Top 100 Hold You Back Quotes
#1. Wherever there's a human being there's going to be somebody that tries to hold you back.
Gloria Estefan
#2. The outside world will never understand that submission is not subjugation to another person, it's letting yourself be free of all those things that hold you back from experiencing the greatest sexual pleasures.
Michelle Hughes
#3. Never let your fears hold you back from pursuing your hopes.
John F. Kennedy
#4. That's the funny thing about America
the blessed thing. As many people as there are to hold you back, there are angels whose humanity makes up for all the others. I've had my share of angels.
Abraham Verghese
#5. Now, you've been dealt some tough blows along the way, but those trials don't define you. You can't let them hold you back from getting out there and living.
Melissa Brayden
#6. The things that make you special will give you all kinds of advantages in life, but they will also hold you back and expose your weaknesses.
Marie Lu
#7. If you confidently start to move from where you are to where you want to be, it's only a matter of time before the people around you will accept what you are doing. Or, at the very least, they will realize you will not be deterred, and they'll stop trying to hold you back.
Heidi Tankersley
#8. Confidence is not allowing your fear of weaknesses and limitations to hold you back but to take control of your weakness and limitation.
Abdulazeez Henry Musa
#10. Put blinders on to those things that conspire to hold you back, especially the ones in your own head.
Meryl Streep
#11. Why haven't you achieved your goals yet? What are your favorite excuses, and how do they hold you back?
Brian Tracy
#12. Let your ambitions fly. Let nothing hold you back.
Nabil N. Jamal
#13. Power isn't just about going forward. It's about not letting anything hold you back.
Patrick Willis
#14. Let your past propel you forward, not hold you back.
Toni Sorenson
#15. Don't let anyone hold you back.
Decide that you will not be held back by anyone for any reason. Life is a forward moving force!
Michelle Word Hollis
#16. It's not the gifts you don't have that hold you back as much as the gifts you do have that you don't use.
Orrin Woodward
#17. Holding on to weight (i.e. anger, bitterness, the past, hatred) will not only hold you back, but also block your blessings. You've got to let some things go to move forward.
Yvonne Pierre
#18. Don't let your image, don't let your size, hold you back. If I had let my hips or my jiggly thighs hold me back or the fact that I've got these big heavy breasts, then I would not be where I am today.
Ashley Graham
#19. Do the things that you always wanted to, without me there to hold you back, don't think just do, more than anything I want to see you go, take a glorious bite out of the whole world
Snow Patrol
#20. There comes a time when you just have to be willing to decide what is more important to you and leave behind the things that stand in your way or hold you back from being yourself.
Heather Linn
#21. Whatever your passion in life is; always set a goal for yourself and never allow the guy next door to hold you back from achieving it".
Abdulazeez Henry Musa
#22. The idea that the family is this locus of support but can also hold you back and keep you down makes for good drama.
James Gray
#23. Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back
Babe Ruth
#24. People dwell so much on the little things, but why should they hold you back when you have the big things to look forward to? By exuding positive energy when dealing with your problems, you will exude it in your being in general. Treat yourself with love and you will exude love to others.
Hayley Hasselhoff
#25. Map Your Own Journey Go on your own journey. Don't let others hold you back; don't hold them back. Don't judge their journey, and don't let them judge yours. All persons are free to have the experiences their souls lead them to.
Melody Beattie
#26. When you look to the past, don't sit and dwell on your regrets. Instead, focus on the things you learned from each experience and how they may enrich your future. Use the past not as something to hold you back, but as a method for reaffirming the drive to move forward on your chosen path.
Jack Davenport
#28. We can't really live without being afraid of something. You just can't let that fear hold you back.
Riley Hart
#29. Work hard, believe in your dreams, follow your dreams, don't give up, don't let failures hold you back. Those things were preached to me. They've taken a firm rooting system in my beliefs and what I'm passing on to my kids.
Kevin Sorbo
#30. Modelling doesn't hold you back in L.A. at all.
Jamie Dornan
#31. Love is supposed to lift you up, not hold you down. It is supposed to push you forward, not hold you back.
Suzy Kassem
#32. There are people out there who don't actively hold you back as much as they work quietly on your insecurities so that you hold yourself back.
Michael James Jackson
#33. In life it's not how you fall but how you get up that really counts! Don't let mistakes from your past haunt and hold you back ... always keep moving forward in your life
Timothy Pina
#34. Allowing fear to hold you back won't get you anywhere worth being.
Kira Saito
#35. Nothing can hold you back if your determination is strong enough.
Debasish Mridha
#36. If you remain 'insincere' to one person, then that person will hold you back from going to moksha!
Dada Bhagwan
#37. Don't let your fear hold you back, Jaz." - Alf Abrahamsen
A.Z. Green
#38. More government isn't going to help you get ahead. It's going to hold you back. More government isn't going to create more opportunities. It's going to limit them.
Marco Rubio
#39. Making excuses as to why you cannot do something based on what you don't have, or what hasn't happened yet, only serves to hold you back even further. WAIT FOR NOTHING & NO-ONE.
