Seth Godin Quotes

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

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

But the cure for most obstacles is, Be decisive.

A regret for the mistakes of yesterday must not, however, blind us to the tasks of today.

I used to try to write around the edges, but now I try to walk a more direct line.

It's important for me to be aggressive and not defer.

You can blame people who knock things over in the dark or you can begin to light candles. You're only at fault if you know about the problem and choose to do nothing.

Error is better than apathy. Error can be corrected in time to change the outcome. Apathy is seldom corrected until it is too late.

If you want change, you have to make it. If we want progress we have to drive it.

Whoever hesitates while waiting for ideas to triumph among the masses before initiating revolutionary action will never be a revolutionary... Humanity will, of course, change; human society will, of course, continue to develop - in spite of men and the errors of men. But that is not a revolutionary attitude.

I am all for changing, even if mistakes are made in the process. Mistakes do not matter.

A step in the wrong direction is better than staying on the spot all our life. Once you're moving forward you can correct your course as you go. Your automatic guidance system cannot guide you when you're standing still.

What, then, is the true Gospel of consistency? Change. Who is the really consistent man? The man who changes. Since change is the law of his being, he cannot be consistent if he stick in a rut.

The future isn't so much about absorbing or tolerating change, it's about making change.

By changing the way you do routine things you allow a new man to grow inside you.

#1 Never Get Used to Anything.

If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.

The reality is that changes are coming... They must come. You must share in bringing them.

To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.

Everyone knows that not all change is good or even necessary. But in a world that is constantly changing, it is to our advantage to learn how to adapt and enjoy something better.

If you want to be clear, act.

If you don't take change by the hand, it will take you by the throat.

Either you vegetate and look out a window, or activate and try to effect change.

If you ask me, when something extraordinary shows up in your life in the middle of the night, you give it a name and make it the best home you can.

If you were starting over today, what would you do differently? Whatever your answer, start doing it now.