Stephen Baker Quotes

You can't try to do things; you simply must do them.

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

In order to succeed... you have to put a stake in the ground.

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

It's one thing to speak about it and another to actually do something about it.

If you change nothing, nothing will change.

We need to stop talking and start acting, and I am more than eager to be part of that change.

The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.

We live in a world where action is what counts.

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

Never mistake motion for action.

Awareness without action is worthless.

Years ago a friend and fellow writer, Nick Antosca, once made a remark about it being best not to threaten, but to simply act. An effective way of going about things, I think.

Speak out in acts; the time for words has passed, and only deeds will suffice.

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

Our world demands action, not passivity; actors and not mere spectators.

Don't talk of what you're "going to do!" Do it!

I've always believed that talking about something is not the same as doing something about it.

You never, ever give up the chance to change things, ever, no matter how hard it is. If you're elected, and have got the opportunity to make a difference, you take it.

I take the bull by the horns and make a plan and go for it.

I believe in not sitting down and taking it easy.

Be a doer and not a critic.

I think a lot of young people have incredible ideas and incredible insights, but sometimes they wait before they go give their life to something. What I did was just to start a little earlier.

Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act.

Sometimes, you have to get angry to get things done.