Indecision is one of the worst enemies of success and progress. It’s that pesky little habit that just about everyone experiences as some point or another. That tortuous habit that often times causes us to take hours, days, or even weeks longer than necessary to make some of the most simple decisions. So, to help you shake off any indecisiveness you may have been experiencing lately, we’ve rounded up some of the best quotes about indecision.

May these quotes provide you with the clarity and determination to become more confident and decisive in your decision making.

BEST INDECISION QUOTES FOR SUCCESS

1. “A person’s greatest limitations are not genetic, but imposed by self-doubt, insecurities, indecision, and timidity.” – Kilroy J. Oldster

2. “Action cures fear. Indecision, postponement, on the other hand, fertilize fear.” – David J. Schwartz

3. “It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.” – Tony Robbins

4. “You don’t need more time in your day. You need to decide.” – Seth Godin

5. “More is lost by indecision than wrong decision. Indecision is the thief of opportunity. It will steal you blind.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero

6. “In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.”  – Theodore Roosevelt

7. “When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!” – George S. Patton

8. “Time doesn’t wait. Indecision will only let opportunities slip by. Pick a path and walk confidently with your heart behind every step.” – Doe Zantamata

9. “Each indecision brings its own delays and days are lost lamenting over lost days… What you cand do or think you can do, begin it. For boldness has magic, power, and genius in it.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

10. “Indecision is the thief of opportunity.” – Jim Rohn

11. “Decision is a sharp knife that cuts clean and straight. Indecision is a dull one that hacks and tears and leaves ragged edges behind.” – Jan McKeithen

12. “To wish for change will change nothing. To make the decision to take action right now will change everything.” – Nick Vujicic

13. “There is no more miserable human being that one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.” – William James

14. “Indecision is the enemy of progress. Not saying yes to one possibility is saying no to them all.” – Michael Haggstrom

15. “The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.” – Amelia Earhart

16. “Things which in my mind blossom will stumble beneath a clumsiest disguise appear capable of fragility and indecision.” – E.E. Cummings

17. “The major weakness of all educational systems is that they neither teach nor encourage the habit of definite decision.” – Napoleon Hill

18. “Indecision is a virus that can run through an army and destroy its will to win or even to survive.” – Wendell Mayes

19. “I used to be indecisive but now I am not quite sure.” – Tommy Cooper

20. “Deciding is freedom. Indecision is torture.” – Jen Sincero

21. “Always remember, indecision is decision — usually against you.” – Venita Van Caspel

22. “Be decisive. A wrong decision is generally less disastrous than indecision.” – Bernhard Langer

23. “Do not plant your dreams in the field of indecision, where nothing ever grows but the weeds of “what if.” – Dodinsky

24. “Indecisiveness is failure in disguise. You can never succeed unless you take action. It’s better to learn through a mistake than to do nothing and guarantee failure.” – Tour’e Roberts

25. “Indecision is a decision.” – Jason Evert

26. “Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.” – Bertrand Russell

27. “It is in your moments of indecision that your dreams are destroyed.” – Dr. Marc Dassualt

28. “Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.” – Margaret Thatcher

29. “In a moment of indecision act quickly and try to make the first step, even if it seems unnecessary.” – Leo Tolstoy

30. “Indecision is the seedling of fear.” – Napoleon Hill

31. “Doubt is your enemy.” – Grant Cardone

32. “Through indecision, the opportunity is often lost.” – Publilius Syrus

33. “Indecision with the passing of time becomes decision.” – Bill Wilson

34. “Indecision and delay are the parents of failure.” – George Canning

35. “By simply understanding why you can’t make a decision, you can overcome indecision.” – Nuala Walsh

Bonus Indecision Quote

Bonus: Alright, here is one of our favorite indecision quotes. We added it as bonus, because we stand behind it, because it stems from one of the wisest medieval philosophers, and because it rings true.

“The Risk Of A Wrong Decision Is Preferable To The Terror Of Indecision.”

– Maimonides –

FINAL THOUGHTS

Great job making it to the end of these indecision quotes! We hope you found a few that were both informative and galvanizing. If so, please share those quotes or this page with someone who could use a few inspiring words.

That said, if you’ve been hesitating to act on your ideas lately, keep coming back to this page, or read these highly motivational quotes about trusting yourself until taking bold action on your ideas become second nature to you.

