55+ Keep Going Quotes To Give You Strength

Anusuya Mukherjee
Dec 12, 2023 By Anusuya Mukherjee
Originally Published on Jan 08, 2021
Edited by Monisha Kochhar
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Life at times can get really tough but we must learn to hope and work towards giving our best in what we do.

As humans, we often seek ways to believe in ourselves and try to find inspirational quotes to keep going forward. Giving inspiration or asking for it help us believe in our potential.

In life, each person faces bad or unfortunate circumstances that make them think that things will never go back to being better. In such tough moments, we tend to doubt ourselves and quit.

But, it takes little work to keep behind what's gone and make a new start towards the future. Keep going quotes are a great way to encourage anyone to never give up! These keep going quotes could be the best inspiration that someone needs.

You can also check out You got this! quotes and You Can Do Anything quotes.
 

Book Quotes To Keep You Going

If you feel low, you can go back to books to find renewed zeal and courage through these inspirational keep going quotes.

1. “Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What’s important is the action.”

-Carrie Fisher, ‘Wishful Drinking,’ 2008.

2. “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”

-Oliver Goldsmith, ‘The Works Of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B: With A Life And Notes,’ 1835.

3. “Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.”

-Harriet Beecher Stowe, ‘Old Town Folks,’ 1869.

4. “You have to try your hardest to be at the top of your game and improve every joke you can until the last possible second, and then you have to let it go.”

-Tina Fey, ‘Bossypants,’ 2011.

5. “You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute.”

-Tina Fey, ‘Bossypants,’ 2011.

6. “Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow.”

-Hellen Keller, ‘The Story Of My Life,’ 1902.

7. “One more effort and I reach the luminous cloud, the blue depths of the sky, the uplands of my desire.”

-Hellen Keller, ‘The Story Of My Life,’ 1902.

8. "It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all - in which case, you fail by default.”

-J.K. Rowling, ‘Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits Of Failure And The Importance Of Imagination,’ 2015.

9. “We all lose a few battles in our lives, but we can win the war.”

-Sudha Murty, ‘Three Thousand Stitches: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives,’ 2017.

10. “Confidence doesn’t mean that everything will go our way. It simply gives us the ability to accept failures that we will inevitably meet on our path and move forward with hope.”

-Sudha Murty, ‘Three Thousand Stitches: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives,’ 2017.

11. “We learn the most about ourselves when we fail, so don't be afraid of failing.”

-Robert T. Kiyosaki, ‘Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant,’ 1998.

12. “Many people will not head down the street until all the lights are green. That is why they don't go anywhere.”

-Robert T. Kiyosaki, ‘Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant,’ 1998.

13. “You can either waltz boldly onto the stage of life and live the way you know your spirit is nudging you to, or you can sit quietly by the wall, receding into the shadows of fear and self-doubt.”

-Oprah Winfrey, ‘What I Know For Sure,’ 2014.

14. “Meaningful achievement depends on lifting one's sights and pushing toward the horizon.”

-Daniel H. Pink, ‘Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us,’ 2009.

15. “The only limits of tomorrow are the doubts we have today.”

-Pittacus Lore, ‘The Power Of Six: Lorien Legacies Book 2,’ 2011.

16. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.”

-H.Jackson Brown Jr., ‘P.S. I Love You,’ 1990.

17. “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, ‘The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry,’ 2012.

18. “As long as you don’t give up, you will never end up failing!”

-Israelmore Ayivor, ‘Daily Drive 365,’ 2014.

19. “To go forward is to move toward perfection.”

-Kahlil Gibran, ‘The Treasured Writings Of Kahlil Gibran,’ 1947.

20. “Make a decision and watch your life move forward.”

-Oprah Winfrey, ‘What I Know For Sure,’ 2014.

21. “One of my greatest lessons has been to fully understand that what looks like a dark patch in the quest for success is the universe pointing you in a new direction.”

-Oprah Winfrey, ‘What I Know For Sure,’ 2014.

Just Keep Going Quotes For Better Self Confidence

Amidst all the hustle, take a break from work and spend a little time reading these motivational keep going quotes.

