B. C. Forbes Quotes

If you sit by the wayside waiting for Success, your knees will be too stiff to follow her when she passes.

The dog that trots about finds a bone.

Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them.

The world belongs to the energetic.

Are you waiting for success to arrive, or are you going out to find where it is hiding?

I would rather fail trying than succeed at doing nothing.

Success doesn't come to you, you go to it.

To be successful, you have to be out there, you have to hit the ground running

Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

The American dream does not come to those who fall asleep.

I try to seize every opportunity I can.

The fact is - nothing comes, at least nothing good. All has to be fetched.

You have to be pretty driven to make it happen. Otherwise, you will just make yourself miserable.

If you want to get on in life get off your arse because it ain't going to come to you. And if it does come to you and you're not off your arse then you ain't going to keep it very long.

Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.

Dreams don't work unless you do

The world seems to belong to those who reach out and grab it with both hands. It belongs to those who do something rather than just wish and hope and plan and pray, and intend to do something someday, when everything is just right.

It's easy to dream about it ... Much harder to execute it ....Work!

Start going the extra mile and opportunity will follow you.

When you can't wait for your ship to come in, you've got to row out to it.

To him that will, waies are not wanting.

Success comes from taking the initiative and following up or persisting.

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 don't run, you can't win.