Chauncey Depew Quotes

You must take the first step. The first steps will take some effort, maybe pain. But after that, everything that has to be done is real-life movement.

The future begins today.

I now have a plan - I haven't had a plan up until this year.

The important thing is that when you come to understand something you act on it, no matter how small that act is. Eventually it will take you where you need to go.

The future requires action and not mere conversation.

If you change nothing, nothing will change.

First steps are always the hardest but until they are taken the notion of progress remains only a notion and not an achievement.

It takes guts to get out of the ruts.

Any action is often better than no action, especially if you have been stuck in an unhappy situation for a long time. If it is a mistake, at least you learn something, in which case it's no longer a mistake. If you remain stuck, you learn nothing.

Begin to free yourself at once by doing all that is possible with the means you have, and as you proceed in this spirit the way will open for you to do more.

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 something big to occur. Start where you are, with what you have, and that will always lead you into something greater.

Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.

If you haven't done something yet, and you want to do it, start now!

If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.

To wish for change will change nothing; To make the decision to take action right now will change everything.

Everything begins with the resolve to take the first step. From that action, wisdom arises and change begins. Without action, nothing changes.

What changes your world is not wishing for change; what changes your world is changing!

It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You cannot make progress without making decisions.

I tell the players that the bus is moving. This club has to progress. And the bus wouldn't wait for them. I tell them to get on board.

You know, I feel like if I don't change something, then the results maybe are going to continue the way that they have. That for me is not something that I want to really be a part of.

In order to succeed... you have to put a stake in the ground.

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.

Don't wait. If it's not right, move on.