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pressing forward Quotes

Nine of the best book quotes about pressing forward
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“A journey will have pain and failure. It is not only the steps forward that we must accept. It is the stumbles. The trials. The knowledge that we will fail. That we will hurt those around us. But if we stop, if we accept the person we are when we fail, the journey ends. That failure becomes our destination.”
Brandon Sanderson
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Oathbringer
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Dalinar Kholin
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“Somebody has to start. Somebody has to step forward and do what is right, because it is right.”
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“Straight lines, even edges. People don’t shovel snow that way anymore. Nowadays they just clear a way, they use snow blowers and all sorts of things. Any old method will do, scattering snow all over the place. As if that were the only thing that mattered in life: pushing one’s way forward.”
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“The only thing more dangerous than moving forward was standing still.”
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“Forward-thinking teachers and school administrators across the country are creating a whole range of alternatives to cookie-cutter teaching and evaluation methods, such as the use of student portfolios and exhibitions in addition to conventional exams to assess students’ progress.”
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“No, I’m not settling here. I’m going to keep pressing forward.”
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“Inhale. Count to five. Exhale. Forward motion.”
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“Go forward. That became my mantra.”
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“Walk that walk and go forward all the time. Don’t just talk that talk, walk it and go forward. Also, the walk didn’t have to be long strides; baby steps counted too. Go forward.”

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