Susan B. Anthony Quotes

The main thing is to make history, not to write it.

History is simply a piece of paper covered with print; the main thing is still to make history, not to write it.

Let’s make history.

I want to create a different kind of legacy.

I feel it's important to make a mark somewhere.

The world is blessed most by men who do things, and not by those who merely talk about them.

It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things.

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

Success is not about how much money we have in the bank, but it's about how many peoples' lives we have impacted through it. Success is experienced when we do things which are never done before.

If it doesn't start with you, it dies with you.

For me, leadership is making a difference. It's using your agency to bring about change.

President Barack Obama is a doer. And we in America will do big things with him.

Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than a great author. There are but two things worth living for: to do what is worthy of being written; and to write what is worthy of being read.

We didn’t make it perfect, but we did change the world.

Our world demands action, not passivity; actors and not mere spectators.

Those who say it can’t be done are usually interrupted by those who are doing it.

Great men don't 'move to the center' — great men move the center!

High office—whether elected, appointed, or simply taken—comes with power. But that is not a sufficient precondition for success. Among the world’s hundreds …, only a few really stand out for the risks that they have taken and the changes they have made

He who does something at the head of one Regiment, will eclipse him who does nothing at the head of a hundred.

Some talk change. Others cause it..

It was always my desire to strike new ground and help to lend weight where it was most required.

History will find some of you but not all of you. Because you can't know which of you will make history, you must do your best to be ready.

I rolled up my sleeves and said, 'I want to make a mark on this world.'

I want to be self-made and leave a mark.

You either make history or you don't.