Guilt can be an unrelenting source of pain. It keeps us stuck in the past and prevents us from moving forward.”
– Darlene Lancer
88. “It’s a wonderful world. You can’t go backwards. You’re always moving forward. It’s the wonderful part about life. And that’s terrific.”
– Harvey Fierstein
89. “Don’t look back you’re not going that way.”
– Unknown
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91. “Sometimes you have to take a step back to move forward”
– Erika Taylor
92. “Whenever you find yourself doubting how far you can go, just remember how far you have come. Remember everything you have faced, all the battles you have won, and all the fears you have overcome.”
– Anonymous
93. “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.”
– Robert Frost
94. “If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.”
– Paulo Coelho
95. “If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.”
– Dolly Parton
96. “Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.”
– Steve Maraboli
97. “If you want to fly in the sky, you need to leave earth. If you want to move forward, you need to let go the past that drags you down.”
– Amit Ray
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99. “Stay strong, be a warrior and keep moving forward under any and all conditions.”
– Jerry Gladstone
100. “No matter what, we have to keep moving forward, even if we have to crawl.”
– Kellie Elmore
101. “It’s not about how you feel on a particular day, success comes because you keep moving forward.”
– Coleen Innis
My favorite quote:
“It takes just as much energy to move forward as it does to engage in self-destructive moaning, blaming, and being miserable.”
– Catherine Pulsifer
