Kevin Systrom Quotes

If you change nothing, nothing will change.

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

Any action is often better than no action, especially if you have been stuck in an unhappy situation for a long time. If it is a mistake, at least you learn something, in which case it's no longer a mistake. If you remain stuck, you learn nothing.

The best way to start doing something is to start doing something.

You will never win if you never begin.

My decision to start a new one is just that, a decision, since I never get inspirations.

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 wait for something big to occur. Start where you are, with what you have, and that will always lead you into something greater.

Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.

I think if you have too much fear, you're never going to break ground or develop.

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.

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

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

Never mistake motion for action.

Never confuse motion with action.

You stand still, somebody might get close to you. I don't stand still much anymore.

There's no point stepping up to the golden platform if you're going to repeat yourself.

Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

Never confuse movement with action.

When you feel as though you can't do something, the simple antidote is action: Begin doing it. Start the process, even if it's just a simple step, and don't stop at the beginning.

It not knowing what to do, it's doing what you know.

I don't ever think about the roads I didn't take because I spend too much time thinking what's ahead. I don't go backwards.