Jacky Rosen Quotes

Whenever you can take something positive and make something good out of it, that's what I'm all about.

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

There was so much that you could do, instead of looking for things that you couldn't do.

Action is the antidote to despair.

There is no power in cynicism. There is no forward thrust in cynicism.

Say and do something positive that will help the situation; it doesn't take any brains to complain.

I don't like people being negative, whining, or moaning. If you're in a situation you're not in control of, just change.

I was probably a naive youth, but I saw that I could make things happen.

There is always something we can be concerned about. The secret is to rise above it and do whatever we can to make the world a better place.

The only recognizable feature of hope is action.

If you believe that some day it's going to happen, some day it probably will happen. You just have to make sure you're there when it's happening, and ideally you're at the front of the parade, and the principle beneficiary of when it happens.

I think that we as a people are always prone to think about, well, tomorrow will be a better day. Well, why will it be a better day? And I think the more that we believe in doing things better, doing the right thing rather than hoping that that's going to happen, let's make it happen.

I'm not a person that just supports an issue; I go out and work for it.

It was only when I started to dig my heels in that I started to realize that's what I needed to do - that nobody was going to open the door for me, that I had to make some space.

I never worry about action, but only inaction.

I believe you have to make things happen.

The future starts today, not tomorrow.

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

So many young people say, 'I'm just going to see what happens.' It's so much more powerful to make things happen and have a plan.

I don't harp on the negative because if you do, then there's no progression. There's no forward movement. You got to always look on the bright side of things, and we are in control. Like, you have control over the choices you make.

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

You might as well go through life the way you want to. If what you want is to be engaged and forceful, to 'lean in,' well, do that.

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can't find them, make them.

Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.

My grandmother always used to tell me, if I had a problem, I was only allowed to complain for one second. Then I had to take action.