Lift your spirits and energize yourself with these 26 Inspirational Quotes about overcoming obstacles to achieve your goals.

Believe you can and you’re halfway there.

Theodore Roosevelt

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The distance between your dream and reality is called action

The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.

Joseph Campbell

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.

Helen Keller

I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.

Jimmy Dean

Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.

Charlotte Whitton

The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.

Jimmy Johnson

When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.

Mary Kay Ash

The grass is greener where you water it.

Neil Barringham

Either you run the day, or the day runs you.

Jim Rohn

I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.

Pablo Picasso

I never dream of success. I worked for it.

Estee Lauder

Don’t compare your life to others. There’s no comparison between the sun and the moon. They shine when it’s their time.

Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.

Remember for everything you have lost, you have gained something else. Without the dark, you would never see the light.

Be careful with your words, they can only be forgiven, not forgotten.

Do something today that your future self will say thank you for.

It’s not selfish to love yourself, to take care of yourself and to make your happiness a priority. It’s necessary.

Mandy Hale

You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think.

A ship is always safe at shore, but it’s not what it was built for.

God has a plan. Trust it, live it and enjoy it.

It’s okay to be scared. Being scared means you are about to do something really, really brave.

What you think, you become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create.

In order to love who you are, you cannot hate the experiences that shaped you.

It always seems impossible until it’s done.

There’s a quote that says, “Look back and see how you have far you have come through.”

It’s easy for us to forget small progresses we make each day because they don’t seems to contribute a lot to what we want. However, big things could not happen without small steps we take, just like you cannot reach the top of the ladder without stepping on the rungs.

Always remember, no matter how small your progress is, forward is forward. Appreciate yourself with every small progress you made and by doing so, you don’t need to wait until you look back to see how many great things you did!