Mary Manin Morrissey Quotes

The future starts today, not tomorrow.

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

Begin to free yourself at once by doing all that is possible with the means you have, and as you proceed in this spirit the way will open for you to do more.

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.

Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.

Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.

The future requires action and not mere conversation.

Hope is a start. But hope needs action to win victories.

If you change nothing, nothing will change.

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

Opportunities multiply as they are seized.

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.

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

A man must make his opportunity, as oft as find it.

Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.

When you feel as though you can't do something, the simple antidote is action: Begin doing it. Start the process, even if it's just a simple step, and don't stop at the beginning.

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

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

Take a small step in the direction of a dream and watch the synchronous doors flying open

Most of us go through life as failures, because we are waiting for the 'time to be right' to start doing something worthwhile. Do not wait. The time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.

Everyone has ideas. They may be too busy or lack the confidence or technical ability to carry them out. But I want to carry them out. It is a matter of getting up and doing it.

Be a doer, not a stewer.

You get given an opportunity, and that is the jumping board; from there you have to build your own path.

Use the losses and failures of the past as a reason for action, not inaction.

Rather than wait to be discovered, discover yourself. Whatever it is that you intend to do later, start doing it now, get good at it, and show people what you've done. Actions speak louder than words.