Till you reach your aims,

STRIVE

Grit, that critical character trait that can be found in just about every single person who’s achieved their dreams. Having grit is all about being steadfast and maintaining the firmness of character needed to see things through. It’s about having that “do or die” attitude which is often found in those who possess an indomitable spirit. So, in honor of one of the most powerful character traits you can adopt to experience more success in your life, we’ve pulled together one of the most inspiring collections of grit quotes.

Our hope is that these quotes will give you a better understanding on exactly what grit is, and how you can embrace this quality more fully. But more importantly, we hope these quotes inspire you with a renewed spirit and passion to persevere until you reach your aims.

So, if you’re ready to be inspired to unleash your own indomitable spirit, let’s dive into these powerful quotes on grit:

BEST GRIT QUOTES TO HELP YOU ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS

1. “Grit is living life like it is a marathon, not a sprint.” – Angela Duckworth

2. “Grit is having the courage to push through, no matter what the obstacles are, because it’s worth it.” – Chris Morris

3. “Success doesn’t just happen. It is a product of hard work, grit and ingenuity.” – Ogwo David Eminike

4. Grit is sticking with your future day in, day out and not just for the week, not just for the month, but for years.” – Angela Duckworth

5. “The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who’s going to stop me.” – Ayn Rand

6. “Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance.” – Samuel Johnson

7. “True grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done. No moral man can have peace of mind if he leaves undone what he knows he should have done.” – John Wayne

8. “True grit is staying in the game when others would have dropped the ball and left the park.” – Anonymous

9. “A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, commitment, and hard work.” – Grit quote

10. “Consistency of effort over the long run is everything.” – Angela Duckworth

11. “You don’t need an MBA to launch a business. You need street smarts and grit.” – Barbara Corcoran

12. “Grit determines that life challenges will neither defeat nor define us.” – Anonymous

13. “Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.” – Oprah Winfrey

14. “Grit depends on a different kind of hope. It rests on the expectation that our own efforts can improve our future.” – Angela Duckworth

15. “Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.” – John Ortberg

16. “I remind myself that no one day of writing matters all that much. A story is built somewhat like a stalactite — one little drop of mud and grit at a time.” – Joe Hill

17. “Everything is hard before it is easy.” – Goethe

18. “Grit isn’t about getting an incredible dose of inspiration or courage. It’s about building the daily habits that allow you to stick to a schedule and overcome challenges and distractions over and over and over again.” – James Clear

19. “Don’t give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.” – John Wooden

20. “I don’t stop when I’m tired. I stop when I’m done.” – David Goggins

21. “If you are not willing to learn, no one can help you. If you are determined to learn, no one can stop you.” – Zig Ziglar

22. “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.” – Vince Lombardi

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

24. “Never hope for it more than you work for it.”  – Sonya Teclai

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

26. “Anything’s possible if you’ve got enough grit.” – Atlas Rowe

27. “What is grit? Grit is refusing to give up. Persistence. It’s making your own luck.” – Peter Diamandis

28. “Someone twice as talented but half as hardworking as another person might reach the same level of skill but still produce dramatically less over time.” – Angela Duckworth

29. “Grit is the stubborn refusal to quit.” – Jonah Lehrer

30. “Grit is passion and perseverance for very long-term goals. Grit is having stamina.” – Angela Duckworth

31. “Grit is the one trait that I, as a mentor, try to instill in younger entrepreneurs. Your road as an entrepreneur likely won’t be easy or straightforward. But, fortunately, those who train themselves to persevere and remain committed to their vision and principles are much more likely to attain their entrepreneurial goals than those who lack this sense of grit.” – Amine Rahal

32. “You can have all the talent in the world, but you will never achieve your goals without effort. This is why grit is the foundation of success.” – Ashley Elizabeth

33. “Nothing is put on pause. Everything is still happening. And then as far as just reflecting on what got you to where you are, there aren’t very many times where we have the space to sit and reflect and really understand the depth of what it took and the grit that we had to have to get to where we are.” – Jessica Alba

34. “Grit comes down to your habits. It’s about doing the things you know you’re supposed to do on a more consistent basis. It’s about your dedication to daily practice and your ability to stick to a schedule.” – James Clear

35. “The #1 predictor of success… Grit! The ability to persevere, overcome and move forward in spite of challenges, failures and obstacles.” – Anonymous

36. “It is after all, the dab of grit that seeps into an oyster’s shell that makes the pearl, not pear-making seminars with other oysters.” – Stephen King

37. “The moment you feel like quitting is the time you need to keep on going. Persistence fuels genius. And grit creates champions.” – Robin Sharma

