Darlene Love Quotes

I can honestly say that I've done everything I've wanted to do, always. Not without difficulty. But every time I wanted to do something, I just did it, from the age of 18 when I started my own theater with my friends. When I decided I wanted to act. I just bit the bullet.

Closed mouths don't get fed, and I'm gonna eat every time I get on the court.

I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.

Life is what you make of it. Don't make excuses - make it happen.

I'm the kind of person who doesn't wait for opportunities to fall from the sky.

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can't find them, make them.

You have to lift your head up out of the mud and just do it.

Life just doesn't hand you things. You have to get out there and make things happen. that's the exciting part.

Our responsibility in life is not to lie around and wait for things to happen. Our responsibility in life is to work. Life is getting out and getting things done. When people say they're over-the-hill at age 50, I don't understand it.

Don't wait for your ship to come in. Swim out to it.

If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it.

While others prayed for the good time coming, I worked for it.

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them.

I just got tired of waiting for things to happen through other people when so many other people are taking chances on following their dreams.

If you want somethin', go get it. Period.

People talk about getting lucky breaks in their careers. I’m living proof that the “lucky breaks” theory is simply wrong. You get to make your own luck... The world is run by those who show up…not those who wait to be asked.

When people say to me: "Oh don't worry, if one door closes another one opens..." If one door closes for me, go through the window - I'm not interested in waiting around for people to give me opportunities. I try and make things happen and if I am given opportunities I take them and work harder.

Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drive into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl. Let him come out as I do, and bark.

If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse.

I think it's a sin to sit down and let your life go without making a try for it.

Be a doer and not a critic.

Rather than wait to be discovered, discover yourself. Whatever it is that you intend to do later, start doing it now, get good at it, and show people what you've done. Actions speak louder than words.

When I find a role I want to play, I just go after it.

Either I will find a way, or I will make one.

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.