Top 200 Progress Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Seven Steps to Success 1) Make a commitment to grow daily. 2) Value the process more than events. 3) Don't wait for inspiration. 4) Be willing to sacrifice pleasure for opportunity. 5) Dream big. 6) Plan your priorities. 7) Give up to go up.”

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Success Quotes, Goal Quotes, Discipline Quotes

2. “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”

— Maya Angelou

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Inspirational Quotes, Life Quotes, Integrity Quotes

3. “There's no talent here, this is hard work. This is an obsession. Talent does not exist, we are all equal as human beings. You could be anyone if you put in the time. You will reach the top, and that is that. I am not talented, I am obsessed.”

— Conor McGregor

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Attitude Quotes

4. “The goal is not to be better than the other man, but your previous self.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Goal Quotes, Change Quotes, Inspirational Life Quotes

5. “Waiting for perfect is never as smart as making progress.”

— Seth Godin

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Business Quotes, Goal Quotes, Change Quotes, Action Quotes

6. “When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.”

— Zig Ziglar

Also featured in: Perseverance Quotes, Action Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Inspirational Life Quotes

7. “You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.”

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Change Quotes, Action Quotes, Motivational Quotes About Life

8. “Start small, think big. Don’t worry about too many things at once. Take a handful of simple things to begin with, and then progress to more complex ones. Think about not just tomorrow, but the future. Put a ding in the universe.”

— Steve Jobs

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Positive Quotes, Interesting Quotes, Quotes About Thinking

9. “Go as far as you can see and you will see further.”

— Zig Ziglar

Also featured in: Goal Quotes, Positivity Quotes, Short Positive Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes

10. “There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs.”

— Zig Ziglar

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Business Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Work

11. “Spend each day getting a little wiser than you were when you woke up. Discharge your duties faithfully and well. Step by step you get ahead, but not necessarily in fast spurts. But you build discipline by preparing for fast spurts. Slug it out one inch at a time, day by day. At the end of the day – if you live long enough – most people get what they deserve.”

— Charlie Munger

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes, Financial Success Quotes, Work Ethic Quotes

12. “I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

Also featured in: Vision Quotes, Culture Quotes, Diversity Quotes

13. “The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.”

— Arthur C. Clarke

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Quotes About Trying, Thought Provoking Quotes, Inspiring Quotes

14. “Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.”

— Frank Zappa

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Artist Quotes, Innovation Quotes

15. “Free time is the enemy of progress.”

— Casey Neistat

Also featured in: Hustle Quotes, Taking Action Quotes, Productivity Quotes

16. “I constantly get out of my comfort zone. Looking cool is the easiest way to mediocrity. The coolest guy in my high school ended up working at a car wash. Once you push yourself into something new, and whole new world of opportunities opens up. But you might get hurt. In fact you will get hurt. But amazingly when you heal – you are somewhere you’ve never been.”

— Terry Crews

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Live Life Quotes, Personal Development Quotes, Growth Quotes, Risk-Taking Quotes

17. “Without a struggle, there can be no progress.”

— Frederick Douglass

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Change Quotes, Action Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Meaningful Quotes

18. “Innovation: Imagine the future and fill in the gaps.”

— Brian Halligan

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Innovation Quotes

19. “An entrepreneur isn’t someone who owns a business, it’s someone who makes things happen.”

— Tim Ferriss

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Work, Taking Action Quotes, Career Development Quotes

20. “The first step to achieving your goal, is to take a moment to respect your goal. Know what it means to you to achieve it.”

— Dwayne Johnson

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Goal Quotes, Athlete Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes, Positive Motivation Quotes

21. “You are always a student, never a master. You have to keep moving forward.”

— Conrad Hall

Also featured in: Education Quotes, Moving Quotes

22. “There are no rules here – we’re trying to accomplish something.”

— Thomas A. Edison

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Quotes About Trying, Achievement Quotes

23. “It's never crowded along the extra mile.”

— Wayne W. Dyer

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Motivational Quotes About Life

24. “Fortunate are those who take the first steps.”

— Paulo Coelho

Also featured in: Live Life Quotes, Inspirational Life Quotes, Path Quotes

25. “Where attention goes, energy flows and results show.”

— T. Harv Eker

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Prosperity Quotes, Short Inspiring Quotes, Productivity Quotes

26. “Start small and dream big.”

