You can only go forward by making mistakes.
I'm in favor of progress; it's change I don't like.
Whenever you feel uncomfortable, instead of retreating back into your old comfort zone, pat yourself on the back and say, "I must be growing," and continue moving forward.
Every step starts with a step.
Courage means to keep making forward progress while you still feel afraid!
If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover those precious values - that all reality hinges on moral foundations and that all reality has spiritual control.
Every sailor knows that you can't sail a ship that isn't moving forward, strong leaders understand that to change direction, you first have to create forward progress.
You can't please everybody all the time, but I think for the most part we tend to maintain a healthy level of self-reference to kind of make sure we continue to push things forward.
One foot in front of the other. Repeat as often as necessary to finish.
I don't believe in "writer's block". I try and deal with getting stuck by having more than one thing to work on at a time. And by knowing that even a hundred bad words that didn't exist before is forward progress.
When men are arrived at the goal, they should not turn back.
Our country is now at war and the only way out is forward. I would not change one word I have spoken against war but that is no longer the issue. We must now stand together.
Life, after all, should go forwards, not backwards.
To be haunted by past failures or satisfied with past successes is to arrest forward motion.
Each forward step we take we leave some phantom of ourselves behind.
It's all about where you're going, no matter where you've been.
You have a responsibility to move your dreams forward, no matter what.
I find that a man is as old as his work. If his work keeps him from moving forward, he will look forward with the work.
The truth is, I just don't have that much time to see movies. So if I get two hours where I can actually see a film, I don't want to go backwards, I want to go forwards.
No one ever won a chess game by betting on each move. Sometimes you have to move backward to get a step forward.
The road before us is shorter than the road behind.
When one takes action for others, one's own suffering is transformed into the energy that can keep one moving forward; a light of hope illuminating a new tomorrow for oneself and others is kindled.
Tomorrow sees undone, what happens not to-day; Still forward press, nor never tire! The possible, with steadfast trust, Resolve should be by the forelock grasp. Then she will ne'er let go her clasp, And labors on, because she must.
Every step is a first step if it's a step in the right direction.
We must reject the easy impulses of bitterness and rancor and embrace the difficult work, but the important work, the vital work of finding a path forward together.
