John Burroughs Quotes

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

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

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

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.

Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.

I’m not a seat warmer. I want to get in there and make a difference.

You don't have to be something to do something.

You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action.

Talk is cheap if it doesn't motivate action.

Be a doer and not a critic.

Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.

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

We live in a world where action is what counts.

The future starts today, not tomorrow.

This is the year you really put the stake in the ground.

If not me, who? And if not now, when?

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

The world is full of people who say, 'But I had that idea first,' but did they do anything about it? Nope, they sat on their bum dreaming.

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

The focus should not be on talking. Talk is cheap. It must be on action.

Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.

Do noble things, not dream them all day long.

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.

Doing leads more surely to talking than talking to doing.