— Robert T. Kiyosaki

Also featured in: Short Quotes, Short Positive Quotes, Encouragement Quotes

27. “Progress is impossible without change.”

— Walt Disney

28. “You don’t need to be better than anyone else; you just need to be better than you used to be.”

— Wayne W. Dyer

Also featured in: Change Quotes, Self-Esteem Quotes, Self-Realization Quotes, Feel Good Quotes

29. “There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period.”

— Brené Brown

Also featured in: Failure Quotes, Creativity Quotes, Friday Motivational Quotes

30. “Activity leads to productivity.”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Effort Quotes, Taking Action Quotes, Moving Forward Quotes

31. “If you take an idea and just hold it in your head, you unconsciously start to do things that advance you toward that goal.”

— Biz Stone

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Focus Quotes, Goal Setting Quotes, Quotes About Ideas

32. “You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.”

— Abdul Kalam

Also featured in: Personal Responsibility Quotes, Effort Quotes, Work Ethic Quotes, Taking Action Quotes

33. “The key to SUCCESS is to START before you’re ready.”

— Marie Forleo

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Hustle Quotes, Positive Motivation Quotes, Opportunity Quotes, Sunday Inspirational Quotes

34. “All that was great in the past was ridiculed, condemned, combated, suppressed – only to emerge all the more powerfully, all the more triumphantly from the struggle.”

— Nikola Tesla

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes About Life, Challenges Quotes, Struggle Quotes

35. “If you talk about it, it’s a dream, if you envision it, it’s possible, but if you schedule it, it’s real.”

— Tony Robbins

Also featured in: Business Quotes, Optimistic Quotes, Empowering Quotes, Coaching Quotes

36. “If humanity doesn’t land on Mars in my lifetime, I would be very disappointed.”

— Elon Musk

Also featured in: Dream Big Quotes, Vision Quotes, Space Quotes

37. “Never say you cannot afford something. That is a poor man’s attitude. Ask HOW to afford it.”

— Robert T. Kiyosaki

Also featured in: Prosperity Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Mindset Quotes, Quotes About Money

38. “You will either step forward into growth or you will step back into safety.”

— Abraham Maslow

Also featured in: Business Quotes, Change Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Psychology Quotes, Personal Development Quotes

39. “Successful people are action oriented.”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Action Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Winning Quotes, Professional Growth Quotes

40. “Don’t find fault, find a remedy.”

— Henry Ford

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes for Work, Motivational Monday Quotes, Motivational Quotes About Life, Common Sense Quotes

41. “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”

— George Bernard Shaw

Also featured in: Famous Quotes, Changing the World Quotes, Not Giving Up Quotes, Thought Provoking Quotes

42. “Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.”

— W. Clement Stone

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Winning Quotes, Taking Action Quotes, Thursday Motivational Quotes, Risk-Taking Quotes

43. “Here’s to the future, because I’m done with the past.”

— Anonymous

Also featured in: Perspective Quotes, Moving On Quotes, Future Quotes, Life Is Short Quotes

44. “Dreamers are mocked as impractical. The truth is they are the most practical, as their innovations lead to progress and a better way of life for all of us.”

— Robin S. Sharma

Also featured in: Dreaming Big Quotes, Changing the World Quotes, Empowerment Quotes, Quotes About Dreams

45. “The ultimate reason for setting goals is to entice you to become the person it takes to achieve them.”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Goal Quotes, Short Motivational Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Transformation Quotes

46. “Change is never easy, but always possible.”

— Barack Obama

Also featured in: Short Motivational Quotes, Short Quotes, Monday Motivation Quotes, Moving Forward Quotes

47. “No competition, no progress.”

— Bela Karolyi

Also featured in: Winning Quotes, Good Morning Motivational Quotes, Competition Quotes, Gym Quotes

48. “If you are not in the process of becoming the person you want to be, you are automatically engaged in becoming the person you don’t want to be. ”

— Dale Carnegie

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Change Quotes, Short Quotes About Life, Transformation Quotes

49. “All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.”

— Earl Nightingale

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Interesting Quotes, Positive Motivation Quotes, Preparation Quotes

50. “There’s always room for improvement.”

— Joey Logano

Also featured in: Short Positive Quotes, Mindset Quotes, Sports Quotes, Self-Improvement Quotes