38. “Quitting is the easiest thing to do.” – Robert Kiyosaki

39. “Our potential is one thing. What we do with it is quite another.” – Angela Duckworth

40. “Sometimes, a winner is a dreamer who just won’t quit.” – Rudy

41. “Gritty people are resilient, in the sense that they thrive through adversity. They reframe every challenge as an opportunity and do the work to become the master of their emotions.” – Ashley Elizabeth

42. “It’s not that I am so smart; it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” – Albert Einstein

43. “God honors a beautiful blend of gift and grit! He gives the gift, and He expects us to have the grit to practice and learn how to use it effectively.” – Beth Moore

44. “The difference in winning and losing is most often. Not quitting.” – Walt Disney

45. “Dreams don’t work unless you do.” – John C. Maxwell

46.  “Grit is not just simple elbow-grease term for rugged persistence. It is an often invisible display of endurance that lets you stay in an uncomfortable place, work hard to improve upon a given interest, and do it again and again.” – Sarah Lewis

47. “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” – T.S. Eliot

48. “When a goal matters enough to a person, that person will find a way to accomplish what at first seemed impossible.” – Nido Qubein

49. “I hated every minute of training, But I said don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.” – Muhammad Ali

50. “Grit is the persistence in following your own destiny.” – Paul Bradley Smith

51. “Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed no hope at all.” – Dale Carnegie

52. “Dream chasing is not for the faint of heart. Not only does it take massive courage to reach for the dreams and goals that many shrug off as impossible, but it also takes grit, tenacity, and an indomitable spirit to see things through.” – Nathan Lee Morales

53. “A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t.” – Jack Dempsey

54. “Leadership grit begets grit. Lead by example.” – Bill Hybels

55. “A little more persistence a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless
failure may turn into a glorious success.” – Elbert Hubbard

56. “Grit is not synonymous with hard work. It involves a certain single-mindedness. An ungritty prison inmate will mount a daring new escape attempt every month, but a gritty prison inmate will tunnel his way out one spoonful of concrete at a time. Grit.” – Chip Heath

57. “Every great story happened when someone decided not to give up.” – Spryte Loriano

58. “A leader should have higher grit and tenacity, and be able to endure what the employees can’t.” – Jack Ma

59. “Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill

60. “Grit; a mixture of hard work, consistency, and hustle.” – Anonymous

61. “Listen, every overnight success has taken 15 years, and that’s just the way it goes.” – Daymond John

62. “The 99% that achieve are willing to sacrifice, be persistent and put in disproportionate work, and think in 50 year terms not 50 day terms.” – Gary Vaynerchuk

63. “One step at a time. One punch at a time. One round at a time.” – Rocky Balboa

64. “There isn’t a person anywhere who isn’t capable of doing more than he thinks he can.” – Henry Ford

65. Grit, determination, the right amount of crazy, self belief – everything it takes to be a champion. I have that.” – Dustin Poirier

66. “For great things do not just happen by impulse, but are a succession of small things linked together.” – Vincent Van Gogh

67. “Effort is one of those things that gives meaning to life. Effort means you care about something, that something is important to you and you are willing to work for it.” – Carol Dweck

68. “Long is the way and hard, that out of hell leads up to the light.” – John Milton

69. “No matter how much falls on us, we keep plowing ahead. That’s the only way to keep the roads clear.” – Greg Kincaid

70. “Grit is choosing to hang on when you desperately want to let go.” – The STRIVE

71. “Grit is guts, resilience, industriousness and tenacity. Grit is the ability to focus, stay determined, stay optimistic in the face of a challenge, and simply work harder than the next guy or gal.” – Linda Kaplan Thaler

72. “Grit is the grain of character. It may generally be described as heroism materialized, spirit and will thrust into heart, brain, and backbone, so as to form part of the physical substance of the man.” – Edwin Percy Whipple

73. “Mental dominance is what ultimately makes you unstoppable.” – Tim S. Grover

74. “It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” – Babe Ruth

75. “Grit is that ‘extra something’ that separates the most successful people from the rest.” – Travis Bradberry

76. “Grit is more endurance than strength. Grit is about working on something you care about so much that you’re willing to see it through to completion.” – Lee David Daniels

77. “To achieve a different result simply requires a different choice of understanding, grit and intention.” – Ty Howard

78. “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” – Mahatma Gandhi

79. “There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits.” – Michael Phelps

