Jim Steinman Quotes

You have to just dive over the edge. You haven't got time to mess about.

If I'm going for a shot, then I've just resolved to go for it and not think too much about it.

I thought in terms of the enthusiasm of doing it. I didn't think about whether I was ready.

When in doubt, do something.

Sometimes you just gotta be drop-kicked out of the nest.

When in doubt, do it.

We will not know unless we begin.

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

I'm impatient. I get twitchy. When I get that feeling I just go out and make something happen.

I'd much rather try and fail than talk about trying.

I realised that if I did what I wanted to do, it would work.

Things can fall apart, or threaten to, for many reasons, and then there's got to be a leap of faith. Ultimately, when you're at the edge, you have to go forward or backward; if you go forward, you have to jump together.

The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret.

I don't want to hope anymore. I don't think we should hope anymore. We hoped enough. Now we have to do. We all have to do now.

You’ve got to put your life on the line to show that you are part of the struggle.

Go! Go! Go! It makes no difference where, just so you go! Go! Go! Remember, at the first opportunity, go.

I always make a decision, even if it's the wrong one. I hate being confused.

Why not have fun, man? If I feel like doing something, I just go ahead and do it.

I believe one is not going to get anywhere by sitting and planning too much. The point is to keep doing, and what will happen will happen.

I am not an adventurer or a writer, I am a person who thinks life is too short and if there is something you fancy doing you should have a go and see how far you get.

If you haven't done something yet, and you want to do it, start now!

If I'd learnt one thing from travelling, it was that the way to get things done was to go ahead and do them. Don't talk about going to Borneo. Book a ticket, get a visa, pack a bag, and it just happens.

If we really want to live, we'd better start at once to try.

So the first step out of childhood is made all at once, without looking before or behind, without caution, and nothing held in reserve.

Complaining is silly. Either act or forget.