Brandon Stanton Quotes

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.

The world is full of people who say, 'But I had that idea first,' but did they do anything about it? Nope, they sat on their bum dreaming.

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.

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

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

Move fast. A sense of urgency is the one thing you can develop that will separate you from everyone else. When you get a good idea, do it now.

talk was cheap and useless. Action was what mattered. And me, I was moving. Now, again, always.

Most people are fast to stop you before you get started but hesitate to get in the way if you're moving.

Ideas have a short shelf life. You must act on them before the expiration date.

The secret of getting things done is to act!

Delay is the enemy of progress.

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.

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

In winter, I plot and plan. In spring, I move.

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

You can have the best intentions in the world but if you do nothing, you are nothing.

...we need to stop plotting the course and instead just land the plane on our plans to make a difference by getting to the "do" part of faith.

The way to get ahead is to start now.

If it's important to you and you want to do it 'eventually', just do it and correct course along the way.

Successful people don’t wait for everything to be perfect to move forward.

The world's not going to wait for you. If you have an idea, put some effort behind it and get it out there.

If you have a good idea, get it out there. For every idea I’ve realized, I have ten I sat on for a decade till someone else did it first. Write it. Shoot it. Publish it. Crochet it, sauté it, whatever. MAKE.

Winners take imperfect action while losers are still perfecting the plan.

Just start Don't wait for perfection. Just start and let the work teach you.

My dreams are worthless, my plans are dust, my goals are impossible. All are of no value unless they are followed by action.