80. “Enthusiasm is common. Endurance is rare.” – Angela Duckworth

81. “Talent counts. But effort counts twice.” – Tom Bilyeu

82. “The most successful people are those who are willing t keep moving forward after making mistakes. They find a way not to avoid life’s inevitable obstacles, but to overcome them.” – Ashley Elizabeth

83. “When we demonstrate grit or are described as gritty, it is because we have had the resilience to push ourselves over, through, around, and sometimes under obstacles.” – Kori D. Miller 

84. “People that have grit are extraordinarily resilient and are willing to put in the effort to get things done.” – Lee David Daniels

85. “I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.” – Abraham Lincoln

Bonus Grit Quote

Bonus: Alright, here is one of our favorite quotes about grit. We added it as bonus, because we stand behind it, and believe it to be 100% true.

“Your Dreams Are On The Other Side Of Your Grit.”

FINAL THOUGHTS

Great job making it to the end of these grit quotes! We don’t doubt that scouring through our extensive list took a fair amount of grit on your part, so big kudos to you.

That said, we hope you found at lease a handful of these quotes inspiring and moving. But more importantly, we hope they’ve helped you find a renewed passion to stay gritty and keep moving forward towards your dreams and goals until you reach them.

Till you reach your personal mountain top,

STRIVE

PS – If you enjoyed these grit quotes, then there’s a good chance you’ll enjoy this highly inspirational quotes about resilience.

Life isn’t always filled with sunshine and rainbows, it can be exhausting, feel daunting, and it can overwhelm even the best of us at times. It doesn’t matter what you’ve accomplished, who you are, how much you make, have in the bank, or where you are currently at in life, the vicissitudes of life visit us all at some point in our lives.

Fortunately, difficulty and hardship don’t last forever. The tough times are usually momentary, and the obstacles are surmountable. And if there’s one thing that can help every single person weather the storms of life, and endure the hard times, it is hope.

“Don’t Lose Hope. You Never Know What Tomorrow Will Bring.”

So, if you find yourself among those who are currently struggling in their lives, or if you’re feeling less than confident in your future, here are a few inspirational don’t lose hope quotes to help strengthen your resolve. May they inspire you to keep pushing forward till you’ve reached that brighter day.

BEST DON’T LOSE HOPE QUOTES

1. “Once you choose hope, anything’s possible.” – Christopher Reeve

2. “Hope is the one thing that can help us get through the darkest times.” – Hope Quote

3. “Don’t lose hope. When the sun goes down, the stars come out.” – Anonymous

4. “Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality.” – Jonas Salk

5. “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

6. “No matter how hard life is, don’t lose hope.” – Zayn Malik

7. “Never lose hope. Storms make people stronger and never last forever.” – Roy T. Bennett

8. “What gives me hope in these tenuous times is the knowledge that there is precedent for change and there’s precedent for hope. Hope has bred change again and again.” – Ava Duvernay

9. “I wake up every morning believing today is going to be better than yesterday.” – Will Smith

10. “Hope is a waking dream.” – Aristotle

11. “Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird, that cannot fly.” – Langston Hughes

12. “If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.” – Nhat Hanh

13. “For every dark night there’s a brighter day.” – Tupac Shakur

14. “Difficulties and adversities viciously force all their might on us and cause us to fall apart, but they are necessary elements of individual growth and reveal our true potential. We have got to endure and overcome them, and move forward.” – Roy T. Bennett

15. “No matter where you are on your journey, that’s exactly where you need to be. The next road is always ahead.” – Oprah Winfrey

16. “Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” – Desmond Tutu

17. “Out of the mountain top of despair, a stone of hope.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

18. “If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes.” – Andrew Carnegie

19. “Don’t lose hope. When you are down to nothing, God is up to something.” – Quote on Hope

20. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt

21. “Do not lose hope, please believe that there are a thousand beautiful things waiting for you. Sunshine comes to all who feel the rain.” – R.M. Drake

22. “Whatever it is you’re doing out there, don’t lose hope, you just keep digging and things can work out. I’m proof.” – Carl Edwards

23. “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” – Thomas A. Edison

24. “Don’t lose hope. You never know what tomorrow will bring.” – Anonymous

25. “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” – Hellen Keller

26. “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” – Victor Frankl

27. “Every mountain top is within reach if you just keep climbing.” – Barry Finlay

28. “The fight is over ONLY if you stop swinging…..” – Atlas Rowe

29. “Out of difficulties grow miracles.” – Jean de la Bruyere

30. “To live without hope is to cease to live.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky

