Grace Paley Quotes

Be a doer, not a stewer.

You have to make it happen.

If you really want to do something, go and do it; don't just talk about it.

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

'Better do it than wish it done,' is a phrase ingrained in my mind.

Instead of pondering about what if or what could have been, I'm just going to go out there and do.

Be a doer and not a critic.

Never confuse movement with action.

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

You have two alternatives. One: you can put your life on hold and wait for the phone to ring. Two: you run ahead as if your life depended on it.

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.

Don't make excuses and Don't talk about it. Do it.

The future requires action and not mere conversation.

You can't try to do things; you simply must do them.

I never worry about action, but only inaction.

I believe you have to make things happen.

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

Have the courage to act instead of react.

A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but he's not a man of action. You must act as you breathe.

This is a world of action, and not for moping and droning in.

It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

I don't like to talk about my dreams. I like to make them happen. I prefer to talk about them when they're done.

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

Don't talk of what you're "going to do!" Do it!