Edward Everett Hale Quotes

I am only one. But I am one. I cannot do everything. But I can do something. What I can do I ought to do. What I ought to do I will do

The cynic says, 'One man can't do anything.' I say, 'Only one man can do anything.'

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

Be a doer and not a critic.

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

If not me, who? And if not now, when?

I like motivational books, because I like the go-getting American spirit - your destiny is in your own hands, life is what you make it, don't accept your limitations, jump before you're pushed, leap before you look.

Realize that if you have time to whine and complain about something then you have the time to do something about it.

I think the future also will not belong to those who are cynical or those who stand on the sidelines.

While others prayed for the good time coming, I worked for it.

You don't have to be something to do something.

I don't believe in hope. I believe in action, if I'm an apostle of anything: There are always going to be complications, but to a large degree, everything is in your hands.

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.

I like to encourage people to realize that any action is a good action if it's proactive and there is positive intent behind it.

Try and understand what part you have to play in the world in which you live. There's more to life than you know and it's all happening out there. Discover what part you can play and then go for it.

The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.

We live in a world where action is what counts.

My parents always used to tell us not to complain about things but do something about them, so 'Can't is not an option' was almost a way of life.

The future starts today, not tomorrow.

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

Hold up a mirror and ask yourself what you are capable of doing, and what you really care about. Then take the initiative - don't wait for someone else to ask you to act.

There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says, 'Don't worry - everything will be just fine,' and that allows one to just lay back and do nothing about the problems around you. Then there's what we call dynamic optimism. That's an optimism based on action.

There was so much that you could do, instead of looking for things that you couldn't do.

Don't be a victim; if you want to make movies, make movies.