Miya Yamanouchi
#40. Do not let your past hold you back from what you think you can achieve in the future.
Idowu Koyenikan
#41. Ben Says: Never say you can't. Thinking ... You can't will always hold you back from doing the things you can!
Timothy Pina
Bullying Ben
Timothy Pina
#42. I can give you the King's English and then I can take it to the street, but do both or do one and don't do one knowing only the street. That's going to hold you back because what comes out is going to impress people, and it will impress them negatively.
Angela Bassett
#43. Your subconscious is a powerful and mysterious force which can either hold you back or help you move forward. Without its cooperation, your best goals will go unrealized; with its help, you are unbeatable.
Jenny Davidow
#44. Sometimes identity can be your salvation. It can be liberating to find your place in the world, but at some point, identity can hold you back.
Justin Simien
#45. Refuse to let the fear of rejection hold you back. Remember, rejection is never personal.
Brian Tracy
#46. You told me you weren't a victim ... Don't let that attack hold you back from living.
Lisa Kessler
#47. The more people I meet, the more I'm realizing how rare it is to find someone who lets you be yourself. Who never tries to hold you back, but watches you ride out the wave of intensity and see where it takes you.
Katie Kacvinsky
#48. Life is full of what-ifs. You can't let it hold you back. If you do, you're not really living at all . . . just kind of going through the motions with no meaning.
Bethany Hamilton
#49. You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back. You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead.
George Carlin
#50. All levels of ascension involve letting go of things that hold you back.
Lenon Honor
#51. You can fall on your face but your determination is greater than the challenges in front of you. So, never allow your fears to hold you back from achieving your life's goal.
Abdulazeez Henry Musa
#52. Move on, don't let the little things of Life hold you back. Forget, Forgive, and Move on. - RVM.
R.v.m.
#53. Will you allow fear to hold you back from what's right for you? For me? For us?" She grinned. "I hold the key to everything, huh?" "You may not think so, but you do.
Milly Taiden
#54. Live by your own rules. Dont let anybody hold you back. Be different and be yourself. You only get to live once, so make it whatever you want it to be.
A.T. Veatch
#55. Don't allow circumstance to hold you back- even negative ones. You don't have to let your circumstances define you. You can define yourself, and the best way to find yourself is through education.
Mary Hatwood Futrell
#56. Let go of resentment, for it will hold you back. Do not worry about what could've been, what is to come is what matters.
Leon Brown
#57. Follow your dreams, don't let anybody hold you back.
Randa Markos
#58. Ego is the great enemy. Ego will hold you back every single time.
Nikki Sixx
#59. Every day you must unlearn the ways that hold you back. You must rid yourself of negativity, so you can learn to fly.
Leon Brown
#60. Once you truly understand that it is okay to lose or fail, you are free, you have nothing to fear, and only then, can nothing in this world hold you back.
Yahya Mohamed
#61. The more obstacles you face and overcome, the more times you falter and get back on track, the more difficulties you struggle with and conquer, the more resiliency you will naturally develop. There is nothing that can hold you back, if you are resilient.
Jim Rohn
#62. People will try to label you not good enough, too slow, too old, too many mistakes. You can't stop negative comments or prevent negative labels, but you can choose to not let them hold you back.
Joel Osteen
#63. If love finds you again, don't fight it. Don't let grief hold you back. Love is a risk. There are no guarantees. But, in the end, it is always, always worth it.
J.L. Berg
#64. The only person thats gonna hold you back is yourself
Beau Bokan
#65. Don't let thoughts of me hold you back. Just do what you want to do. Otherwise, I might end up taking you with me, and that is the one thing I don't want to do. I don't want to interfere with your life.
Haruki Murakami
#66. Stop sharing your dreams with people who try to hold you back, even if they're your parents.
Kelly Cutrone
#67. I believe that living out loud and not letting fear hold you back is the key to the fullest, most rewarding life possible
Robert Biswas-Diener
#68. If you've just stared into the abyss, quickly forget it: the lessons of history can only hold you back.
Seth Klarman
#69. Don't ever let your mistakes hold you back & define your life. It's not what you did yesterday but what you're doing today. Humanity needs diligent workers to help better brighten our world!
Timothy Pina
#70. Do not see others as your example, as that can hold you back. First, find your own inner calling and follow that.
Helena Kalivoda
#71. I'm sorry he did that to you, but you can't let him hold you back from someone who cares for you.
Amy Clipston
#72. Reasons I don't want a serious boyfriend:
1. They hold you back
2. Grind you down
3. Then mess with your head
Ali Harris
#73. Don't shut down your emotions. Embrace them. Your emotions are your internal compass telling you whether or not you are on track. Use them to help cultivate your passions or motivate you to change situations and circumstances that hold you back from achieving your goals.
Jillian Michaels
#74. I may be the first actress to admit that beauty doesn't hold you back. I think beauty is a gift that you have to make the most of. I've worked hard at trying to look my best.
