William Butler Yeats Quotes

Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.

Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.

Life just doesn't hand you things. You have to get out there and make things happen. that's the exciting part.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.

Be a doer and not a critic.

I'm the kind of person who doesn't wait for opportunities to fall from the sky.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

I don't believe that old cliche that good things come to those who wait. I think good things come to those who want something so bad they can't sit still.

You have to make it happen.

You have to put in an effort in everything that you do, and you cannot just sit around expecting something to happen.

I believe in not sitting down and taking it easy.

'Better do it than wish it done,' is a phrase ingrained in my mind.

There are two things you can do in politics: you can sit around waiting for things to happen, or you can start doing them.

To be successful, you have to be out there, you have to hit the ground running

Be a doer, not a stewer.

I just want to say, 'Go work! It doesn't matter what it is. Work begets work. Just go!'

I believe you have to make things happen.

You create your opportunities by asking for them.

Nothing's going to come to you by sitting around and waiting for it.

It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.

The world is full of people who say, 'But I had that idea first,' but did they do anything about it? Nope, they sat on their bum dreaming.

Forget about where you want to be and go out and build stuff. Dodgeball came from being bored at work... things happen because you make them happen. Stop sketching, and start building.

There's a difference between standing up and telling people what you're planning to do and standing up and going and accomplishing something.