Do you have a strong feeling that you can’t do it, but you are still being called to try it, to go after it, to make it happen? How many times has this happened in your life? How many times have you ignored the call to do something because you simply believed that you couldn’t do it? If you are like most people, you’ve probably had quite a few times where you stopped before you even really started to try.
Today is the day to stop all that nonsense. It’s time to stop talking yourself out of doing things you want and to start talking yourself into doing those things. Today is the day to start going after what you want. Today is the day to convince yourself that it is possible, with the help of these ‘you can do it quotes’. Read them, memorize them, write them down, and use them every time you need a kick in the butt to keep going after what you want.
1. You Can Do Anything They Can Do
“If someone can make their dream become a reality, it’s possible that you can make your dream become a reality.” – Les Brown
Whatever you want to do, there is a good chance that someone else has already done it. If someone else can achieve something, why can’t you? You have the ability to learn, practice, take action, and succeed just like they do, so why can’t you find success? There is absolutely no good answer to that. As long as you are willing to learn, develop your skills, and continuously take action on what you want, then you can do anything that anyone else has. It’s just a matter of doing the things that help you find the success.
2. How Do You Know You Can’t Do It?
“You don’t know what you can take until the pressure is applied to your life.” – TD Jakes
Are you sure, without a doubt, that you can’t do it? How exactly do you know that? Have you tried? Have you pushed yourself? Have you felt the pressure and kept going to learn what you are really capable of? If not, then you don’t know for sure. You are simply guessing that you can’t do it.
How about turning the tables and making a guess that you are capable of doing it. How about using these ‘you can do it quotes’ to remind yourself of why you are capable of doing it. Then you will move towards that pressure, get under it, and see exactly what you are made of.
3. Learn To Deal With The Fear
“Seeing these old pros, you know guys who had been doing it for fifty, sixty years, how they dealt with all the same stuff I felt, with all that fear and that flop sweat, I said maybe I can do this acting thing after all. – Jeff Bridges
This is a great lesson about going after the things you want. Jeff Bridges was trying to decide whether he wanted to act or not, and was facing a lot of fear that was holding him back, but when he saw that Robert Ryan – a long time actor – was sweating during a scene, he realized that it was a matter of just dealing with the fear, not getting over the fear.
Fear is what is holding you back from going after what you want, and until you learn to deal with it, you will always be held back in life. The good news is that everyone you already see out there doing it still has a sense of fear, and if they can do it despite their fear, so can you!
4. You Will Find A Way
“If the energy and the vibrational frequency is correct, is in sync, with what is to come your way… there is a space you create that allows that to happen.” – Oprah Winfrey
Who better to take ‘you can do it quotes’ from than Oprah? She is the champion of doing it despite what people tell her, and even despite what she tells herself. So, take a second to really consider this truth that she has discovered about going after what you want.
When you are an energetic match with what you want and what is coming your way, then a space will be created for it to happen. In other words, something will open up in your life, or you will open up and find a way to make it happen. Even if you don’t think you have the time, energy, or resources to make it happen, you will find a way if you want it bad enough and it was meant to be in your life.
5. You Are Worthy!
“Get out of your own way. You’re worthy of anything you know you can do well.” – Patti LaBelle
If you believe that you can do it, then you are worthy of it! All you have to do is get out of your own way and stop holding yourself back with fears, lies, and procrastination. Patti LaBelle also said “Don’t punk out,” when talking about going after an opportunity you want.
Think about the fact that she was part of the first African-American vocal group to hit the cover of Rolling Stone, among many other awesome achievements. Imagine how much she could have stood in her own way, but didn’t! So, the next time you start telling yourself that you can’t do it, try telling yourself not to punk out, because you are worthy of everything you do, despite what your critical voice is telling you or what other people think.
6. You Can Do It If It’s Right
“You know what’s right. Just do right.” – Maya Angelou
If it feels right, then you can do it. Why? Because, you wouldn’t get the feeling that it is right if you didn’t know, deep inside, that you are capable of it. When you know it’s right, and do it, it will satisfy your soul as Maya Angelou says. But, you have to do it first.
I have found that all successful people do what they know to be right. They follow their instinct, act on what they know they need to do, and the success follows. So, if it feels right, just do it, there is a good chance that you are going to come out on top!
7. Ask For More Out Of Life
“Life will pay any price you ask of it.” – Tony Robbins
This quote comes from Tony Robbins talking about a homeless man who asked him for a quarter, and only a quarter, despite Tony Robbins asking him if that was all he wanted. So, even though he had a few hundred dollar bills in his pocket, he gave the man what he asked for and told him that life will pay any price you ask of it.
What are you asking out of life? If you have a desire to do something, but your internal system is only asking for the bare minimum, do you think you are going to go after what you want? Why bother? You will tell yourself that you have to face your fears and what you have is good enough anyway, because you are only asking for the bare minimum.
It’s important to ask for more out of life. When you do, you will desire more, expect more, and start to tell yourself that you can do it. You will start to achieve the ‘more’ that you want to have. It will be harder to stay stuck accepting less in your life.
The trick is to ask for more with an internal strength. No whining or complaining, but a solid conviction that you deserve more. That conviction is what will force you to believe that you can do it.