James Carville Quotes

Use the losses and failures of the past as a reason for action, not inaction.

I move ahead, I live.

Even if you fall on your face, you're still moving forward.

It seems like the more I live, the more I realize that saying 'yes' is almost never a mistake. If you say no, it might feel safe, but then you end up going nowhere.

What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always the same step, but you have to take it.

I'm just grasping everything, getting as much knowledge as I can, and continuing to learn and not being afraid to take challenges and actually take action.

It takes guts to get out of the ruts.

One must work and dare if one really wants to live.

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.

You learn from your mistakes, or you go backward. I'm the kind of person who wants to move forward.

I always look forward, not back.

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

Every blunder behind us is giving a cheer for us, and only for those who were willing to fail are the dangers and splendors of life.

Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.

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.

You don't want to look back and have any regrets because things are too hard.

I don't know what I'm doing, but I'm damn well gonna do it!

Take off your bedroom slippers. Put on your marching shoes,' he said, his voice rising as applause and cheers mounted. 'Shake it off. Stop complainin'. Stop grumblin'. Stop cryin'. We are going to press on. We have work to do.

We cannot look backwards. What we have to do is raise our heads, look forward, roll up our sleeves and work.

He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.

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.

March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path.

You make progress; then you get courage to make more.

I don’t care about risk, honestly. The riskiest thing to do is not to act. I would far rather try and fail than fail not trying.

I only move forwards, never backwards, darling.