Building a dream is not glamorous every day. There are days of doubt, days of slow progress, days when you wonder if any of it is worth it. These quotes are for those days.
On Starting
- “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” — Zig Ziglar
- “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” — Mark Twain
- “Done is better than perfect.” — Sheryl Sandberg
- “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” — Arthur Ashe
- “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” — Chinese Proverb
- “Stop waiting for the perfect moment. Take the moment and make it perfect.” — Unknown
- “You are one decision away from a completely different life.” — Unknown
- “Your future self is counting on the decision you make today.” — Unknown
- “Imperfect action beats perfect inaction every time.” — Unknown
- “The woman who started is already ahead of the woman who is still waiting.” — Unknown
On Persistence
- “Fall seven times, stand up eight.” — Japanese Proverb
- “Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston Churchill
- “The difference between a successful person and others is not lack of strength, not lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.” — Vince Lombardi
- “Keep going. Everything you need will come to you at the perfect time.” — Unknown
- “She is fierce. She is strong. She is not easily broken.” — Unknown
- “Hard days are the best because that is when champions are made.” — Gabrielle Douglas
- “The moment you are ready to quit is usually the moment right before the miracle happens.” — Unknown
- “Persist until something happens.” — Jack Canfield
- “Every master was once a disaster.” — Unknown
- “Grit is living life like it’s a marathon, not a sprint.” — Angela Duckworth
On Courage
- “Courage is not the absence of fear, but the decision that something else is more important.” — Ambrose Redmoon
- “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” — Anais Nin
- “Be bold enough to use your voice, brave enough to listen to your heart.” — Unknown
- “She was brave and she was strong and she was broken and she was everything.” — Anna Funder
- “Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning to sail my ship.” — Louisa May Alcott
- “You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
- “Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.” — Winston Churchill
- “The bravest thing you can do is continue when you want to quit.” — Unknown
- “She was powerful not because she wasn’t scared, but because she went on so strongly despite the fear.” — Atticus
On Vision and Belief
- “She believed she could change the world, so she did.” — Unknown
- “If you can see it in your mind, you can hold it in your hand.” — Bob Proctor
- “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
- “Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.” — Japanese Proverb
- “Your dream is valid.” — Unknown
- “Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.” — Roy T. Bennett
- “Believe you can and you are halfway there.” — Theodore Roosevelt
- “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt
- “Make your vision so clear that your fears become irrelevant.” — Unknown
- “She turned her can’ts into cans and her dreams into plans.” — Kobi Yamada
On Success and Ambition
- “Ambition is not a dirty word. Own it.” — Unknown
- “Well-behaved women seldom make history.” — Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
- “A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman.” — Melinda Gates
- “There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish.” — Michelle Obama
- “I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” — Estee Lauder
- “Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules.” — Anne Sweeney
- “Don’t wait for someone to bring you flowers. Plant your own garden.” — Unknown
- “Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.” — Farrah Gray
- “You are the CEO of your own life. Start making executive decisions.” — Unknown
- “She is not just surviving. She is thriving.” — Unknown
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