John Brennan Quotes

We are born to action; and whatever is capable of suggesting and guiding action has power over us from the first.

We need to give thought, but we also need to take action. You need to dream without just being a dreamer.

In the simplest terms, a leader is one who knows where she wants and gets up and goes.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

Thought is the parent of the deed.

Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.

Ideas do not count for much unless they change the lives of men.

The future requires action and not mere conversation.

Some talk change. Others cause it..

The motivation to do anything - like change your entire life around - doesn't just come from some magical, mystical place within you. Action is both the effect of motivation and the cause of it.

Reading is good, action is better.

Thought is the seed of action.

Whether it be the heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, or the hand to execute.

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

For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?

The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something.

Every action needs to be prompted by a motive.

Either move or be moved.

Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.

Everything we do, I'd imagine, influences everything we will do.

The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.

Action breeds inspiration more than inspiration breeds action.

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

Ideas won't keep; something must be done about them.

I don't like to talk about myself. I like to talk about stuff that's happening, stuff that's going to happen, and the people who are going to make it happen.