Andy Wells Quotes

The world is blessed most by men who do things, and not by those who merely talk about them.

I'm not about talking and finger-pointing and complaining. I'm about getting things done.

A life which does not go into action is a failure.

You have to be willing to offend in order to make progress.

That is what leadership is all about: staking your ground ahead of where opinion is and convincing people, not simply following the popular opinion of the moment.

There are some people, you know, they think the way to be a big man is to shout and stomp and raise hell-and then nothing ever really happens. I'm not like that I never shoot blanks.

I am no advocate of passivity.

Nobody made a greater mistake as he who did nothing because he could not do everything

I have always stuck my neck out on policy issues.

It's only those who do nothing that make no mistakes, I suppose.

We live in a world where action is what counts.

There are many persons ready to do what is right because in their hearts they know it is right. But they hesitate, waiting for the other fellow to make the make the first move - and he, in turn, waits for you.

The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you can only do a little. Do what you can.

It is impossible to get anything made or accomplished without stepping on some toes; enemies are inevitable when one is a doer.

Any supervisor worth his salt would rather deal with people who attempt too much than with those who try too little.

Never mistake motion for action.

Never confuse motion with action.

If an individual wants to be a leader and isn't controversial, that means he never stood for anything.

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

There's always opposition when you do something big. I do many things that are controversial. When people see it, they love it!

Speak less but act more.

You can't operate a company by fear, because the way to eliminate fear is to avoid criticism. And the way to avoid criticism is to do nothing.

I am a leader. Leaders always get heat. They're always going against the grain. Jimi Hendrix got heat; Bob Marley got heat; Miles Davis got heat. Every great artist got heat. Heat means you're doing something right.

We cannot look backwards. What we have to do is raise our heads, look forward, roll up our sleeves and work.

You have to have sharp elbows if you want to change something.