Leslie Mann Quotes

So many fail because they don't get started - they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin.

I'd be more frightened by not using whatever abilities I'd been given. I'd be more frightened by procrastination and laziness.

The moment you feel yourself hesitate on something you know you should do, count 5-4-3-2-1 to activate your prefrontal cortex and interrupt the habit of overthinking, self-doubt, and fear.

Don't let yourself make excuses for not doing the things you want to do.

I kind of waited for opportunities to be handed to me. I think I was lazy, and when things didn't go right, I just said, 'Oh well.'

I think the biggest advice that I could give people is to actually try and live beyond your dreams by pushing yourself, challenging yourself to do things a little bit outside of your comfort zone.

Too many times we just think about our ideas, and we let people convince us not to do it.

My major regret in life is not going to university, though not for the qualification I would have gained. People I know who went there have a working method where they sit down and get something done; they know how to start and get on with things. I will do anything to avoid getting on with stuff.

I don't know how I can be so ambitious and so lazy at the same time.

I'm learning skills I will use for the rest of my life by doing homework...procrastinating and negotiation.

Most people spend their entire lives on a fantasy island called 'Someday I'll.'

I'm lazy but generally task oriented so having a hoop to jump through means eventually I'll make the effort.

Well I think a lot of times we're putting things off and I'm going to do it later. I'm going to break this bad habit or I'm going to pursue this dream or I'm going to treat my spouse better.

I am growing and learning. There's so much more that I want to accomplish and do. I'm gonna do it at whatever pace it happens. I'm not trying to rush anything or slow anything down.

This is the question I want everyone to ask yourself every single day when you come up with something you feel that needs to be done: if not now, then when? And if not me, then who?

Oh, I must be ambitious, mustn't I? I'm sure I always have been. I think you can only get away with pretending you're not for so long. After that, it becomes ridiculous.

Don't wish for someone else to do later what you can do now.

I was always interested in doing it, but I was so content with my life that I didn't really go after it.

I'm a slow starter.

The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted.

Turning pro is a mindset. If we are struggling with fear, self-sabotage, procrastination, self-doubt, etc., the problem is, we're thinking like amateurs. Amateurs don't show up. Amateurs crap out. Amateurs let adversity defeat them. The pro thinks differently. He shows up, he does his work, he keeps on truckin', no matter what.

Sometimes I think I could have got some better results if I had a different mentality; if I could have pushed hard and attacked. But then I would have had a good chance of making a mistake.

Something I should have achieved quite easily took me a long time to get around to.

Learning how to learn is the most precious thing we have in life.

There're so many things I want to do, like become more media savvy. I am too lazy. But I'm making an effort.