If you’re reading this chances are high you’re here for one reason, and one reason alone…ENCOURAGEMENT. This collection of finish strong quotes will give you the encouragement we could all use from time to time to gain our second-wind and finish strong.
It doesn’t matter if you’re striving to grow a business, wrapping up an important project, or finishing up the day or even the week, they all demand your giving it everything you’ve got till the very end. So, if you’re ready for some serious motivation to help you cross the finish line, let’s dive into these powerful quotes about finishing strong.
100+ INSPIRING QUOTES TO HELP YOU FINISH STRONG
1. “Many will start fast, few will finish strong.” – Gary Ryan Blair
2. “I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle – victorious.” – Vince Lombardi
3. “I realized the secret to success is finishing! And not just finishing, but finishing strong!” – Eric Thomas
4. “No matter who you are or what you do, embrace the challenge to first start with the goal to finish strong.” – Andy Andrews
5. “If I fail, I try again, and again, and again. If you fail, are you going to try again? The human spirit can handle much worse than we realize. It matters How you are going to finish. Are you going to finish strong?” – Nick Vujicic
6. “Regardless of what came before or of what is yet to come, what matters most right now is how I choose to respond to the challenge before me. Will I lie down or will I fight? The choice is mine, and I chose to FINISH STRONG.” – Dan Green
7. “The last thing you want to do is finish playing or doing anything and wish you would have worked harder.” – Derek Jeter
8. “Finish strong. I challenge you to find two words that more absolutely define a performance objective. For me, those two words are a clear call to action.” – Dan Green
9. “Whatever it takes to finish things, finish. You will learn more from a glorious failure than you ever will from something you never finished.”― Neil Gaiman
10. “It’s not where you start — It’s where you finish that counts.” – Zig Ziglar
11. “Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No Excuses.” – Kobe Bryant
12. “It’s one thing to have the faith to get started, but it’s another thing to have the fortitude to finish strong.” – Kami Dempsey
13. “You can put forth maximum effort every day of the week, but if you’re not committed to finishing strong, someone hungrier will surpass you.” – The STRIVE
14. “One way or the other you’re going to finish… So, why not finish strong and make yourself immensely proud of your effort.” – Gary Ryan Blair
15. “No one has a problem with the first mile of a journey. Even an infant could do fine for a while. But it isn’t the start that matters. It’s the finish line.” – Julien Smith
16. “Stopping at third adds no more to the score than striking out. It doesn’t matter how well you start if you fail to finish.” – Billy Sunday
17. “Start strong, stay strong, and finish strong by always remembering why you’re doing it in the first place.” – Ralph Marston
18. “I start a picture and I finish it.” – Jean-Michel Basquiat
19. “If the word quit is part of your vocabulary, then the word finish is likely not.” – B.G. Jett
20. “Remember no matter how fast you run, you can’t be the winner if you don’t finish.” – Israelmore Ayivor
21. “Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes but they don’t quit.” – Finish Strong Quote
22. “Sometimes, a winner is a dreamer who just won’t quit.” – Rudy
23. “Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
24. “There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game and that is first place. I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay and I never want to finish second again.” – Vince Lombardi
25. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
26. “You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.” – Michael Jordan
27. “Better is the end of a thing than its beginning, and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.” – Ecclesiastes 7:8
28. “Chance favors those in motion.” – James H. Austin
29. “Going in one more round when you don’t think you can. That’s what makes all the difference in your life.” – Rocky Balboa
30. “Leave it all on the field.” – Allan Sepkowitz
31. “One of the most important principles of success is developing the habit of going the extra mile.” – Napoleon Hill
32. “Champions understand that finishing strong in practice, leads to finishing strong in application. You play the way you practice.” – Atlas Rowe
33. “Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.” – Louis Pasteur
34. “Imperfect action is better than perfect inaction.” – Harry Truman
35. “Circumstances are beyond human control but our conduct is in our own power.” – Benjamin Disraeli
36. “A little more persistence a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn into a glorious success.” – Elbert Hubbard
37. “Obstacles can’t stop you. Problems can’t stop you. Most of all, other people can’t stop you. Only YOU can stop you.” – Jeoffrey Gitomer
38. “Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.” – Michael Jordan
39. “We always say, start strong, finish stronger.” – Chris Griffin
40. “The extra energy required to make another effort… is the secret of winning.” – Denis Waitley
41. “Life’s battles don’t always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.” – Walter D. Wintle
42. “Everyone wants to be successful, but the prize eventually goes to those who strive to finish strong. So, stay up late, do the work, and most importantly…finish strong.” – Atlas Rowe
43. “Success in anything will always come down to this: focus and effort, and we control both of them.” – Dwayne Johnson
44. “Stay positive. Work hard. Make it happen.” – Finish Strong Quote
45. “It’s the extra effort after you’ve done your best that creates victory.” – Lou Holtz
46. “Finishing strong is the attitude of believing you can do something and having the courage and determination to see it through to the end.” – Brad Larsen
47. “You have nothing to lose by giving your best.” – Lailah Gifty Akita
48. “The best way out is always through.” – Robert Frost
49. “Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work, one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.“ – Ralph Waldo Emerson
50. “Starting is fun, but the future belongs to finishers.” – McRae Patterson
51. “Your competition is hoping you’ll take it easy today, don’t.” – The Strive
