Cheryl Strayed Quotes

If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

He believes that "To persevere is favorable."

If you can’t run, walk; if you can’t walk, crawl, but keep moving forward!

You have to go forward: It's the only way. You have to go forward no matter what happens. This is the universal law.

Enduring, or carrying on, is not just a matter of tolerating circumstances and hanging in there, but of pressing forward.

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

If all you can do is crawl, start crawling.

Keep making the movements of life.

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

Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.

Never give up. When your heart becomes tired, just walk with your legs - but move on.

In the end, it's all about perseverance.

All I know is that I have two choices – stay wrapped in blankets and get on with dying, or get the list back together and get on with living.

When the wind is right and the cloud is gone, you can see down this road as far as Darjeeling," I told her. "But it is a long and difficult road, full of perils, and if a traveller on foot were to look at the length of it, his spirit would be overcome and he would sit down and refuse to go any further. You must not look to the end of the road, Portia. Look only to the step in front of you. That you can do. Just one step. And you will not make the journey alone.

Defeat is simply a signal to press onward.

All crosses are easier to carry when we keep moving.

You really have to focus on what you're doing and just plow ahead no matter what hurdles are thrown in front of you.

You will never see the end, if you give up in the middle

You'll see that excuses like "That's not easy" are of no value and that it pays to "push through it" at a pace you can handle. Like getting physically fit, the most important thing is that you keep moving forward at whatever pace you choose, recognizing the consequences of your actions.

I will persist. I will always take another step. If that is of no avail I will take another, and yet another.

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

Keep marching boys and girls. Keep marching

Do not let the fact that things are not made for you, that conditions are not as they should be stop you. Go on anyway. Everything depends on those who go on anyway.