Seth Godin Quotes

The opportunity of a lifetime is to pick yourself. Quit waiting to get picked; quit waiting for someone to give you permission; quit waiting for someone to say you are officially qualified... and pick yourself.

I make my own opportunities no matter what.

Our cultural instinct is to wait to get pickedNo one is going to pick you. Pick yourself.

If you want something, you can't wait for someone to make it happen for you.

I've never been the guy to sit back and wait until someone approved something I was passionate about.

I'm constantly reminding myself that the world owes us nothing. We have to make our way and we have to work hard, persevere and make our own way in the world because the world isn't waiting for us, so let's let the world know we are here.

we cant wait for someone else to do it, we have to take matters into our own hands or it will never be done.

Girlfriend, if you're waiting for a fairy godmother to show up with a dress and a ride, you're not going to make it to the party.

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

If someone else isn't making it happen for you, make it happen yourself.

I can honestly say that I've done everything I've wanted to do, always. Not without difficulty. But every time I wanted to do something, I just did it, from the age of 18 when I started my own theater with my friends. When I decided I wanted to act. I just bit the bullet.

Don't wait for someone to call you up. You can do anything. You have all the possibilities in the world.

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

I'm the type of person that doesn't like to wait for people to do things for me, and I never want to feel stuck. Why sit around and be like, 'I wish my label would book me some studio time,' if I can just buy my own studio equipment and figure out how to run Pro Tools and record it myself?

God helps those who help themselves.

You can make your own way. It's about getting out there and not letting rejection get you down.

The thing I hate most in acting is asking permission to do things. What you really want to do is say, 'This is my need; this is what's going to get me further; this is what's going to be alive. I don't ever say, 'Do you mind if...?' I just come in and do it.

You shouldn't wait for other people to make special things happen. You have to create your own memories.

If no one's doing the creative work that you want to do, do it yourself.

I would say to someone, 'Make your own stuff sooner.' Also, it's OK to say no to something if it doesn't feel right.

The gods help them that help themselves.

If you want to do something, just do it. No one is going to do it for you.

Years ago I learned to be totally responsible for Dionne Warwick. I will not wait for opportunities. I will create them.

For me, nothing is given.

I won't sit in the corner, crying, waiting for people to give me things: things do not just fall from the sky.