31. “If it were not for hope, the heart would break.” – Thomas Fuller

32. “Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman

33. “Nothing can dim the light that shines from within.” – Maya Angelou

34. “When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.” – Wilma Rudolph

35. “My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world.” – Jack Layton

36. “Remember, hope is a good think, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.” – Stepehn King

37. “Where there a bees there are flowers, and wherever there are flowers there is new life and hope.” – Christy Lefteri

38. “Hope has wings that make it fly.” – Richard Mwebesa

39. “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot

40. “It’s not over until you win.” – Les Brown

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

42. “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” – Anne Frank

43. “You are never too old to set a new goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis

44. “As long as you’re still alive, you always have the chance to start again.” – Emily Acker

45. “Never underestimate the power you have to take your life in a new direction.” – Germany Kent

46. “While there’s life, there’s hope.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero

47. “Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.” – Pliny The Elder

48. “The future awaits those with the courage to create it.” – Erwin Raphael McManus

49. “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

50. “Where flowers bloom so does hope.” – Lady Bird Johnson

51. “I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.” – Og Mandino

Bonus Quote About Not Losing Hope

Bonus: Alright, here’s our last quote to encourage you to never lose hope. It’s a powerful statement, especially considering the inspiring story of the man who said it…

“I Was Never Crippled Until I Lost Hope.”

– Nick Vujicic –

Final Thoughts

We hope you enjoyed our collection of Don’t Lose Hope quotes. May they assist you in looking past your challenges towards a better future.

But more importantly, we hope these quotes help you stay inspired to keep taking action, no matter the amount, until you’ve reached better days.

Just take one day at a time friend, and don’t lose hope.

Till then,

STRIVE

PS – If you enjoyed these don’t lose hope quotes then you’ll likely love these inspiring quotes to help you never give up.

Have you ever wondered to yourself, “Am I living up to my full potential?” If so, worry not, because you are not alone. In fact, this is question that most high achievers often ask themselves. And the fact that you’re even asking yourself this question, means your headed in the right direction; upward and onward. That said, to encourage your growth, we’ve rounded up some of the most inspiring quotes about potential.

Our hope is that they’ll help you gain better clarity about your potential, and all the great things you’ve still yet to do in this life. But most importantly, we hope they inspire you to take action towards achieving your potential. So, if you’re ready to be inspired, let’s dive into these powerful quotes about reaching your potential:

BEST QUOTES ABOUT POTENTIAL

1. “Everyone has a potential to be something huge. Not everyone sees it.” – Colonel Sanders

2. “The big challenge is to become all that you have the possibility of becoming. You cannot believe what it does to the human spirit to maximize your human potential and stretch yourself to the limit.” – Jim Rohn

3. “Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one’s potential.” – Bruce Lee

4. “Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential.” – John Maxwell

5. “You were born with wings. You are not meant for crawling, so don’t. You have wings. Learn to use them and fly.” – Rumi

6. “Your life is your story, and the adventure ahead of you is the journey to fulfill your own purpose and potential.” – Denzel Washington

7. “Consult not your fears but your hopes and dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.” – Pope john XXIII

8. “We are all guilty of allowing so-called experts, or just people who have more experience in a given field than we do, to cap our potential.” – David Goggins

9. “True success is reaching our potential without compromising our values.” – Muhammad Ali

10. “You Can. End of Story.” – Cory Lewis

11. “The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.” – Confucius

12. “Infinite striving to be the best is man’s duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God’s hands.” – Gandhi

13. “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.” – Steve Jobs

14. “Potential is a priceless treasure, like gold. All of us have gold hidden within, but we have to dig to get it out.” – Joyce Meyer

15. “Continuouseffort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential.” – Winston Churchill

16. “To uncover your true potential, you must first find your own limits and then you have to have the courage to blow past them.” – Picabo Street

17. “The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.” – Albert Schweitzer

18. “Faith will get you to a point. Luck will get you to a point. But to achieve the kind of success you dream about, you need to work. There are no shortcuts, you can’t cheat life, just get to work and don’t stop until you reach your highest potential.” – Denzel Washington

19. “The trial you encounter will introduce you to your strengths, remain steadfast… and one day you will build something that endures, something worthy of your potential.” – Epictetus

20. “There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” – Ernest Hemingway

