85 Forging Ahead Quotes

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Famous Forging Ahead Quotes

Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you. — George Whitefield

Being one step ahead of a fashion trend is not so important to me. What matters is to always forge ahead. — Sonia Rykiel

**** the torpedoes! Full speed ahead! - David Farragut

**** the torpedoes! Full speed ahead! — David Farragut

Moving ahead, so life won’t pass me by. — Jim Croce

Now, let us all take a deep breath and forge on into the future; knitting at the ready. — Elizabeth Zimmermann

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

You have to go charging ahead, you can't stay behind. — Grace Coddington

Run forward when possible, walk ahead when you can, stagger onward when you must, but never cease your forward movement. — Vernon Howard

Forward momentum. That's my new motto. No regrets. And no going back. — Gayle Forman

And so, lifting as we climb, onward and upward we go, struggling and striving, and hoping that the buds and blossoms of our desires will burst into glorious fruition ere long. — Mary Church Terrell

Press forward at all times, climbing forward toward that higher ground of the harmonious society that shapes the laws of man to the laws of God. — Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

One fails forward toward success. — Charles Kettering

Pay little attention to discouragement as possible. Plough ahead as a steamer does, rough or smooth - rain or shine. To carry your cargo and make your port is the point. — Maltbie Davenport Babcock

Keep moving forward, don't listen to the naysayers, persevere, be persistent. — Rudy Ruettiger

I demolish my bridges behind me - then there is no choice but forward. - Fridtjof Nansen

I demolish my bridges behind me - then there is no choice but forward. — Fridtjof Nansen

Pressing Forward Quotes

Your dreams are always going to be the most important to you than they will be to anybody else. So keep dreaming, keep believing, keep pressing forward. So all those warriors out there – be encouraged — Kai Greene

If we wish to serve God and love our neighbor well, we must manifest our joy in the service we render to Him and them. Let us open wide our hearts. It is joy which invites us. Press forward and fear nothing. — Katharine Drexel

The most vital question to ask about all who claim to be Christian is this: Have they a soul thirst for God? ... Is their life centered on Him? Do they press forward more and more that they might know Him. — Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Forging ahead quote No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress. You're still way ahead of everyone wh
No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress. You're still way ahead of everyone who isn't trying.

He with a graceful pride, While his rider every hand survey'd, Sprung loose, and flew into an escapade; Not moving forward, yet with every bound Pressing, and seeming still to quit his ground. — John Dryden

The purpose of art is... to press forward into the whole of the external world and the soul, to see and communicate those objective realities within it which rule and convention have hitherto concealed. — Max Scheler

Success lies, not in achieving what you aim at, but in aiming at what you ought to achieve, and pressing forward, sure of achievement here, or if not here, hereafter. — Robert Forman Horton

Forging ahead quote Look back and be grateful, look ahead and be hopeful, look around and be helpful.
Look back and be grateful, look ahead and be hopeful, look around and be helpful.

Desire presses ever forward unsubdued. — Sigmund Freud

Just because you’ve come to a dead end, it’s not time to give up. Find a different route and keep pressing forward. — Joel Osteen

The ground of liberty is to be gained by inches, and we must be contented to secure what we can get from time to time and eternally press forward for what is yet to get. It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good. — Thomas Jefferson

With a tear for the dark past, turn we then to the dazzling future, and, veiling our eyes, press forward. The long and weary winter of the race is ended. Its summer has begun. Humanity has burst the chrysalis. The heavens are before it. — Edward Bellamy

Moving Ahead Quotes

For me life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

Worrying is carrying tomorrow's load with today's strength- carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time. Worrying doesn't empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength. — Corrie Ten Boom

There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind. - C. S. Lewis

There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind. — C. S. Lewis

Forging ahead quote If you focus on what you left behind, you will never be able to see what lies ahead.
If you focus on what you left behind, you will never be able to see what lies ahead.

Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair. — Rollo May

We should be forward-looking, move ahead, and reject practices of discrimination and exclusion of others. — Xi Jinping

Every inch of you is perfect from the bottom to the top. My mama, she told me don't worry about your size. She says boys like a little more booty to hold at night. Yeah I won't be no stick figure silicone Barbie doll, so if that's what you're into then go ahead and move along. — Meghan Trainor

Forging ahead quote If you think you'll laugh about it someday, go ahead and start today.
If you think you'll laugh about it someday, go ahead and start today.

