Roger von Oech Quotes

The two important things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult part of any endeavor is taking the first step, making the first decision.

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

You tend to regret the things you haven't done.

The past explains how I got here, but the future is up to me - and I love to live life at full throttle.

I believe you have to make things happen.

One has to take initiative in life to achieve what he or she wants.

You create your opportunities by asking for them.

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.

I started with the firm conviction that when I came to the end, I wanted to be regretting the things that I had done, not the things I hadn't.

I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.

I firmly believe that life is an 'and' proposition and not an 'or' one. If you really love something, you just have to try it. The worse that can happen is that you'll be told 'no.'

Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.

If you don't make things happen then things will happen to you.

'Postcards' was just a way of slapping myself in the face and saying, 'You can do anything! Just go for it!'

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

I believe in following opportunities.

I never regret making a decision.

If not now, then when ? If not you, then who ?

Nothing happens until you decide.

If you don't act on life, life will act on you

If you don't hurry up and let life know what you want, life will damned soon show you what you'll get.

Take action. Every story you've ever connected with, every leader you've ever admired, every puny little thing that you've ever accomplished is the result of taking action. You have a choice. You can either be a passive victim of circumstance or you can be the active hero of your own life.

Expect change. Analyze the landscape. Take the opportunities. Stop being the chess piece; become the player. It's your move.

Life gives us choices. You either grab on with both hands and just go for it, or you sit on the sidelines.

Taking initiative is a form of self-empowerment.