21. “There’s nothing anyone can do to prevent you from reaching your potential; the challenge is for you to identify your dream, develop the skills to get there, and exhibit character and leadership. Then, you need to have the courage to periodically reassess, make adjustments, and pursue a course that reflects who you truly are.” – Robert Steven Kaplan

22. “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

23. “I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.” – Og Mandino

24. “Arrogance steals your potential. Preparation and effort accelerate your chances at reaching your potential.” – Patrick Bet-David

25. “If You’re Circle Doesn’t Inspire You… You Don’t Have a Circle, You Have a Cage.” – Anonymous

26. “Life is a flash of lightning in the dark of night. It is a brief time of tremendous potential.” – B. Alan Wallace

27. “Man’s greatest burden is unfulfilled potential.” – Dan Peña

28. “You are in danger of living a life so comfortable and soft, that you will die without ever realizing your true potential.” – David Goggins

29. “Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn’t know it so it goes on flying anyway.” – Mary Kay Ash

30. “You always want to outwork your potential.” – Kobe Bryant

31. “Questions provide the key to unlocking our unlimited potential.” – Tony Robbins

32. “If you don’t learn how to untangle your feelings from your actions, you’ll never unlock your true potential.” – Mel Robbins

33. “Our potential is one thing. What we do with it is quite another.” – Angela Duckworth

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

35. “Your potential is limitless. You are unique, valuable, capable, and worthy of the dreams in your heart. Most of all, you have what it takes.” – Marie Forleo

36. “If you principles are the foundations of who you are, then your potential is limitless.” – Ray Lewis

37. “Believe in your infinite potential. Your only limitations are those you set upon yourself.” – Roy T. Bennett

38. “You have the potential to be anything you want.” – Fran Watson

39. “Quit settling for reality and focus on your potential.” – Grant Cardone

40. “Persistence is the last key that unlocks potential.” – Anonymous

41. “The vision that you glorify in your mind, the ideal that you enthrone in your heart, this you will build your life by, this you will become.” – James Allen

42. “Difficulties and adversities viciously force all their might on us and cause us to fall apart, but they are necessary elements of individual growth and reveal our true potential. We have got to endure and overcome them, and move forward.” – Roy T. Bennett

43. “Life’s too short not to enjoy the journey to success. And success starts with taking care of yourself. We only get one chance at life—why not reach our fullest potential?” – Jim Rohn

44. “It is only through raising expectations and striving for excellence that our children can reach their full potential.” – Brad Henry

45. “We all have tremendous potential, and we all are blessed with gifts.  Yet the one thing that holds all of us back is some degree of self-doubt.”  –  Robert Kiyosaki

46.  “Leadership is communicating people’s worth and potential so clearly that they come to see it themselves.” – Stephen R. Covey

47. “My purpose on this planet is to live up to my potential, everything else just adds to the experience.” – Isaac Mashman

48. “Fear and self-doubt have always been the greatest enemies of human potential.” – Brian Tracy

49. “Aim high enough that you will have to stretch your ability and your potential to reach it.” – Mary Kay Ash

50. “Create your legacy by fulfilling your potential.” – Gino Norris

51. “Being confident and believing in your own self-worth is necessary to achieving your potential.” – Sheryl Sandberg

52. “There is no man living who isn’t capable of doing more than he thinks he can do.” – Henry Ford

53. “All we are not stares back at what we are.” – W.H. Auden

54. “Link yourself to your potential, not to your past.” – Stephen Covey

55. “You have a greater potential than anyone who has ever lived before you! But you’ll never “make it” by sitting on your duff and telling the world how great you’re going to be, starting tomorrow.: – Og Mandino

56. “Everyone has inside himself a piece of good news! The good news is that you really don’t know how great you can be, how much you can love, what you can accomplish, and what your potential is!” – Anne Frank

57. “Most haters are stuck in a poisonous mental prison of jealousy and self-doubt that blinds them to their own potentiality.” – Steve Maraboli

58. “Your past is not your potential. In any hour you can choose to liberate the future.” – Marilyn Ferguson

59. “Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.” – Nido Qubein

60. “Anything you can imagine you can create.” – Oprah Winfrey

61. “You’re alive. That means you have infinite potential. You can do anything, make anything, dream anything.” – Neil Gaiman

62. “God’s greatest gift to you is your unlimited potential. Your greatest fit to God is to use that potential to the fullest.” – James Arthur Ray

63. “Think big and don’t listen to people who tell you it can’t be done. Life’s too short to think small.” – Tim Ferriss

65. “Don’t cheat the world of your contribution. Give it what you’ve got.” – Steven Pressfield

66. “Every human life contains a potential, if that potential is not fulfilled, then that life is wasted.”

