A. J. Jacobs Quotes

You can't be a change-maker by reading a book.

If you want to change this world, this community that we all live in, then get up and do it. And just start something.

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

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

Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.

Either move or be moved.

It is not enough to stare up the steps; we must step up the stairs.

The future requires action and not mere conversation.

Momentum,' She repeats. 'You can't just stand there if you want something to fly. You have to run.

Change doesn't happen with people sitting on their behinds, getting lazy.

The world doesn’t need another opinion, they need another person taking action. So I take action because I see the call and respond.

To wish for change will change nothing; To make the decision to take action right now will change everything.

Hope rarely enters into it. 'Tis action moves the world.

Hope doesn't mean anything. ... Action's the only thing that counts.

The real gap is between doing nothing and doing something.

Progress rarely comes as a result of being passive.

What changes your world is not wishing for change; what changes your world is changing!

...wanting change is step one, but step two is taking it.

The future starts today, not tomorrow.

It's not going to be enough, until I get out of my chair and walk.

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

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

When there's an opportunity to do more, we must.

Don't wait for something big to occur. Start where you are, with what you have, and that will always lead you into something greater.

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