Grace Hopper Quotes

When it gets down to it you just have to act.

So many young people say, 'I'm just going to see what happens.' It's so much more powerful to make things happen and have a plan.

Have the courage to act instead of react.

I'd rather regret doing something than not doing something.

If you don't make things happen then things will happen to you.

It's better to act and to regret / Than to regret not to have acted

Be a doer, not a stewer.

Be a doer and not a critic.

I think a lot of young people have incredible ideas and incredible insights, but sometimes they wait before they go give their life to something. What I did was just to start a little earlier.

In order to succeed... you have to put a stake in the ground.

I believe you have to make things happen.

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

Don't wait. If it's not right, move on.

I don't get into these long-winded heavy discussions about character - do we do this or that or what. At the end of the day, what you gotta do is just go out there and do it.

You might as well go through life the way you want to. If what you want is to be engaged and forceful, to 'lean in,' well, do that.

If you want to do things, do things.

Forget about where you want to be and go out and build stuff. Dodgeball came from being bored at work... things happen because you make them happen. Stop sketching, and start building.

Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea.

You have to make it happen.

If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd.

Sorry; I have no space left for advice. Just do it.

If you don't ask, you don't get.

The future requires action and not mere conversation.

If you feel like it's going to work, do it. If it doesn't, get out as quick as you can.

I try to lead. I do not follow.