67. “Inside every seed is the potential for an incredible harvest.” – Farrah Gray

68. “Every mountain top is within reach if you just keep climbing.” – Harry Finlay

69. “The way we define happiness is the joy you feel striving toward your potential.” – Shawn Achor

70. “Your ultimate goal in life is to become your best self. Your immediate goal is to get on the path that will lead you there.” – David Viscott

71. “Just because fate doesn’t deal you the right cards, it doesn’t mean you should give up. It just means you have to play the cards you get to their maximum potential.” – Les Brown

72. “Anything you want is possible. If, I didn’t believe it, I wouldn’t take the time to send this message to you.” – Tyler Perry

73. “When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember you haven’t.” – Thomas Edison

74. “Do not bother to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.” – William Faulkner

75. “You cannot afford to live in potential for the rest of your life. At some point, you have to unleash the potential and make your move.” – Eric Thomas

Quotes About Potential For Greatness

This last section is about that next-level potential known as greatness, your greatness. We believe that closer you get to achieving your potential, the closer you ultimately get to achieving a level of real-world greatness. So, below are few inspiring quotes about potential for greatness. May they inspire you to achieve yours. Enjoy

76. “You have the potential for greatness.” – Steve Harvey

77. “In your hands you hold the seeds of failure – or the potential for greatness.” – Zig Ziglar

78. “Greatness is the constant pursuit of realizing and increasing your potential.” – Tyler Basu

79 “Greatness is about fulfilling one’s potential.  And one’s potential is defined as striving to maximize your gifts, your talents, your strengths.” – Atlas Rowe

80. “Most rules are made by people with no authority who want to control and limit you from reaching your true potential. Ignore them, break their rules, and wave at them as you soar past them to greatness.” – Dan Pearce

81. “Push yourself to do more and to experience more. Harness your energy to start expanding your dreams. Yes, expand your dreams. Don’t accept a life of mediocrity when you hold such infinite potential within the fortress of your mind. Dart to tap into your greatness” – Robin Sharma

82. “The greatest truth must be recognition that in every man, in every child is the potential for greatness.” – Robert Kennedy

83. “Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.” – Wilma Rudolph

84. “The key to greatness is to look for people’s potential and spend time developing it.” – Peter Drucker

85. “Be not afraid of greatness; some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.” – William Shakespeare

86. “To achieve greatness on should live as if they will never die.” – Francois De La Rochefoucauld

87. “Greatness is more than potential. It is the execution of that potential.” – Eric Burns

88. “Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service.” –Martin Luther King Jr.

89. “Mediocrity will never do. You are capable of something better.” – Gordon B. Hinckley

90. “Activating your potential for greatness is a choice.” – Fabienne Fredrickson

FINAL THOUGHTS

There you have it, the some of best quotes about potential. We hope they inspired you to continue reaching for yours. And remember, reaching your potential isn’t a destination; it’s a journey that takes time.

So, be patient with yourself, be never stop stiving to become your greatest self.

Till you those aims,

STRIVE

David J. Schwartz is the author of the classic motivational book The Magic of Thinking Big. Without a doubt this seminal creation has effectively helped millions of people improve their thinking, and as a result, their very lives. Schwartz first published this gem back in 1959; however, multiple revisions have taken place and over 6 million copies and counting have been sold since.

So, to help you improve your life, even if just a little bit, we’ve decided to publish the best Magic of Thinking Big quotes we could find. Our hope is that they will inspire you to believe that you can actually be and do more than you ever thought possible.

So, if you’re ready to supersize your thinking and get inspired to expand your life’s possibilities, then let’s dive in to these handful of David J. Schwartz quotes from The Magic of Thinking Big.

