Simone de Beauvoir Quotes

My only advice would be to someone right now, is if you're in a position in your life where you need to make a change, this is the best time.

It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You cannot make progress without making decisions.

The only things you regret are the things you don't do.

If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree.

I did not want to later look back in my life and say, 'Why would you not make times change?'

Any action is often better than no action, especially if you have been stuck in an unhappy situation for a long time. If it is a mistake, at least you learn something, in which case it's no longer a mistake. If you remain stuck, you learn nothing.

I believe that if you'll just stand up and go, life will open up for you.

Sometimes the things you decide not to do are actually the biggest things to do in your career.

The important thing is that when you come to understand something you act on it, no matter how small that act is. Eventually it will take you where you need to go.

I haven't lived a perfect life. I have regrets. But that's from a lifetime of taking chances, making decisions, and trying not to be frozen. The only thing that I can do with my regrets is understand them.

It's all right to hesitate if you then go ahead.

You can't change what happened. But you can still change what will happen.

I'm an incurable optimist, and I'm a great believer in never looking back. Life is too short, and new challenges are exciting.

People who live in the past generally are afraid to compete in the present. I've got my faults, but living in the past is not one of them. There's no future in it.

Don't settle for what life gives you; make life better and build something.

I can't change history, I don't want to change history. I can only change the future. I'm working on that.

I just made the decision that I was going to try comedy, and if didn't work, then I knew it didn't work. Then I would go back and do whatever. But at least I wouldn't torture myself the rest of my life, wondering whatever would have happened.

There was a period in my life when I would say no, and I didn't know why I was saying no. In most cases, it was out of fear, just trying to be safe. Because 'no' will keep you safe. 'No' won't draw attention to you. But all the cool things are on the other side of 'Yes, And.'

You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear.

Sorry; I have no space left for advice. Just do it.

You think that life is fire, that progress is eruption, that wherever you shoot you hit the future. No.

The future requires action and not mere conversation.

The only regrets I have are things I didn't do.

Don't wait for the perfect time to start making changes to your life; the time is now.

If you change nothing, nothing will change.