Sometimes, life is a decision between doing what you can and doing what you can’t. At first, you might feel defeated when faced by an unfamiliar, difficult situation. But truly, you’ll never know until you try. Believe that you can do it with these 170 you can do it quotes.
You Can Do It Quotes
1. If you can dream it, you can do it. – Walt Disney
2. Have confidence in everything. No matter what it is that you’re doing, know that you can do it better than anyone. – O’Shea Jackson, Jr.
3. Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out. – John Wooden
4. I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. – Thomas A. Edison
5. There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed. – Ray Goforth
6. Everyone has a part to play. We have the power. You can do it. – Maxine Waters
7. If you dream and you believe, you can do it. – Sean Combs
8. Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A ‘you can do it’ when things are tough. – Richard M. DeVos
9. No matter what you’re going through, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel and it may seem hard to get to it but you can do it and just keep working towards it and you’ll find the positive side of things. – Demi Lovato
10. You’ve done it before and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of your frustration and turn it into positive, effective, unstoppable determination. – Ralph Marston
11. Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable. – Theodore N. Vail
12. What would you do if you weren’t afraid? – Spencer Johnson
13. The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it. – Henry Ford
14. The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent. – Arnold Schwarzenegger
15. Don’t let people make you afraid of taking chances in life. And if you fail, it’s no big deal. Get back up and fight through it and be successful again. If you did it once, you can do it again. – Ken Shamrock
16. I would say to always follow your dream. And dream big because my whole career, including any of the things that I’ve accomplished, I never thought in a million years that I would be here. So it just proves that once you believe in yourself, and you put your mind to something, you can do it. – Simone Biles
17. Society sets us up to be everything but ourselves, but I want to take a moment and say to people, love yourself. Find your purpose. You are unique, and that makes you great. I pursued my dreams. You can do it, too. – Karen Civil
18. It ain’t bragging if you can do it. – Dizzy Dean
19. If you know you can do it – if you can already chart every day in your future – then why bother? Choose to do something you have more trouble imagining. Take a chance. – Gina Barreca
20. If you do not believe you can do it then you have no chance at all. – Arsene Wenger
21. Be magnificent. Life’s short. Get out there. You can do it. Everyone can do it. Everyone. – Andy Serkis
22. You just have to have the guidance to lead you in the direction until you can do it yourself. – Tina Yothers
23. Sometimes to go forward you’ve got to go to the depths of your own personal despair and claw yourself back. From that point, no matter what happens, you know you can do it. – Gordon Strachan
24. To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe. – Anatole France
25. All progress takes place outside the comfort zone. – Michael John Bobak
26. When people push back on you and don’t think you can do it, and you struggle a little bit and wonder if they’re right, it drives you to be successful and to be a great player. – Reggie Jackson
27. Learning disabilities do not go away, but you learn how to adapt. You may have to work a little bit harder; it may take a long time. You just may do it differently – but you can do it. – Michelle Carter
28. Yes, you can do it. You can dream about being on the cover of magazines; you can dream about being in a film. – Yalitza Aparicio
29. I think people sometimes get my message misconstrued and believe I’m trying to brag, but I’m genuinely trying to show people that you can do it all yourself, and there’s so much power and freedom in that. – Russ
30. If it’s what you do and you can do it, then you do it. – Van Morrison
31. If you tell me I can’t do something, that’s the worst thing to tell me. And that’s what I tell girls, and what Beckham’s about: you can do it, you can do it better, and you can do it in the way you want. – Gurinder Chadha
32. It is never too late to be what you might have been. – George Eliot
33. Do the thing and you will have the power. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
34. Whatever negative things people think and say about you is enough to bring you down provided you belief that it carries a weight that can push you hard. Don’t agree to accept what critics say; be prepared to silence them by doing what they think you can’t do! – Israelmore Ayivor
35. Stay on track, don’t look back. You have come too far not to finish what you started. You can improve, you can change, you can progress, you can make a difference. You can do it, if you stay on track. – Germany Kent
36. Sometimes it’s like: If something terrifies you, you should totally do it BECAUSE it terrifies you. And then you’ll do it and you’ll realise what you’re capable of. – Jonathan Saccone-Joly
37. If you want to do something—you can do it! You just have to be focused and persistent. – Debasish Mridha
38. Have a robust mindset; dare to move any mountain! – Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
39. By the power of the Holy Spirit, we can do what needs to be done. – Lailah Gifty Akita
40. Always remember that there were many times in the past where you thought it couldn’t be done, but somehow you found a way to do it. – Edmond Mbiaka
41. Danielle had never started a business. But if others can do it, so can I. – Jan Moran
42. It always seems impossible until it is done. – Nelson Mandela
43. It’s always too early to quit. – Norman Vincent Peale
44. Go for it now. The future is promised to no one. – Wayne Dyer
45. I’d rather attempt to do something great and fail, than to attempt nothing and succeed. – Robert H. Schuller