52. “If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.” – Dale Carnegie
53. “The person who stops studying merely because he has finished school is forever hopelessly doomed to mediocrity, no matter what may be his calling. The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge.” – Napoleon Hill
54. “Successful people make a lot of mistakes but they don’t quit.” – Conrad Hilton
55. “Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.” – Oprah Winfrey
56. “Don’t tell me how hard you work. Tell me how much you get done.” – James Ling
57. “Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.” – Og Mandino
58. “Be true to the best you know. This is your high ideal. If you do your best, you cannot do more.” – H. W. Dresses
59. “Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.” – Bo Jackson
60. “How you finish, is what they will remember.” – Anonymous
61. “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” – C.S. Lewis
62. “Don’t think about the start of the race. Think about the ending.” – Usain Bolt
63. “Not everyone who started with you will finish with you. Be willing to go without them if you have to.” – Tony Gaskins
64. “Ain’t nothing over till it’s over.” – Rocky Balboa
65. “Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.” – Thomas Carlyle
66. “The start does matter. The beginning is significant. The first few steps are critical, but they aren’t the most important. Do you know what matters more? Do you know what makes the start look silly and easy? The finish.” – Jon Acuff
67. “You can’t look ahead at the finish line decide to slow down, and still expect the world to crown you a champion.” – Finishing Strong Saying
68. “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
69. “The way we finish things are rarely as neat and intense as the way we start. But it’s exactly these moments, whether it is at the end of the set, or the end of a rep, where you should double down on your effort. This is when you conquer.” – Olivier Poirier-Leroy
70. “It is not enough to be an enthusiastic starter; you must also be an optimistic finisher.” – Leon Ho
71. “Most people don’t finish strong, but some do. And those that do continually get the treasures of their effort.” – Brian Robben
72. “No one can be successful if you don’t finish what you start. Finishing strong is a sign of commitment, integrity, and excellence. Finishing strong is about choice. Each of us has the power to choose how we perform a job or a task and to finish strong.” – Kathyrn Kee
73. “The winner of any competition always comes from among those who finish. Not from among all those who try, or all those who mean well, but from among those who face the challenge and finish, and finish strong.” – Brad Larsen
74. “Energy and persistence conquer all things.” – Benjamin Franklin
75. “Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.” – Babe Ruth
76. “Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.” – Calvin Coolidge
77. “It ain’t how you start out, it’s how you finish.” – Tony Gonzales
78. “A goal is a dream with a finish line.” – Duke Ellington
79. “What kind of competitor see’s the finish line and slows down… Always Finish Strong.” – Gary Ryan Blair
80. “Starting strong is good. Finishing strong is epic.” – Robin Sharma
81. “Beginnings are easy, the thing is to finish the race.” – Vitor Belfort
82. “Think Strong. Be Strong. Finish Strong.” – Anonymous
83. “Finish what you start, no matter how painful it may be.” – Nastia Liukin
84. “Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second.” – William James
85. “Always work hard, never give up, and fight until the end because it’s never really over until the whistle blows.” – Alex Morgan
86. “Start strong, finish stronger.” – Anonymous
87. “The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” – Jimmy Johnson
88. “Winning isn’t imperative, but getting tougher in the fourth quarter is.” – Bear Bryant
89. “What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.” – T.S. Eliot
90. “You can throw in the towel, or you can use it to wipe the sweat off your face and keep going.” – Finish Strong Saying
91. “Everybody is is pretty good in the first quarter. Second quarter, you have a little bump or two on you coming into the half. By the time the third quarter comes around, you’re tired, you’re laboring. When you come to the fourth quarter, it calls on your character.” – Jerry Jones
92. “Finishing strong is the only respectable way to finish.” — Gary Ryan Blair
93. “Beginning in itself has no value, it is an end which makes beginning meaningful, we must end what we begun.” – Amit Kalantri
94. “When you feel like quitting, think about why you started.” – Anonymous
95. “Get going… walk if you have to, but finish the damned race.” – Ron Hill
96. “I don’t stop when I am tired. I stop when I am done.” – David Goggins
97. “The world is full of starters. Be a finisher.” – Anonymous
98. “Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.” – General George S. Patton
99. “Chance favors those in motion.” – James H. Austin
100. “There are better starters than me, but I’m a strong finisher.” – Usain Bolt
101. “The high cost of greatness is better than the low cost of mediocrity.” – Matshone Dhliway
102. “It’s always too early too quit.” – Norman Vincent Peale
103. “When we make progress quickly, it feeds our emotions. Then, when there’s a period of waiting or we hit a plateau, we find out how committed we really are and whether we’re going to see things through to the finish or quit.” – Joyce Meyer
104. “It’s not luck, it’s not magic, it’s not circumstances. It’s developing a great plan and executing on it, day in and day out until the visions in your head become your reality.” – Andy Frisella
105. “It’s not how hard you pushed along the way. It’s having something in you to finish.” – Michael Jordan
Bonus Quote On Finishing Strong
Bonus: Here’s one last bonus quote for you. It’s not by anybody famous, but it sums up what all of these finish strong quotes are all about. Enjoy!
“It’s Not About Where You Start or How You Start, It’s About How You How Finish. So, FINISH STRONG.”
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Final Thoughts on Finishing Strong
Alright, there you have it, the best of the best when it comes to finish strong quotes. We hope you got what you came for… massive amounts of encouragement to press on and give whatever it is you are working towards, everything you’ve got. Finish Strong!!
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