Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes

In my opinion, a master is morally obliged to seize every sort of opportunity and to try to solve the problems of the position without fear of some simplifications.

I'm practical. I see something, and I do it.

We will not duck the tough issues, we will lead.

He (Joe Morgan) knew when something needed to be done, and he'd do it.

Great presidents, and even those not so great, never complained about the hands they were dealt. Just the opposite. They assumed they were in the big chair to meet big challenges, no matter how difficult.

Decisiveness is a characteristic of high-performing men and women. Almost any decision is better than no decision at all.

A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but he's not a man of action. You must act as you breathe.

I've never understood why some people hesitate before diving into unfamiliar tasks or activities. I couldn't imagine wanting more instructions about anything.

When you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.

So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don't sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late.

What I respect as far as in myself and in others is the spirit of just doing it. For better or worse, it may work and it may not, but I'm going to go for it. Ultimately I probably prefer to be respected for that than whether it works out or not, either winning or losing.

I think I take on a little more responsibility when push comes to shove. I'm not scared to fail.

I am the type of person who just gets on with whatever life throws at you. I have a 'do first, worry later' kind of attitude.

When you see something that needs to be done, you do it.

I'm the type of person that if I feel strongly about something and if I really want to do something, I'm just gonna do it. And if it works out, amazing, and it's like 'I told you so,' but if it doesn't work out, that's fine.

If I can do something, I do it. If not, I give the ball to someone else.

I think a great entrepreneur is learning every day. An entrepreneur is somebody that doesn't take no for an answer - they're going to figure something out. They also take responsibility. They don't blame anybody else. And they're dreamers in one sense but they're also realistic and they take affordable steps when they can.

When there is an issue, I approach it and hit it head on. I speak the truth. If I do something wrong, then I own it.

We'd never get anything fixed to suit us if we waited for things to suit us before we started.

A person filled with gumption doesn’t sit about stewing about things. He’s at the front of the train of his own awareness, watching to see what’s up the track and meeting it when it comes. That’s gumption. If you’re going to repair a motorcycle, an adequate supply of gumption is the first and most important tool. If you haven’t got that you might as well gather up all the other tools and put them away, because they won’t do you any good.

There's nothing that America can't handle if we actually look squarely at the problem. ...Change depends on our actions.

Don't moan, don't whine, don't blame. Just get on with it.

I'm not a "what if." I want to just do it, try it, give it my all, and if it's not meant to be, I can accept that. But I had to do it.

I like things to happen, and if they don't happen I like to make them happen.

I engage and after that I see what to do.