Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action.

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

There's a difference between standing up and telling people what you're planning to do and standing up and going and accomplishing something.

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

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

You have to make it happen.

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

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

Be a doer, not a stewer.

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

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

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.

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

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

I'm not going to win games by talking about it. Just by doing it.

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.

Be a doer and not a critic.

It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.

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.

I like to get my hands dirty. Talk is cheap.

Don't make excuses and Don't talk about it. Do it.

Doing leads more surely to talking than talking to doing.

I don't like to talk about my dreams. I like to make them happen. I prefer to talk about them when they're done.