Robert Half Quotes

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

The world is full of people who say, 'But I had that idea first,' but did they do anything about it? Nope, they sat on their bum dreaming.

Forget about where you want to be and go out and build stuff. Dodgeball came from being bored at work... things happen because you make them happen. Stop sketching, and start building.

Ideas won't keep; something must be done about them.

Be a doer, not a stewer.

If you don't execute your ideas, they die.

Everyone who's ever taken a shower has an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference.

A dream will not become an innovation if there is no realization.

Don't make excuses and Don't talk about it. Do it.

An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.

I've always been comfortable thinking things through and doing it, more or less, my way. You can be as creative as you want, but if you're... unwilling to work on the details, to see those put into action, then creativity is just dreams, or worse, hallucinations.

If you really want to do something, go and do it; don't just talk about it.

It's not the dreaming, it's the doing.

Ready, fire, aim. Do it! Make it happen! Action counts. No one ever sat their way to success.

Be a doer and not a critic.

Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.

Ideas are easy. It's the execution of ideas that really separates the sheep from the goats.

Nothing's going to come to you by sitting around and waiting for it.

If you want to do things, do things.

If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It's much easier to apologize than it is to get permission.

This is a world of action, and not for moping and droning in.

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.

When you come up with a good idea, you don't have to do a whole lot. The idea does it for you.

I prefer doing things rather than sitting around talking about doing things.