Bobby Knight Quotes

All I can do is to try and make the future better.

You don't have to be one of those people that accepts things as they are. Every day, take responsibility for changing them right where you are.

There is always something we can be concerned about. The secret is to rise above it and do whatever we can to make the world a better place.

It isn't useful to curse the darkness; instead light your candle and let your light shine.

I did not want to later look back in my life and say, 'Why would you not make times change?'

In difficult times, it's important to speak up. We cannot change the past, but we can impact the future.

As long as we can imagine a better path, of course we are obligated to seek it. This is why unwarranted pessimism about our future is actually irresponsible.

Don't get cynical. Don't ever think you can't make a difference.

It can be done, but you have to make it happen.

If you go out and make some things happen, you will fill the world with hope.

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.

If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time.

I really struggle with that feeling of helplessness. That's why I really try to get my blogs, and even myself, to point to the positive and look at all the inspiring things that are happening.

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

I can't change the past, but one person can change the future - anything can happen.

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

They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves.

Action is the antidote to despair.

If you want something, you can't wait for someone to make it happen for you.

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

I believe people are fundamentally good and want to find things that make life better for themselves. There are social dynamics for people that work, and there are ones that are pathological. But beneath every 'no' lays a 'yes' that had never been broken. I put my life-faith in that.

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.

Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.

I can't change history, I don't want to change history. I can only change the future. I'm working on that.

You have to make it happen.