Quotes on Moving Forward

We do not move forward by curtailing people's liberty because we are afraid of what they may do or say.

It is safe to be me. I love life. I am always safe and secure. I move forward in life with joy and ease. All is well in my world.

Failing forward is the ability to get back up after you've been knocked down, learn from your mistake, and move forward in a better direction.

We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.

Don't be concerned that things appear to be falling apart: this has to happen in order for something new and wonderful to emerge.

People wait in line to see me, saying there's plenty of living to be done even if you have an HIV diagnosis. People say they are 10- or 15-year survivors and still moving forward.

I think it's about time! Who cares whether he is looking for votes or not! At least your country is moving forward with the times!

I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death.

My goal is to achieve a little less injustice in Uruguay, to help the most vulnerable and to leave behind a political way of thinking, a way of looking at the future that will be passed on and used to move forward. There's nothing short-term, no victory around the corner. I will not achieve paradise or anything like that. What I want is to fight for the common good to progress. Life slips by. The way to prolong it is for others to continue your work.

Your past is important but it is not nearly as important to your present as the way you see your future.

As long as you as an individual... can convince yourself that in order to move forward as best you can you have to be optimistic, you can be described as 'one of the faithful,' one of those people who can say, 'Well, look, something's going to happen! Let's just keep trying. Let's not give up.

Success ... seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.

The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. The world will either move forward toward unity and widely shared prosperity - or it will move apart.

We are not a failure just because we fail at something. Nobody is a failure unless they quit trying!

Winners never quit and quitters never win.

I'm convinced that we Black women possess a special indestructible strength that allows us to not only get down, but to get up, to get through, and to get over.

Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.

This remains a very important opportunity for the American people to have their day in court against big tobacco and its marketing practices. I urge Congress to provide the funding to allow the lawsuit to move forward, and not to shield the tobacco industry from the consequences of its actions.

We know that progress is not inevitable. But neither was victory upon these beaches. Now, as then, the inner voice tells us to stand up and move forward. Now, as then, free people must choose.

If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds.

Life's not about how hard of a hit you can give... it's about how many you can take, and still keep moving forward.