Clint Dempsey Quotes

Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act.

I'm the type of guy that likes to lead by example.

My father led by example. He wasn't much of a talker - he walked life.

I’m not a seat warmer. I want to get in there and make a difference.

Action is eloquence

Leadership is not what you said on the Senate floor. It’s not what you’ve said. It’s what you’ve done.

Nothing will change unless you talk about it.

I was quiet. If I really wanted to say something, I would. I just wasn't interested in saying anything.

If not me, who? And if not now, when?

When you have nothing to say, say nothing.

If you don't speak out now when it matters, when would it matter for you to speak out?

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

I'm not trying to influence anyone else; I'm not saying, 'Do what I do.' I think it's a little pretentious to say, 'I'm a role model'; I would never say that, and I don't think of myself that way.

I think people who go out and tell you how much they're gonna change things are the people who end up being just another whatever. I'm never trying to change anything. That's not for me.

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

Leadership is doing, not saying.

Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big.

I just want to lead by example.

I've always believed that talking about something is not the same as doing something about it.

It is our responsibility, but not burden, to be champions.

I love to talk. I love to share. I love to vent. But I prefer action.

Talk is cheap, but when you go out there and prove it - you're the first one to show up for practice, and you're the last to leave - that's how you lead by example.

You don't lead by lip service, you lead by example.

There's nothing to be gained from passive observance, the simple documenting of conditions, because, at its core, it sets a bad example. Every time something is observed and not fixed, or when one has a chance to give in some way and does not, there is a lie being told, the same lie we all know by heart but which needn't be reiterated.

Americans believe that if you know something, you should do something about it.