THE MAGIC OF THINKING BIG QUOTES

1. “Believe, really believe you can move a mountain and you can. Not many people believe that they can move mountains. So, as a result, not many people do.” – David J. Schwartz

2. “Big ideas and big plans are often easier — certainly no more difficult — than small ideas and small plans.” – David J. Schwartz

3. “Belief triggers the power to do.” – David J. Schwartz

4. “Go deep into your study of people, and you’ll discover unsuccessful people suffer a mind-deadening thought disease. We call this disease excusitis.” – David J. Schwartz

5. “Worry, tension, embarrassment, panic, all stem from mismanaged, negative imagination.” – David J. Schwartz

6. “The thinking that guides your intelligence is much more important that how much intelligence you may have.” – David J. Schwartz

7. “All confidence is acquired, developed. No one is born with confidence.” – David J. Schwartz

8. “Action cures fear. Indecision, postponement, on the other hand, fertilize fear.” – David J. Schwartz

9. “Where success is concerned, people are not measured in inches, or pounds, or college degrees, or family background: they are measured by the size of their thinking.” – David J. Schwartz

10. “Big men do not laugh at big ideas.” – David J. Schwartz

11. “How you think determines how you act. How you act in turn determines: How others react to you.” – David J. Schwartz

12. “A man who lacks enthusiasm never develops it in another.” – David J. Schwartz

13. “To activate others, you must first activate yourself.” – David J. Schwartz

14. “Results come in proportion to enthusiasm applied.” – David J. Schwartz

15 “Many ambitious people go through life with admirable persistence and show of ambition, but they fail to succeed because they don’t experiment with new approaches.” – David J. Schwartz

16. “Treating someone as second-class never gets you first-class results.” – David J. Schwartz

17. “Put service first and money takes care of itself.” – David J. Schwartz

18. “Capacity is a state of mind. How much we can do depends on how much we think we can do.” – David J. Schwartz

19. “Higher pay comes from one thing: Increasing the quality and quantity of your output.” – David J. Schwartz

20. “Others see in us what we see in ourselves.” – David J. Schwartz

Halfway There

We hope you are finding some massive inspiration from these quotes straight from The Magic of Thinking Big. Without a doubt, this book is one of our favorites, and if you haven’t found that gem of a quote yet to move you into action, keep reading… you’ll find it.

With that being said, keep to it, as you’re more than halfway there.

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21. “Persons who reach the top rungs in business management, selling, engineering, religious work, writing, acting, and in every other pursuit get there by following conscientiously and continuously a plan for self-development and growth.” – David J. Schwartz

22. “You’ll find that the more successful the individual, the less inclined he is to make excuses.” – David J. Schwartz

23. “Every minute a person spends worrying about dying is just one minute that fellow might as well have been dead.” – David J. Schwartz

24. “The ability to know how to get information is more important than using the mind as a garage for facts.” – David J. Schwartz

25. “To think confidently, act confidently.” – David J. Schwartz

26. “Confident action produces confident thinking. So, to think confidently act confidently. Act the way you want to feel.” – David J. Schwartz

27. “Psychologists link slovenly postures and sluggish walking to unpleasant attitudes towards oneself, work and the people around us.” – David J. Schwartz

28. “Hope is a start. But hope needs action to win victories” – David J. Schwartz

29. “The price tag the world puts on us is just about identical to the one we put on ourselves.” – David J. Schwartz

30. “Grow big by thinking big.” – David J. Schwartz

31. “Big people monopolize the listening. Small people monopolize the talking.” – David J. Schwartz

32. “Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way to solution.”

33. “People with a money-first attitude become so money-conscious that they forget money can’t be harvested unless they plant the seeds that grow the money.” – David J. Schwartz

34. “Successful people follow a plan for liking people. Do you? People who reach the top don’t discuss much their techniques for thinking right toward people. But you would be surprised how many really big people have a clear, definitive, even written plan for liking people.” – David J. Schwartz

35. “Think Big Enought to see that if you put service first, money takes care of itself.” – David J. Schwartz

36. “Think more of yourself and there is more of you.” – David J. Schwartz

37. “Make no mistake about it. Your physical exterior affects your mental interior. How you look on theh outside affects how you think and feel on the inside.” – David J. Schwartz

38. Look at things not as they are, but as they can be. Visualization adds value to everything. A big thinker always visualizes what can be done in the future. He isn’t stuck with the present” – David J. Schwartz

39. “It isn’t what one has that’s important. Rather, it’s how much one is planning to get that counts.” – David J. Schwartz

40. “The mind is what the mind is fed.” – David J. Schwartz

Final Thoughts on These Think Big Quotes

These Magic of Thinking quotes are just the tip of the iceberg in terms of the life-changing wisdom that can be found in his book. So, if you like what you read, and you are looking for more of it, do yourself a favor and invest in his book ‘The Magic of Thinking Big‘.

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No doubt, reading The Magic of Thinking Big will change your thinking…and with it, your life.

Till you reach your lofty aims,

STRIVE

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