James Cleverly Quotes

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

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

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

If you sit around and wait for things to happen, they're not going to happen the way you want.

Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.

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

The future requires action and not mere conversation.

There's no point in getting into politics at all unless you plan to lash things around.

Be a doer, not a stewer.

Be a doer and not a critic.

I believe you have to make things happen.

You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.

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

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.

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

It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.

Forget about where you want to be and go out and build stuff. Dodgeball came from being bored at work... things happen because you make them happen. Stop sketching, and start building.

Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.

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

Don't make excuses and Don't talk about it. Do it.

I'm a great believer in not sitting around waiting for the right part to come around, but jumping in and building it for yourself.

The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation.

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.

You have to make it happen.

Heaven never helps the men who will not act.