Martti Ahtisaari Quotes

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

The secret of making progress is to get started.

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

There is no longer time for statements like 'if only' or 'we can't.' We must and we will succeed. The only question now is how and when. I believe the time is now.

Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.

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 first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.

Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.

Momentum begets momentum, and the best way to start is to start.

If you change nothing, nothing will change.

We need to stop talking and start acting, and I am more than eager to be part of that change.

The time for change is now.

Keep moving ahead because action creates momentum, which in turn creates unanticipated opportunities.

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.

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.

There is progress whether ye are going forward or backward! The thing is to move!

You can't be a change-maker by reading a book.

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

I think there's nothing worse than inertia. You can be inert and study your navel, and gradually fall off the chair. I think the key is to keep flying.

Everything must change and you do what you can with the changes that are made. You can't stop it. You can't fight it. Everybody tries to go back to yesterday, but you can't go back to yesterday. The only time there is, is now.

Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

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.

Run to meet the future or it's going to run you down.