Big Books of 2026

Pushing Yourself Quotes

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Shannon L. Alder
“Don’t say you don’t have enough time or enough money to change the world. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Gandhi, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci and Jesus Christ.”
― Shannon L. Alder
tags: activism, attention, beethoven, choices, christ, christianity, copeouts, create-music, dance, destinations, dream-big, dreams, excuses, focus, gandhi, gifts, goals, helen-keller, inspire, invent, journeys, leonardo-da-vinci, michelangelo, mother-teresa, procastination, pushing-yourself, serve, stop-settling, talents, teach, write-books
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Eileen Cook
“How will I know who I can become if I don't give myself the chance to try new things, to push myself beyond my normal boundaries? Who might I be if I am away from the things that I currently use to define myself?”
― Eileen Cook, With Malice
tags: define, new-things, pushing-yourself, self, self-improvement, travel, traveling
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Humble the Poet
“It's about finding that balance where you have one foot in the familiar, one foot in the unfamiliar.
If you have two feet in the unfamiliar it's overwhelming.
If you have two feet in the familiar then there's just boredom.
It's about having both.”
― Humble the Poet
tags: balance-in-life, balanced-life, comfort-zone, familiarity, old-and-new, push-yourself, pushing-yourself
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Manoj Arora
“When you push yourself beyond limits, you discover inner reserves, which you never thought existed earlier.”
― Manoj Arora, Dream On
tags: discover, inner-strength, limit, limits, push-yourself-harder, pushing-the-limits, pushing-yourself, reserves
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“Pushing ourselves to do too much despite the pain will not result in gain but may cause additional injury. However, sometimes we do need to push ourselves to get up and move around to avoid becoming stiff and actually increasing our pain.”
― Karen Lee Richards
tags: chronic-pain, myths-and-facts, pain-management, pushing-through, pushing-yourself
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“In music, push yourself but not too hard; if you play too many sharps you may cut your fingers.”
― Sneha Abraham
tags: music, pushing-yourself, self-expectation
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“A kite can't soar without some kind of force against it.”
― Dakota Kirk
tags: force, kite, persistence, pushing-yourself, soar, trying-your-hardest
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“You have no idea what I have been through or how hard I have tried to wait out, overcome, and make the best of a devastating illness that has slowly made all of my dreams more and more difficult to achieve.”
― Whitney Dafoe
tags: ableism, beatin, chronic-fatigue-syndrome, chronic-illnes, chronic-illness-quotes, me-cfs, me-cfs-quotes, overcoming-adversity-quote, pushing-yourself, pushing-yourself-to-the-limit
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Aspen Matis
“Under gold clouds, he pushed the limits of my body, setting a faster pace—some days surpassing forty rugged miles, unstopping through morning’s thick peach haze; noon’s warmth; red evening sun.”
― Aspen Matis, Your Blue Is Not My Blue: A Missing Person Memoir
tags: athleticism, clouds, distance, evening, hiking, hiking-the-pct, pushing-the-limits, pushing-yourself, sunset
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Jean-Philippe Soulé
“Go faster. Push harder. This is not pain you feel. It’s pure pleasure. Come on, you can go even faster.”
― Jean-Philippe Soulé, I, Tarzan: Against All Odds
tags: inspirational, inspirational-attitude, inspirational-quotes, motivational-quotes, never-give-up, pushing-the-limits, pushing-yourself, sports-inspirational
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“Extravagance chases you when you push a little extra each time.”
― Hiral Nagda
tags: dont-give-up, glory-of-life, glory-quotes, keep-going, limitless-quotes, pushing-the-limits, pushing-through, pushing-yourself, unlimited-power
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Kevin Abdulrahman
“There is something that you can do, for a greater good, for a greater cause, one that is far bigger than just yourself. Find it, and then, do it.”
― Kevin Abdulrahman, THE BOOK on What Ever You're Into: These are the 52 Timeless Winning Truths you Need To Know to have a chance at Winning
tags: pushing-the-limits, pushing-yourself
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“Let your dreams push you...instead of your fears.”
― Zara Hairston
tags: dreams, fears, pushing-yourself
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P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar
“DON'T TRY PUSHING YOUR FINGER INTO MY EYES INSTEAD TRY PUSHING YOURSELF.”
― P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar
tags: envy-quotations, envy-quotes, jealous-people, jealous-quotes, push-your-limits, pushing-yourself
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H.C. Roberts
“He could feel the persuasive pull of Education and her endless endeavours — the addictive quest for more — more knowledge, more challenges, and more of himself.”
― H.C. Roberts, Harp and the Lyre: Exchange
tags: challenges, education, education-quotes, educational-philosophy, endeavours, pushing-yourself, quest, striving, striving-for-success
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“Pushing through is a positive energy.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita
tags: energy, positive, pushing-yourself
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