46. You just can’t beat the person who never gives up. – Babe Ruth
47. The more we do the more we can do. – William Hazlitt
48. Fortune sides with him who dares. – Virgil
49. Believe you can and you’re halfway there. – Theodore Roosevelt
50. Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear. – George Adair
51. 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
52. I am deliberate and afraid of nothing. – Audre Lorde
53. What we really want to do is what we are really meant to do. When we do what we are meant to do, money comes to us, doors open for us, we feel useful, and the work we do feels like play to us. – Julia Cameron
54. Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. – Arthur Ashe
55. First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. – Epictetus
56. I don’t think anything is unrealistic if you believe you can do it. – Richard L. Evans
57. The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. – Amelia Earhart
58. Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you. – George Whitefield
59. There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits. – Michael Phelps
60. It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up. – Vince Lombardi
61. The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty. – Winston Churchill
62. If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced. – Vincent Van Gogh
63. We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated. – Maya Angelou
64. Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. – Confucius
65. When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you’ll find a way to get it. – Jim Rohn
66. You’re going to go through tough times – that’s life. But I say, ‘Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.’ See the positive in negative events. – Joel Osteen
67. Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny. – C.S. Lewis
68. Believe in yourself, take on your challenges, dig deep within yourself to conquer fears. Never let anyone bring you down. You got to keep going. – Chantal Sutherland
69. Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve. – Napoleon Hill
70. Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you imagine. – Roy T. Bennett
71. Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. – Mahatma Gandhi
72. When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favour. – Elon Musk
73. You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in the mind. – Dale Carnegie
74. Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. – Joshua Marine
75. You cannot afford to live in potential for the rest of your life; at some point, you have to unleash the potential and make your move. – Eric Thomas
76. Action is the foundational key to all success. – Pablo Picasso
77. You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction. – George Lorimer
78. After every difficulty, ask yourself two questions: “What did I do right?” and “What would I do differently?” – Brian Tracy
79. Don’t brood. Get on with living and loving. You don’t have forever. – Leo Buscaglia
80. Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment. – Oprah Winfrey
81. The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself. – Mark Caine
82. For success, attitude is equally as important as ability. – Harry F. Banks
83. Nothing in the world can take the place of perseverance. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost legendary. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Perseverance and determination alone are omnipotent. – Calvin Coolidge
84. Your work is discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it. – Buddha
85. Don’t wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful. – Mark Victor Hansen
86. The road to success is always under construction. – Lily Tomlin
87. Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning. – Robert Kiyosaki
88. Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in. – Napoleon Bonaparte
89. Success comes in cans; failure in can’ts. – Zig Ziglar
90. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. – Martin Luther King, Jr.
91. A year from now you may wish you had started today. – Karen Lamb
92. Work hard for what you want because it won’t come to you without a fight. You have to be strong and courageous and know that you can do anything you put your mind to. – Leah Labelle
93. If you work hard, stay focused and never give up, you will eventually get what you want in life. – Donald Miller
94. If there’s anything you’re not happy with in your life, it can be changed. It might take time, patience and hard work, but it can be done. – Andrew Quo
95. If life were predictable, it would cease to be life, and be without flavor. – Eleanor Roosevelt
96. Rise above the storm, and you will find the sunshine. – Mario Fernandez
97. Every shadow—no matter how deep—is threatened by morning light. – Izzi
98. Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forwards. – Soren Kierkegaard
99. The most important thing for success is self belief and confidence. Believing you deserve it, believing you can do it, and you will get it. – Anil Sinha
100. If you can see yourself doing something, you can do it. If you ca’ see yourself doing it, usually you ca’ achieve it. – David Goggins
101. You don’t need anyone to believe that you can do it, as long as you believe in yourself and what you’re capable of. – Agatha Stephanie Lin
102. If I can do it, you can do it. Anybody can. – Doris
103. When you believe that you can do something, that’s when you can do it. – Joseph Gordon-Levitt
104. The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent. – David Hockney
105. If you think you can do it, you can. – John Burroughs
106. When you do something bad and you know you can do it, only you know you can do it. And do it while it’s hot, man. – Scott Raab
107. You want to climb the mountain because it’s there and you know you can do it. – Alex Zanardi
108. Never quit. If you stumble get back up. What happened yesterday no longer matters. Today’s another day so get back on track and move closer to your dreams and goals. You can do it! – Ipadeola Bukola
