Gary McCord Quotes

If you want to bring change to any field, beat away at a problem until you solve it.

What I've learned is that real change is very, very hard. But I've also learned that change is possible - if you fight for it.

Change is hard and requires constant struggle and determination.

Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power.

I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can't be done. I deem that the very best time to make the effort.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

It is human nature, especially as we get older, to look for stability in our lives. But if you want to be a successful entrepreneur, you have to fight against that somewhat, as starting a business requires movement. You cannot stay still.

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

There will be some things I do well and things I do wrong. But I keep coming. Playing with heart. That's going to help me continue to grow.

What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always the same step, but you have to take it.

In order to implement your convictions you must win.

Most of the time, women believe that what lies ahead is a precipice. Whereas, if you continue to drive and stay on the path, the road will open up in front of you, and you will reach your destination. You don't need to turn around and abandon the journey.

You never, ever give up the chance to change things, ever, no matter how hard it is. If you're elected, and have got the opportunity to make a difference, you take it.

If you want to go for the title, you go for the title, and you fight. You don't run away; you fight.

Just because we cannot see clearly the end of the road, that is no reason for not setting out on the essential journey. On the contrary, great change dominates the world, and unless we move with change we will become its victims.

Get yourself out. Be brave. Don't leave before you're ready, because you should know that you tried everything. So there's a conviction and a confidence when you step away from something that may or may not be conducive to your life. I think if you run away too quickly, you're going to have that "Oh God, did I try everything?" feeling. Try everything. Make it work. Do everything you can. If it's not working, then know when the signal is and move on. Change. Try something different.

Can we somehow muster the courage and steadfastness of purpose that characterized the pioneers of a former generation? Can you and I, in actual fact, be pioneers [today]?

Every success story is a tale of constant adaption, revision and change.

There are some things in life that are worth fighting for to the end.

If you want change, you've got to stick with it.

Don't take counsel of your fears or naysayers.

We must find opportunities to make change happen - we must not tire, we must not give up, we must persist.

There are going to be times when we can't wait for somebody. Now, you're either on the bus or off the bus. If you're on the bus, and you get left behind, then you'll find it again. If you're off the bus in the first place — then it won't make a damn.

Change is the nature of life but challenge is the future of life. So challenge the changes. Never change the challenges.

We cannot afford to be idle. To act on a bad idea is better than to not act at all. Because the worth of the idea never becomes apparent until you do it. Sometimes this idea can be the smallest thing in the world, a little flame that you hunch over and cup with your hand, and pray will not be extinguished by all the storm that howls about it. If you could hold onto that flame, great things could construct around it, that are massive and powerful and world changing, all held up by the tiniest of ideas.