Samuel Beckett Quotes

You are either going forward or you are not.

If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.

Whatever our creed or belief, we all know that there is no way back, that we must fight our way through.

Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere.

You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.

There is progress whether ye are going forward or backward! The thing is to move!

When you're going nowhere, anywhere's a better place to be.

Sometimes you have to stop something to really measure the passion that you have, and either you feel like moving, or you don't, and then maybe it's time to stop.

Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.

Either move or be moved.

Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.

Slumber not in the tents of your fathers. The world is advancing.

Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.

Too much looking backward ... is bad for progress.

You move forward because thats the way it works; thats the only place you can go.

Failure in life does not matter; the greatest misfortune is standing still.

But it's not about knowing. It is simply about going forward.

You cannot make progress without making decisions.

Comes over one an absolute necessity to move. And what is more, to move in some particular direction. A double necessity then: to get on the move, and to know whither.

When in doubt, take the next step.

Nothing is ever solved, or created, by standing still. Movement is the process of the Universe. So move. Do something. Anything. But do not stand still. Do not fence sit. Put your foot down on one side or the other, swing the opposite leg over and start walking. You'll know before you take ten steps if you're going in the right direction.

To stand still is to regress.

For there is never any way to go but in.

Anything is better than stagnation.

Keep on moving: any motion is forward motion. You can always course-correct.