Nia Vardalos Quotes

You don't get what you don't ask for

If I don't ask for something, I'm not going to get it.

When we don't ask for what we want and need, we discount ourselves.

It was only when I started to dig my heels in that I started to realize that's what I needed to do - that nobody was going to open the door for me, that I had to make some space.

If you're not actively involved in getting what you want, you don't really want it.

Become a fixer, not just a fixture.

You create your opportunities by asking for them.

You've got to ask! Asking is, in my opinion, the world's most powerful - and neglected - secret to success and happiness.

Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want.

The most you get is what you ask for.

If you don't ask, you don't get.

f you don't have a seat at the table, then bring a folding chair.

It took me almost wanting to retire to realize that you need to ask for what you need. Everybody needs something different, but whatever it is you need, you need to ask for it and figure out how to get it.

We're too complacent. We let things happen to us. And you don't have to let things happen to you. You can affect change.

I sometimes tell a director that I want to work with him. I tell him twice. After that if he still doesn't give me a call, I move on.

Don't just get involved. Fight for your seat at the table. Better yet, fight for a seat at the head of the table.

Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!

It’s never overreacting to ask for what you want and need.

If you want something, you don't wait for the world to deal it out for you. You take it.

One must dare to show what he wants. You have to go and ask for things rather than wait for them to happen.

"A closed mouth doesn't get fed." Oftentimes, we feel not worthy or we don't want to bother people. We forget to ask for help or what we need or would like. My grandmother used to say that quote to us as kids. It's kind of always stuck with me.

Don't sit and wait - For the world on a plate - (It's not a stroke of luck or chance) - Just draw a bead on that sucker, and drive!

You want to take action every day, not sit around waiting for something to happen.

Sometimes, we just have to be asked.

If you don't toot your own horn, don't complain that there's no music.