I think there is something, more important than believing: Action! The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision. — W. Clement Stone

The opportunity ahead for Microsoft is vast, but to seize it, we must focus clearly, move faster and continue to transform. A big part of my job is to accelerate our ability to bring innovative products to our customers more quickly. — Satya Nadella

There's a path for everyone — as long as you have self-awareness and the willingness to think five moves ahead. — Patrick Bet-David

Never look back, except for an occasional glance, look ahead and plan for the future. Success is not built on past laurels, but rather on a continuous activity. Keep busy searching out new ideas and, experimentally, keep ahead of the times, or at least up with them. — Dorothy Draper

Marching Forward Quotes

There is no power in the world that can stop the forward march of free men and women when they are joined in the solidarity of human brotherhood. — Walter Reuther

If we can't begin to agree on fundamentals, such as the elimination of the most abusive forms of child labor, then we really are not ready to march forward into the future. — Alexis Herman

Put one foot in front of the other. Keep marching forward, even when doubt, fear, and failure all come knocking at your door. — Jared Leto

Forging ahead quote It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you down. It's the pebble in your shoe.
It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you down. It's the pebble in your shoe.

Let's all pull together and make these United States the grandest place in this whole country. I see a vision. A glorious vision. A united people, marching forward shoulder to shoulder, giving their all for the common good, working while I whistle. — Gracie Allen

I don't take success and failure seriously. The only thing I do seriously is march forward. If I fall, I get up and march again. — Kareena Kapoor

Hand in hand with nationalist economic isolationism, militarism struggles to maintain the sovereign state against the forward march of internationalism. — Christian Lous Lange

Forging ahead quote When it is too hard to look back, and you are afraid to look ahead... Look beside you. I'll always b
When it is too hard to look back, and you are afraid to look ahead... Look beside you. I'll always be there.

With vision there is no room to be frightened. No reason for intimidation. It's time to march forward! Let's be confident and positive! — Charles R. Swindoll

Would it be possible to stand still on one spot more majestically -- while simulating a triumphant march forward -- than it is done by the two English Houses of Parliament? — Alexander Herzen

With each new book, the march of our national history takes a step forward. When one is present at a book launch, one is bearing witness to the birth of a new body of ideas, to the coming into being of another testimony of history. — Ibrahim Babangida

Set we forward; let A Roman and a British ensign wave Friendly together. So through Lud's town march, And in the temple of the great Jupiter Our peace we'll ratify, seal it with feasts. Set on there! Never was a war did cease, Ere bloody hands were washed, with such a peace. — William Shakespeare

Pushing Forward Quotes

Sometimes what makes us insecure and vulnerable becomes the fuel we need to be overachievers. The antidote for a snakebite is made from the poison, and the thing that made you go backward is the same force that will push you forward. — T. D. Jakes

If you push yourself to stay hungry, you're always working towards at least taking steps forward. If you're taking steps forward, then you're making progress. — G-Eazy

Daring to reach, to climb, to crawl, to scratch, to get back up when you've been knocked down, to push forward - ever forward - to forgive. It means sacrificing everything if necessary, to carve out a place for your own existence. It means living. — Malcolm X

Forging ahead quote If you think youll laugh about it someday, go ahead and start today.
If you think youll laugh about it someday, go ahead and start today.

When you can produce measurable, replicable results, it builds confidence and motivates you to keep pushing forward. — Jay Shetty

Get going. Move forward. Aim High. Plan a takeoff. Don't just sit on the runway and hope someone will come along and push the airplane. It simply won't happen. Change your attitude and gain some altitude. Believe me, you'll love it up here. — Donald Trump

Success is not a destination, but a mindset. Believe in yourself and keep pushing forward. — Steven Bartlett

Forging ahead quote Hold on. Stay strong. It gets better.
Hold on. Stay strong. It gets better.

The hardest part in fulfilling your vision is the initial momentum to get started… so keep pushing forward!!! It will be worth it in the end. — Russell Brunson

I wish I could've lived my life without making any wrong turns. But that's impossible. A path like that doesn't exist. We fail. We trip. We get lost. We make mistakes. And little by little, one step at a time, we push forward. It's all we can do. On our own two feet. — Natsuki Takaya

You need to know that when you fall you'll get back up. You need to know that you'll keep pushing forward... that you won't give up, even if you've given up in the past. — Tom Bilyeu

I wake up every morning and think to myself, 'How far can I push the company forward in the next 24 hours? — Leah Busque

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More Forging Ahead Quotes

Bravery is not the absence of fear but the forging ahead despite being afraid - Robert Liparulo quote

Bravery is not the absence of fear but the forging ahead despite being afraid — Robert Liparulo

Bravery is not the absence of fear, but the action in the face of fear. - Mark Messier quote

Bravery is not the absence of fear, but the action in the face of fear. — Mark Messier

