Jacqueline Novogratz Quotes

Don't wait for perfection before you start. Start somewhere so you can have something tangible you can work to perfect.

Ideas won't keep; something must be done about them.

Do not imagine that you have to know everything before you can do anything. My own best work was done when I was most ignorant.

If you have an idea, immediately move on it. To start that fire and get it burning immediately...it's everything.

The secret of making progress is to get started.

Don't wait until you are perfect to change the world.

Just start. You will learn so many lessons just by doing.

Instead of waiting for perfection, run with what you've got, and fix it as you go.

Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect.

The secret of getting things done is to act!

Anything you can do needs to be done, so pick up the tool of your choice and get started.

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

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.

Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.

Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea.

I've always been comfortable thinking things through and doing it, more or less, my way. You can be as creative as you want, but if you're... unwilling to work on the details, to see those put into action, then creativity is just dreams, or worse, hallucinations.

A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow. Don't wait for an inspired ending to come to mind. Work your way to the ending and see what comes up.

You don't have to have a great art idea - just get to work and something will happen. So that's pretty much my modus operandi and pretty much my principal position, such as it is.

I think it's also important to show that failure is a part of the process. It can sometimes be the end goal. People are very obsessed with building useful things and I think often that also stops people from getting started.

Nothing would have been accomplished if I didn't start in Newfoundland.

Good ideas are a dime a dozen. It's what you do with them that counts.

If you want to get anything done, you have to start somewhere.

Done is better than perfect.

Here is an old Oriental proverb: *A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.* It is difficult to anticipate just how a situation will develop in every detail until you take a step forward and try out your present equipment. Then, if weaknesses appear, you will have clues as to how to strengthen your resources. No scheme or plan is perfect. Perfection is a process, not an end.

Stop asking, start doing.