Pushing Quotes

• There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.

  Booker T. Washington

  Positive, Strength, Success

  Booker T. Washington (1904*). “Address of Booker T. Washington, Principal of the Tuskegee Normal & Industrial Institute: Before the National Educational Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 30, 1904”

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• One finds limits by pushing them.

  Herbert Simon

  Motivational, Inspiring, Business

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• Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently - they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz.

  Lou Reed

  Two, Three, Velvet Underground

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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  There's a storm inside of us, a burning river, a drive. You push yourself further than anyone could think possible. You are never out of the fight.

  Marcus Luttrell

  Motivational, Military, Fighting

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• He is your friend who pushes you nearer to God.

  Abraham Kuyper

  Friendship, Best Friend, God

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• Having limits to push against is how you find out what you can do.

  Sylvie Guillem

  Inspirational, Perseverance, Women

  "Fear is the drug" by Judith Mackrell, www.theguardian.com. September 14, 2006.

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• The questions you ask consistently will create either enervation or enjoyment, indignation or inspiration, misery or magic. Ask the questions that will uplift your spirit and push you along the path of human excellence

  Tony Robbins

  Inspirational, Uplifting, Creating

  FaceBook post by Tony Robbins from Aug 11, 2015

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• My argument has always been that nature has a master plan pushing every species toward procreation and that it is our right and even obligation as rational human beings to defy nature's fascism. Nature herself is a mass murderer, making casual, cruel experiments and condemning 10,000 to die so that one more fit will live and thrive.

  Camille Paglia

  Argument, Fit, Pro Abortion

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• You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be made. But I just kept pushing.

  Rene Descartes

  Perseverance, Mistake, Women

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• I like pushing boundaries.

  Lady Gaga

  Pushing Boundaries, Boundaries

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• I'm attracted to seeing how different I can be, pushing the boat out.

  James D'arcy

  Different, Boat, Seeing

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  I stay true to myself and my style, and I am always pushing myself to be aware of that and be original.

  Aaliyah

  Individuality, Style, Originality

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• Good music comes out of people playing together, knowing what they want to do and going for it. You have to sweat over it and bug it to death. You can't do it by pushing buttons and watching a TV screen.

  Keith Richards

  Knowing, Sweat, People

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• I think that there is a relatively small number of people who are pushing for independence in Taiwan.

  Fred Thompson

  Thinking, Small Numbers, People

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• While President Bush's tax give-aways for the rich are pushing us further into debt, he compensates by increasing the out-of-pocket costs to our veterans.

  Tom Harkin

  Vaccines, Our Veterans, Giving

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• You can't always be pushing people away. Someday nobody'll come back.

  Jacqueline Woodson

  People, Someday

  Jacqueline Woodson (2010). “The Dear One”, p.80, Penguin

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• Keep positive and keep pushing on and things will turn good.

  Conor McGregor

  Mma, Keep Positive, Turns

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• I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that's how you grow. When there's that moment of 'Wow, I'm not really sure I can do this,' and you push through those moments, that's when you have a breakthrough.

  Marissa Mayer

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  "Google's Marissa Mayer: Passion is a gender-neutralizing force" by Felicia Taylor, www.cnn.com. April 5, 2012.

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• Our best years are only ahead of us, so we got to continue to keep pushing.

  Kevin Durant

  Basketball, Years, Best Year

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• Ya know it's funny, what's happening to us. Our lives have become digital. Our friends, now virtual. And, anything you could ever wanna know is just a click away. Experiencing the world through second hand information isn't enough. If we want authenticity we have to initiate it. We will never know our full potential unless we push ourselves to find it. It's this self-discovery that inevitably takes us to the wildest places on earth.

  Travis Rice

  Funny, Life, Motivational

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• Push YOURSELF to the edge of YOUR limits. That's how they expand

  Robin Sharma

  Motivational, Wise, Limits

  Twitter post from Nov 15, 2016

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• I have nothing but contempt for the deceitful thing men call 'happiness,' and find myself with no choice but to push my characters, whom I pour my heart and soul out to create, into the abyss of tragedy.

  Gen Urobuchi

  Happiness, Writing, Heart

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• A horse will never tire of a rider who possesses both tact and sensitivity because he will never be pushed beyond his possibilities.

  Nuno Oliveira

  Horse, Equestrian, Riding

  "Reflections on Equestrian Art". Book by Nuno Oliveira, 1965.

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• I can never stop working hard. Each day I feel that I have to improve. Hardwork...Determination...I gotta keep pushing myself.

  Michael Jordan

  Basketball, Determination, Each Day

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