Today I am sharing my favourite someday crushing quotes; the ones I go to myself when I need a reminder that there is NO someday.
1. “Make today worth remembering.” – Zig Ziglar
2. “Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” – Steve Jobs
I’m with Steve on this one. Your heart really does know what you want and when you trust your intuition your someday thinking doesn’t stand a chance.
3. “Someday is now.” – Gaddy Bergmann
4. “Life’s greatest tragedy is not that it will someday end, but that most only live to follow directions and sometimes we end up totally lost.” – Alex Gaskarth
This one breaks my heart and it’s why I do the work I do.
5. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.” – Mark Twain
You know how I feel about regrets right? Do what you need to do to NOT have them.
6. “There are only 7 days in the week & “someday” is not one of them.” –Rita Chand
Rita is someone who lives life out loud, going after her dreams in a way that leaves someday thinking in the dust. Who do you have in your life that inspires and motivates you to action?
7. “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs
Whose life are you living? Parents, teachers, mentors – all can inspire but they can also pull you away from your calling. Start listening to your heart instead of the voices around you. It knows.
8. “Live everyday as if it were your last because someday you’re going to be right.” – Muhammad Ali
What if you could live each day as if you were going for a knock out? Imagine that for a moment.
9. “Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.” – Thomas Jefferson
10. “Life’s short. Live passionately.” – Marc A. Pitman
Ahh, this one makes me think of Lola strutting her stuff. Go on. . .strut your own stuff ‘cuz life IS short.
11. “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. ” – Walt Disney
A fast way to shut up your lizard brain – ACTION!
12. “I said “Somebody should do something about that.” Then I realized I am somebody.” – Lily Tomlin
It’s so easy to look outside yourself but at what cost? It’s time to try something new. YOU are the somebody to make the difference.
13. “Either you run the day or the day runs you..” – Jim Rohn
14. “Leave your excuses and live your dreams!” – Paul F. Davis
I’ve said it before and I”ll say it again, excuses and explanations be damned! Go live the life you’ve imagined.
15. “We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever; the goal is to create something that does.” – Chuck Palahnik
I’m talking about your legacy. What are you working on that will live on and make a difference?
16. “Live with Fulfillment, Serve with Passion so in this Lifetime you will have the ability to Die with NO Regrets.” – Randy Gonzales
I have no idea who Randy Gonzales is, but I LOVE how he thinks!
17. “Only he who attempts the absurd is capable of achieving the impossible.” – Miguel de Unamuno
When was the last time you let yourself be absurd? Your dreams have been shelved in the recesses of your mind. Now’s the time to dust them off.
18. “The here and now is all we have, and if we play it right it’s all we’ll need.” – Ann Richards
19. “I’m always scared to death that I won’t do a role justice. But fear can be a great motivator.” – Hilary Swank
Stop fighting your fear and let it motivate you into action.
20. “Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.” – Wayne Dyer
21. “I want to put a ding in the universe.” – Steve Jobs
The world is waiting for YOUR ding. Go out there and give it!
And a bonus from me to you. . .
22. The problem with someday thinking is a year from now you’ll wish you’d started today.
Over to you:
1. Tell me how you’re crushing your someday thinking!
2. Share your favourite someday crushing quote in the comments.
LOVE! Perfect to start the week! thanks Sandi!! xo
Perfect to take on the day!
PS…I’m proud and honoured to be included. xo
I’ve seen other quotes similar but yours says it best 🙂
Awesomesauce!!
This quote, attributed to Benjamin Franklin really impacted me.
“Some people die at 25 and aren’t buried until 75.”
It made me get up and go for my dream.
xox
Wow, I haven’t seen that one before but I totally love it!!!
I totally love it too!
Sandi is strutting her anti-someday Lola stuff and doing her anti-someday dance! I love it!
I don’t have a quote, but I did stumble across something somewhere (don’t you like my grasp of details?) that said someday thinking was about believing that things would happen automagically. It was that word “automagically” that got me. Guilty as charged.
I’m crushing my someday thinking by reminding myself over and over how I felt the day I thought my life was about to end. I was SO devastated to think I had wasted my “one precious life” and would leave no legacy behind. I do NOT want to feel that way ever again, and most especially I don’t want to feel that way when my life is indeed about to end.
You my friend, are beyond someday thinking. Way beyond.
I’m crushing my sunday by installing the g****n kitchen sink that’s been sitting in my storage shed for months TODAY!
Woohoo! Sam against sink, I love it! And I’m sure Sam will win 😉
I like these. My struggle is with trying to balance chasing my heart against the responsibilities of being a father.
I’m not a parent Jack, but I do get the challenge. I think though it would be so inspiring for your kids to see their dad pursuing his dreams! What better lesson could a parent given their children?
Great selection of quotes Sandi……..I have taken” someday “out of my vocabulary and will see you in B.C. this year…..after I go to Disney with Sara, Rob and grandkids in Aug……have a wonderful vacation
xo
Susan
Yay Susan! So great to see you here 🙂
Banishing someday makes a huge difference. So glad you’ve joined the someday crushing club!
Loved this and 2., 5. and 8. are my favorites. Great inspiration to start a day/week/month.
Hehe, my favourite is mine 🙂
“The problem with someday thinking is a year from now you’ll wish you’d started today.”
Great quotes and thanks for sharing. Though I will say that sometimes, there is information in the waiting or the resistance to start something. And, if in the waiting, you choose nurturing over shaming or “should-ing,” you might actually be feeding your dreams. I loved #20 with regard to how you take any action, whether it’s waiting or acting. I so appreciate your voice and these timely reminders of gettin’ after it.
Yes, I agree about that aspect of waiting. The problem I see though is too many people waiting as a way to protect themselves from failure. But that protection keeps them from ever really pursuing their dreams.
The messages about ACTION speak the loudest to me right now – as there can only be so much planning before you realize you’re stuck in the “someday mentality”!
So I will crush my someday by doing – simple steps each and every day, slowly but surely integrate elements of my dream life into my reality.
Small steps taken consistently over time make all the difference.
Enjoyed reading these. One of my fav quotes is:
People are always asking about the good old days. I say, why don’t you say the good now days? ~Robert M. Young
@fsmum Never heard that one before and I love it! Thanks for sharing 🙂
5 years ago I wrote an article on a 3 year plan that I used to changed my career.
http://www.broowaha.com/articles/7515/find-your-path-stay-the-course
Totally love this butt kicking post. I always pull people up who say `Someday I’ll….” and say make that today. I also love `When would now be a good time to start?’ from Anthony Robbins
Totally love this butt kicking post. I always pull people up who say `Someday I’ll….” and say make that today. I also love `When would now be a good time to start?’ from Anthony Robbins
Great post ,
I love this quot …“Someday, we’ll run into each other again, I know it.Maybe I’ll be older and smarter and just plain better. If that happens,that’s when I’ll deserve you. But now, at this moment, you can’t hook your boat to mine, because I’m liable to sink us both.” ― Gabrielle Zevin