Forging ahead quote The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will. — Clint Eastwood

Reality is harsh. It can be cruel and ugly. Yet no matter how much we grieve over our environment and circumstances nothing will change. What is important is not to be defeated, to forge ahead bravely. If we do this, a path will open before us. — Daisaku Ikeda

Dig deep and believe in yourself and have the self-confidence you need to forge ahead. — Katie Couric

Forging ahead quote The road goes ever on and on, down from the door where it be
The road goes ever on and on, down from the door where it began... Now far ahead the road has gone, and I must follow, if I can.

courage isn't simply a matter of leading charges: sometimes it consists in speaking up, sometimes in stoic silence, sometimes in forging ahead, sometimes in circumspection, and sometimes in nothing less than preserving our own humanity. — Elizabeth Samet

One thing about pioneers that you don't hear mentioned is that they are invariably, by their nature, mess-makers. They go forging ahead, seeing only their noble, distant goal, and never notice any of the crud and debris they leave behind them. — Robert M. Pirsig

There's no other way but struggling, forging ahead to do the film. — Haile Gerima

Courage is knowing that you're beaten and forging ahead anyway. — Sayings

Ugly accidents happen . . . always have and always will. But the failures are swept back into the pile and forgotten. They don`t leave any lasting scar in the world, and they don`t affect the future. The things that last are the good things. The people who forge ahead and do something, they really count. — Willa Cather

Only God and some few rare geniuses can keep forging ahead into novelty. — Denis Diderot

She's true to herself and she's determined. She has things going against her, but she forges ahead despite all of that. I think that's encouraging. She's got some problems, but she has hope and tries to plow through things. I think that's a good role model. — Molly Shannon

You have to keep yourself busy, you have to like the subject matter. If you do it for other causes, other reasons, it doesn't hold you for a long time. There's no other way but struggling, forging ahead to do the film. — Haile Gerima

There is simply no substitute for forceful American leadership. Sometimes the best way to get allies is to be willing to forge ahead alone. — Rich Lowry

Courage is finding the inner strength and bravery required when confronting danger, difficulty, or opposition. Courage is the energy current behind all great actions and the spark that ignites the initial baby steps of growth. It resides deep within each of us, ready to be accessed in those moments when you need to forge ahead or break through seemingly insurmountable barriers. It is the intangible force that propels you forward on your journey. — Cherie Carter-Scott

Ignore past failures and forge ahead. — Maxwell Maltz

Talent warms-up the given (as they say in cookery) and makes it apparent; genius brings something new. But our time lets talent pass for genius. They want to abolish the genius, deify the genius, and let talent forge ahead. — Soren Kierkegaard

We're taught to find the antecedents to our adult failures in childhood traumas, and so we spend our lives looking bacwards and pointing fingers, rather than bucking up and forging ahead. But what if your childhood was all a big misunderstanding? An elaborate ruse? What does that say about failure? Better yet, what does that say about potential? — Heidi Julavits

The credit for much of this rightly belongs to the late Mayor Daley who forged a coalition of business and labor that kept Chicago always moving ahead. — Jane Byrne

The transfer is a monumental occasion as the Iraqi people take control of their government and their future and forge ahead with creating a society governed by the tenets of life, liberty and freedom. — Jim Gerlach

My advice to all new writers - male or female - it isn't easy, but forge ahead and be true to your originality. — Lucy Simon

I think [Pope] Francis intends to forge ahead with his reform agenda. — Sylvia Poggioli

When the road you're on begins to crumble, forge ahead - better it crumble behind you than ahead of you. — John Avery

What depresses me is the inevitable way the second rate forges ahead and the deserving is left behind. — Ellen Glasgow

There are some people who don't conform to the signals. An ordinary well-regulated locomotive slows down or pulls up when it sees the red light hoisted against it. Perhaps I was born color blind. When I see the red signal -- I can't help forging ahead. And in the end, you know, that spells disaster. — Agatha Christie

I'm not human. I'm a piece of machinery. I don't need to feel a thing. Just forge on ahead. — Haruki Murakami

Love had forged ahead so swiftly that in no time it had displaced agriculture as the leading industry of the period. To anyone who has tried both, this wont come as much of a surprise. — Groucho Marx

If a person forges ahead in the light and yet has lost his care for the others, the purpose of the light is wasted. God does not give us light for its own sake, but for the purpose of doing something in the light. — Johan Oscar Smith

That is why embittered people find heroes and madmen a perennial source of fascination, for they have no fear of life or death. Both heroes and madmen are indifferent to danger and will forge ahead regardless of what other people say. — Paulo Coelho

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