Austin O'Malley Quotes

When you can't wait for your ship to come in, you've got to row out to it.

The world's not going to wait for you. If you have an idea, put some effort behind it and get it out there.

I would rather fail trying than succeed at doing nothing.

Are you waiting for success to arrive, or are you going out to find where it is hiding?

To be successful, you have to be out there, you have to hit the ground running

No one ever accomplished anything great sitting down.

There is no excuse for not trying.

Determination and perseverance move the world; thinking that others will do it for you is a sure way to fail.

Better to work and fail than to sleep one's life away.

Opportunity rarely knocks on your door. Knock rather on opportunity's door if you ardently wish to enter.

Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.

Nothing's going to come to you by sitting around and waiting for it.

Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.

Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.

I don't believe that old cliche that good things come to those who wait. I think good things come to those who want something so bad they can't sit still.

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.

Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent.

The American dream does not come to those who fall asleep.

I just have to keep working hard and keep pushing for my chance.

I try to seize every opportunity I can.

Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them.

I think you have to try and fail a little bit, because you learn how badly you want it.

Once the opportunities knock on your door, you've got to try and go get them. If it doesn't happen, it doesn't happen. But at the same time, you've got to keep going.

Those who dare to try what others only dream of - never fail to discover that real effort is always rewarded.

Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.