Roger Nash Baldwin Quotes

Do noble things, not dream them all day long.

The world is blessed most by men who do things, and not by those who merely talk about them.

Good intentions are not enough. They've never put an onion in the soup yet.

Lots of people dream big and talk about big bold ideas but never do anything. I judge people by what they've done. The ratio of something to nothing is infinite. So just do something.

Well done is better than well said.

It is not enough just to wish well; we must also do well.

If they want to write about me in a good way, they should write how I do things that are useful.

We live in a world where action is what counts.

I'm not about talking and finger-pointing and complaining. I'm about getting things done.

A life which does not go into action is a failure.

Never mistake motion for action.

Speak less but act more.

Being an activist is about getting things done. It's not about standing around shaking your fist in anger.

Talking isn't doing. It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds.

I believe in having an impact in doing things.

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

There are some people, you know, they think the way to be a big man is to shout and stomp and raise hell-and then nothing ever really happens. I'm not like that I never shoot blanks.

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.

Doing leads more surely to talking than talking to doing.

Leadership is not what you said on the Senate floor. It’s not what you’ve said. It’s what you’ve done.

There are the talkers and there are the doers.

Talk is cheap; play the game.

My actions will speak louder than words.

Some things are better done than said.

I was not a public - I was not a thinker. I was a doer.