Honore de Balzac Quotes

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

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

You have to make it happen.

I believe in not sitting down and taking it easy.

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

Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.

If you want to do things, do things.

The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation.

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

Be a doer, not a stewer.

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

Be a doer and not a critic.

I believe you have to make things happen.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

Life just doesn't hand you things. You have to get out there and make things happen. that's the exciting part.

Awareness without action is worthless.

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.

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.

If you don't make things happen then things will happen to you.

The future requires action and not mere conversation.

If you sit around and wait for things to happen, they're not going to happen the way you want.

It's one thing to speak about it and another to actually do something about it.

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

I never worry about action, but only inaction.

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