109. It’s so important to believe in yourself. Believe that you can do it, under any circumstances. Because if you believe you can, then you really will. That belief just keeps you searching for the answers, and then pretty soon you get it. – Wally Amos
110. I want to show that you dont have to be older to live your dreams, you can do it at any age. – Zendaya Coleman
111. Dare to accomplish the things you’ve only dreamed about doing. If you can dream it, you can do it. – Denise Austin
112. Kids always need a role model. I let them know you can do it, too, if you really want to. – Leon Spinks
113. The cynic says, “One man can’t do anything”. I say, “Only one man can do anything. – John W. Gardner
114. Think of many things; do one. – Portuguese proverb
115. You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action. – Tony Robbins
116. Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable. – Coco Chanel
117. We have a strategic plan. It’s called doing things. – Herb Kelleher
118. The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas of enthusiasm. – Thomas J. Watson
119. It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. – Charles Darwin
120. What happened yesterday, no longer matters. Today is another day. Get back on the right track and move closer to your dreams. Yes you can do it. – Dr Anil Kr Sinha
121. While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior. – Henry Link
122. A lot of the best work I’ve ever done started out as something completely different because I gave myself permission to have space around my time and expectations. – Merlin Mann
123. The only way around is through. – Robert Frost
124. I didn’t get there by wishing for it or hoping for it, but by working for it. – Estee Lauder
125. Success seems to be connected to action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they never quit. – John Willard Marriott
126. Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. – Robert F. Kennedy
127. You are not your yesterday. You are what you make of your todays. Mistakes will happen, don’t let that discourage your future. Use your broken thing to make unbroken wings. Then fly. – Kayil York
128. Storms make trees take deeper roots. – Dolly Parton
129. Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start. – Nido Qubein
130. When others try to rain on your dreams, carry an umbrella & dream on. – Jane Lee Logan
131. Your speed doesn’t matter, forward is forward. – HealthyPlace.com
132. The difference between who you are and who you want to be, is what you do. – Bill Phillips
133. Life is tough, my darling, but so are you. – Stephanie Bennett
134. You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it. – Margaret Thatcher
135. Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect. – Alan Cohen
136. Allow yourself to be a beginner. No one starts off being excellent. – Wendy Flynn
137. The moment when you want to quit, is the moment when you need to keep pushing. – John Lubbock
138. Believe in your dreams. They were given to you for a reason. – Katrina Mayer
139. Until you cross the bridge of your insecurities, you can’t begin to explore your possibilities. – Tim Fargo
140. We cannot achieve more in life than what we believe in our heart of hearts we deserve to have. – James R. Ball
141. When you say, “I can’t do it!” – You never will. But, if you say, “I’ll give it a try,” eventually you will succeed. – Anthony T. Hincks
142. Life is too short to mess things up. Go make shit happen. – Olawale Daniel
143. There’s no need to sharpen your pencils any more. Even the dull ones can make a mark. – Ze Frank
144. Never let your fears be the boundaries of your dreams. – Anonymous
145. If someone tells you that you can’t do it then it actually means that they can’t do it. – Vikrmn
146. Just like any one of us, they started with no road map or guarantee of success. But they went out and picked up the ball or the pen, the guitar or the kitchen knife, and took the first step. An then, the next. – Camille Sweeney
147. Learn everything you can learn now while you are young. If you think you are old now, well let me remind you that NOTHING IS TOO LATE. If you will start it now, you are never too old to do it! Don’t wait for another year older for you to learn something new. JUST DO IT. (You listen to Nike!) – Happy Positivity
148. Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. – Thomas Jefferson
149. You don’t manifest dreams without taking chances. – Stephen Richards
150. Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will. – Suzy Kassem
151. The best way to predict your future is to create it. – Peter Drucker
152. I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse. – Florence Nightingale
153. When it gets difficult is often right before you succeed. – Jeffrey Walker
154. Push yourself because no one else is going to do it for you. – Unknown
155. When you find your why, you find a way to make it happen. – Eric Thomas
156. I survived because the fire inside me burned brighter than the fire around me. – Joshua Graham
157. Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once. – Drew Houston
158. Strength is the product of struggle. You must do what others don’t to achieve what others wont. – Henry Rollins
159. A dream does not become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. – Colin Powell
160. It’s not about perfect. It’s about effort. – Jillian Michaels
161. Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever. – Lance Armstrong
162. A problem is a chance for you to do your best. – Duke Ellington
163. Success is what comes after you stop making excuses. – Luis Galarza
164. The best way to gain self-confidence is to do what you are afraid to do. – Swati Sharma
165. It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. – Aristotle Onassis
166. Fortune always favors the brave, and never helps a man who does not help himself. – P. T. Barnum
167. Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t. – Rikki Rogers
168. Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all. – Dale Carnegie
169. Once you choose hope, anything’s possible. – Christopher Reeve
170. Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power. – William James