Catherine Zeta-Jones
#75. Nothing will hold you back because you expect the unexpected. With a clear vision for your life, you are better prepared to combat any opposition.
Farshad Asl
#76. I want each one of my children to be a hundred times greater than I could ever be. Everyone of you must be a giant- must, that is my word. Obedience, readiness, and love for the cause- if you have these three, nothing can hold you back.
Swami Vivekananda
#77. Quit worrying about people that are trying to hold you back. God knows how to move the wrong people out of your life and bring the right people in. He knows how to prepare you to Break Out.
Joel Osteen
#78. Fear will do one thing and one thing only: hold you back
Kya Aliana
#79. You can try and hold me back. Build your damn walls, pack sandbags along the edges and yell at the clouds and the rain and the sky to stop.
But i will not relent. I will reach you. Because i am the sea. And i will continue to love you no matter what.
Pleasefindthis
#80. You should step in my shoes
Walk for a while
and maybe you will see how hard it is
to hold back the tears and fake a smile
Elizabeth Panos
#81. The only person who can make you miserable is yourself, if you hold back because
you're too afraid of failure to take a chance.
Shana Norris
#82. He'd learned a lot in the short time he'd been with the Cahills, and one of the biggest lessons was not to hold back. Go for it now, because you never knew what could happen the next day, or even the next minute . - Pony
Natalie Standiford
#83. It's terribly important that you can criticise people's ideas without criticising them, and if they burst into tears, it means that you tend to hold back from getting at the absolute truth.
Tim Hunt
#84. If you hold back in hurdles, you are going to fall over.
Sally Pearson
#85. Understand your driving force, whether you're operating out of fear or love. When we operate in fear, we tend to hold back and not get the most from life. When we operate in love, we open new avenues and experience life more abundantly.
Amaka Imani Nkosazana
#86. When you said hold the ice ... "
"I thought you were near death over there," I answer, breathless. "That doesn't feel fatal."
"I was, but you are one hot chick when you pound on the right bag." He jerks me back against him hard and I yelp. Not in pain. No, definitely not pain.
K.A. Tucker
#87. If you're going to live here, staying civil is as much a duty as sitting the steps or washing dishes. Now, while I bask in the glow of another moral sermon delivered with the precision of a master fencer, hold your applause and let's get back to last night.
Scott Lynch
#88. You know what's fun about basketball? It keeps evolving, and it keeps changing a little bit. And the older guys want to try to hold it back to how they grew up, and it's not the same. You've got to change with the times, and some of the guys you've got to drag across the finish line.
Mike D'Antoni
#89. We have fallen into the sugar shaker.
We are the ground beneath you.
Let someone else describe the sky.
Hold us in silence.
Do no throw us back
into some discussion.
Rumi
#90. It is very important to always hold the thought of an enlightened teacher in your mind in a very positive way. When you direct negative energy towards someone who is powerful, it has a terrible bounce-back effect.
Frederick Lenz
#91. You let Mal come back for me. After you gave me your vow."
"He broke away," said Tamar.
I lifted a brow. The day Mal could break Tolya's hold was indeed a day of miracles.
Tolya hung his head and heaved his huge shoulders. "Forgive me," he said. "I couldn't be the one to keep him from you.
Leigh Bardugo
#92. When I get you back, I'm gonna put that necklace back around your neck and pin you. He tries to hold my eyes with his own. 'Like the 1950s.
Jenny Han
#93. You are a fine and talented woman, whose potential is yet to be realized given the love and support and luck we all need. Where you lost the will to fight for what is yours, where you gave away control of your life, is the mystery you are now unraveling. When you get it all back, hold on to it.
Isabel Vincent
#94. Unfortunately the necessity to promote a film sometimes works against it, in that you are forced to reveal information [about it] that in an ideal world you would hold back.
Simon Pegg
#95. Kye had scowled and said, "I don't like you anymore; you didn't come back when you said you would." Then he'd wrapped himself around her leg and said, "Okay, I forgive you." The kid didn't hold a grudge long.
Suzanne Wright
#96. There are no guarantees with love,' her father said, reading her mind. 'You can't hold some of it back, like a deposit, so you can get your money back if something goes wrong. You have to give yourself wholeheartedly, whatever the cost.
Christine Stovell
#97. When I'm doing theatre, I feel like my life's on hold. Even though you might go out for a coffee, or go and see a film, your brain is still there, pulling you back to it.
Shirley Henderson
#98. If I hold up a red square for 30 seconds and take it away, you will see a perfect green square. It's how the eye works. So if you want to paint a really good red painting, you have to strategically place in some green, so the eye is brought back.
Robert Irwin
#99. When you deal with a comedian who has a specific act, you can't hold 'em back. You got to work with 'em, dude. What you think, I'm just gonna do what's on the page, say 'yes sir, no sir'? I'm creatively beyond that.
Pauly Shore
#100. Everyone likes ice cream," he said, white with rage. The mask of patience was slipping, and I don't know how I managed to hold back my tears. "Everyone except you, son, because you're a moron.
Cesar Aira
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