Tim Ferriss Quotes

You have to believe 100 percent in what you're doing, that some picture or some thing we do is going to change the world in some tiny, minute way.

In life, there's the beginning and the end. The beginning don't matter. The end don't matter. All that matters is what you do in between – whether you're prepared to do what it takes to make change. There has to be physical and material sacrifice. When all the dust settles and we're getting ready to play down for the ninth inning, the greatest reward is to know that you did your job when you were here on the planet.

You could have the world in the palm of your hand, but it don't mean a thing 'til you change it.

Have I ever written anything that has really changed something? What I believe is that you can't change anything without using art. I believe that the drops wear away the stone. I try to be part of that army.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

You have to have sharp elbows if you want to change something.

What I've learned is that if you stay focused and believe and actually walk the walk, anything is possible.

You never, ever give up the chance to change things, ever, no matter how hard it is. If you're elected, and have got the opportunity to make a difference, you take it.

In difficult times, it's important to speak up. We cannot change the past, but we can impact the future.

Hope is not a lottery ticket you can sit on the sofa and clutch, feeling lucky. It is an axe you break down doors with in an emergency. Hope should shove you out the door, because it will take everything you have to steer the future away from endless war, from the annihilation of the earth's treasures and the grinding down of the poor and marginal. To hope is to give yourself to the future - and that commitment to the future is what makes the present inhabitable.

Breathe, believe, and battle.' My former coach, Troy Tanner, told us that before each match. Breathe-be in the moment. Believe-have faith that you can rise above it. Battle-you gotta be prepared to go for as long as it takes.

That's my thing - keep filled with faith. Keep doing what you can do and I believe God will do what you can't do.

I will not close my eyes, neither those in my head nor those in my soul, as the ship carries me away, along with my future, my dreams, and my beliefs. Buru Island is no happy land somewhere; it's but a way station on my journey in life—though to believe even that much will require no small measure of hope.

The world doesn’t need another opinion, they need another person taking action. So I take action because I see the call and respond.

I believe persistence is a major key to success in any great endeavor. I want to remind folks to PERSIST in whatever they are tackling at the moment!

I believe it will take time to find a solution to the problem. Thus we must have patience.

My gift is execution; when I decide I'm going to do something, I'll stop at nothing to do it. Along the way, you take a lot of risks and go for it, but you have to believe in it. You gotta believe in your idea, and lucky for me, I found a lot of success in that.

They ask me if I'm going to quit. I thought we were just getting started. We have a revolution to fight, a country to change.

No critic ever changed the world.

Walls don't fall without effort.

I've accrued a kind of patience, I believe, loosely like change.

In the world today , it’s easy to quit. I believe in putting up the fight.

Alive or dead, the truth won't rest. Rise up while you can.

Be sure that you make a difference in the world.

...and we'll see what happens when we say Yes while this rigor mortis world screams No.