Joan Severance Quotes

The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.

Any action is often better than no action, especially if you have been stuck in an unhappy situation for a long time. If it is a mistake, at least you learn something, in which case it's no longer a mistake. If you remain stuck, you learn nothing.

The important thing is that when you come to understand something you act on it, no matter how small that act is. Eventually it will take you where you need to go.

It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.

The future begins today.

It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You cannot make progress without making decisions.

I achieved what I want to achieve and I want to continue doing something else.

At times, you need to be forceful to get things that are stuck unstuck.

The future starts today, not tomorrow.

There's been a big void out there, in terms of where I've been and what I am currently working on, I'd like to fill that void now and share my exciting plans for the future.

Looking back isn't going to help you. Moving forward is the thing you have to do.

Dream small dreams. If you make them too big, you get overwhelmed and you don't do anything. If you make small goals and accomplish them, it gives you the confidence to go on to higher goals.

Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.

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

If you are not making the progress that you would like to make and are capable of making, it is simply because your goals are not clearly defined.

I really started trying to get my act together in August of 2002.

Don't wait for something big to occur. Start where you are, with what you have, and that will always lead you into something greater.

Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.

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.

We just have to go to that next class, read that next chapter, help that next person. You simply have to do that next good thing, and before you know it, you're living a good life.

A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow. Don't wait for an inspired ending to come to mind. Work your way to the ending and see what comes up.

The future requires action and not mere conversation.

My only advice would be to someone right now, is if you're in a position in your life where you need to make a change, this is the best time.

Chasing after the past is not going to lead you to the future you want.

I can't keep sitting on the bench and letting my life go on, smoking a cigar and not doing anything. It's not me. I want to be playing football.