Charlie Austin Quotes

I just never wanted to be too much in the background. I always wanted to be a part of things.

Have you considered that if you don't make waves, nobody including yourself will know that you are alive?

In life, you either watch TV or you do TV. I told my daughters that the only way you're going to make it in this business is to get in the game. That's the biggest advice I can give them.

If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd.

What is the one-sentence summary of how you change the world? Always work hard on something uncomfortably exciting!

I've always looked for challenges, and I have found plenty.

Wherever there is an opportunity is where you will find me.

I'm looking to try to do more out there and just taking advantage of the opportunities that I've been given.

I think a lot of young people have incredible ideas and incredible insights, but sometimes they wait before they go give their life to something. What I did was just to start a little earlier.

When I find a role I want to play, I just go after it.

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

Those who speak up, those who use their connections, are more likely to succeed than those who sit and wait.

If you have a vision, do something with it.

When it comes down to it, at the end of the day, I need more out of my life and I need to push myself harder. And if at the end of the day I don't have it, then I don't have it, but at least I'm going to put myself out there. If I fail, I'm going to fail terrifically.

I just try to take the best opportunities that I can get.

I think you kind of have to put yourself out there.

I like to dream, but I like to make things happen.

If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It's much easier to apologize than it is to get permission.

You have to really be courageous about your instincts and your ideas. Otherwise you'll just knuckle under, and things that might have been memorable will be lost.

I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of his time at peril of being judged not to have lived.

My dad always taught me to never be satisfied: to want more and know that what is done is done. That was his way of seeing the game. You've done it, now move on. People might say, 'Well, when can you enjoy it?' But it worked for me because, in the game, you need to be on your toes.

I noticed, when I taught elementary school, how true the squeaky wheel thing is, and how endearing squeaky wheels can be! Because when you're being a squeaky wheel, you're also really letting people know who you are.

I think voters appreciate that I'm not sitting in the back row, waiting for my turn.

So I picked a field where I had a little exposure. Where I thought I could have an enormous challenge, and have a chance to really do some good, to be a pioneer in an area, and not just be like everyone else.

Challenges give me a kick. The day I stop getting challenges, I would quit.