22. “Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it.”

-Lucy Maud Montgomery.

23. "The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time."

-Thomas A. Edison.

24. “Survival can be summed up in three words — never give up. That’s the heart of it, really. Just keep trying.”

-Bear Grylls.

25. “Showing up fully exactly where you are is the fastest way to get where you want to go.”

-Marie Forleo.

26. “I was very passionate about what I did and I never gave up.”

-Michael Phelps.

27. “A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.”

-Oprah Winfrey.

28. “As one goes through life, one learns that if you don’t paddle your own canoe, you don’t move.”

-Katharine Hepburn.

29. “That’s what is incredible about human beings, is the choice to keep going.”

-Jack Antonoff.

30. “There is no failure except in no longer trying.”

-Elbert Hubbard.

31. “Failure is a bend in the road, not the end of the road. Learn from failure and keep moving forward.”

-Roy T. Bennett.

32. “Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you.”

-Denis Waitley.

33. “It is the combination of reasonable talent and the ability to keep going in the face of defeat that leads to success.”

-Martin Seligman.

34. “Let everything happen to you. Beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final.”

-Rainer Maria Rilke.

35. “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.

36. “You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going.”

-George Lucas.

37. “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.

38. “Life is like riding a bicycle, to keep your balance, you must keep moving.”

-Albert Einstein.

39. “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.

40. “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.

41. “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.”

-Morgan Freeman.

42. “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.

43. “If you’re going through hell, keep going.”

-Winston Churchill.

44. “The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.”

-Dale Carnegie.

Motivational Quotes To Keep Going From Movies

When hope seems far away, these moving forward quotes and keep going quotes from movies will inspire you to want to get up every time you fall.

45. “I got to keep breathing, because tomorrow the sun will rise.”

-Chuck Noland, ‘Cast Away,’ 2000.

46. “I read somewhere how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong...but to feel strong.”

-Christopher, ‘Into The Wild,’ 2007.

47. “You can do anything. You can go anywhere.”

-Christopher, ‘Into The Wild,’ 2007.

48. “However bad life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at.”

-Stephen Hawking, ‘The Theory Of Everything,’ 2014.

49. “Sometimes it is the people who no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine.”

-Alan Turing, ‘The Imitation Game,’ 2014.

50. “Nobody is gonna hit as hard as life, but it ain’t how hard you can hit. It’s how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.”

-Rocky Balboa, ‘Rocky Balboa,’ 2006.

51. “Just because someone stumbles and loses their path, doesn’t mean they’re lost forever.”

-Professor X, ‘X Men: Days Of Future Past,’ 2014.

52. “It's the possibility that keeps me going, not the guarantee.”

- Nicholas Sparks, ‘The Notebook,’ 2004.

53. “For no particular reason, I just kept on going. I ran clear to the ocean. And when I got there, I figured, since I’d gone this far, I might as well turn around, just keep on going."

-Forrest, ‘Forrest Gump,’ 1994.

54. “Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn’t. They kept going, because they were holding on to something.”

-Sam, ‘The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers,’ 2002.

55. “Frodo: What are we holding onto, Sam?

Sam: That there’s some good left in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it’s worth fighting for.”

- ‘The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers,’ 2002.

Here at Kidadl, we have carefully created lots of interesting family-friendly quotes for everyone to enjoy! If you liked our suggestions for Keep Going Quotes then why not take a look at Keep Calm quotes, or You're Not Alone quotes?

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Written by Anusuya Mukherjee

Bachelor of Arts and Law specializing in Political Science and Intellectual Property Rights

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Anusuya MukherjeeBachelor of Arts and Law specializing in Political Science and Intellectual Property Rights

With a wealth of international experience spanning Europe, Africa, North America, and the Middle East, Anusuya brings a unique perspective to her work as a Content Assistant and Content Updating Coordinator. She holds a law degree from India and has practiced law in India and Kuwait. Anusuya is a fan of rap music and enjoys a good cup of coffee in her free time. Currently, she is working on her novel, "Mr. Ivory Merchant".

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