Liberty Hyde Bailey Quotes

The proof is in the results, and the proof will be in the ongoing ability to execute.

Do something, do something to that, and then do something to that.

Our visions are the plans of the possible life structure, but they will end in plans if we do not follow them up with a vigorous effort to make them real, just as the architect's plans will end in his drawings if they are not followed up and made real by the builder.

It is not good enough for things to be planned - they still have to be done; for the intention to become a reality, energy has to be launched into operation.

The way to push things through to a finish effectively must be learned.

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.

I felt a sense of fulfillment that an action plan, which I'd laid on the table on the 2nd of February 1990, had been fulfilled, had been properly implemented within the time frame which I envisaged.

Ideas won't keep; something must be done about them.

The best ideas are useless unless carried out.

Many speeches can be heard throughout the world, but one always has to wait for deeds

It's deeds we need, not words.

Vision without execution is hallucination.

There are the talkers and there are the doers.

Look at my record - I always bring a finish.

Nothing would have been accomplished if I didn't start in Newfoundland.

Deeds, not words - you accomplish! Do not talk!

It's not the dreaming, it's the doing.

Good ideas are a dime a dozen. What counts is completion. Look at your life and all the half finished projects sitting on your shelf. Commit to taking on one of these ideas and finishing what you started.

Whatever you do, it's over when you do it - but first you have to do it.

What good is inspiration if it's not backed up by action?

Execution gets divided into two key questions: 1) can you figure out what to do and 2) can you get it done.

An idea isn't worth much until a man is found who has the energy and ability to make it work.

Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.

There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.