Sojourner Truth Quotes

Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.

Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.

Don't wait on perfect conditions for success to happen; just go ahead and do something!

Keep moving ahead because action creates momentum, which in turn creates unanticipated opportunities.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

Look at what you want to change, gather a few people who believe in it like you do, and start moving forward. It's important to remember that you don't always need a destination. Sometimes, you just have to make forward motion. And you absolutely can.

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

Inaction may be safe, but it builds nothing.

You must take the first step. The first steps will take some effort, maybe pain. But after that, everything that has to be done is real-life movement.

Those who stand at the threshold of life always waiting for the right time to change are like the man who stands at the bank of a river waiting for the water to pass so he can cross on dry land.

Things standing shall fall, but the moving ever shall stay

Each movement reminds us that every moment invites a new opportunity for change.

If we wait until we're ready, we'll be waiting for the rest of our lives.

Momentum,' She repeats. 'You can't just stand there if you want something to fly. You have to run.

A step in the wrong direction is better than staying on the spot all our life. Once you're moving forward you can correct your course as you go. Your automatic guidance system cannot guide you when you're standing still.

talk was cheap and useless. Action was what mattered. And me, I was moving. Now, again, always.

Nothing is ever solved, or created, by standing still. Movement is the process of the Universe. So move. Do something. Anything. But do not stand still. Do not fence sit. Put your foot down on one side or the other, swing the opposite leg over and start walking. You'll know before you take ten steps if you're going in the right direction.

Any action is better than no action at all.

The world will not wait for us.

I figured it out eventually," she says. She's sitting on the edge of the gurney again; her features slowly materialize as my vision clears. "It's momentum." "What?" I whisper. The feeling returning to my lips, spreading out to my fingertips and toes. "Momentum," she repeats. "You can't just stand there if you want something to fly. You have to run.

...what we need is action - action!

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

Opportunities multiply as they are seized.

You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.