Seth Godin Quotes

Done is better than perfect!

If I waited for perfection... I would never write a word.

Most of us go through life as failures, because we are waiting for the 'time to be right' to start doing something worthwhile. Do not wait. The time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

Don't wait for perfection before you start. Start somewhere so you can have something tangible you can work to perfect.

When you feel stuck and can't seem to move ahead, always remember that you don't have to get it right, you just have to get it going!

Successful people don’t wait for everything to be perfect to move forward.

Winners take imperfect action while losers are still perfecting the plan.

Instead of waiting for perfection, run with what you've got, and fix it as you go.

First steps are always the hardest but until they are taken the notion of progress remains only a notion and not an achievement.

Nothing would be done at all if one waited until one could do it so well that no one could find fault with it.

The road to recovery will not always be easy, but I will take it one day at a time, focusing on the moments I've dreamed about for so long.

You just get up each day and put one foot in front of the other and go. You know, each day is different.

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

The secret to success, to parenting, to life, is to not count up the cost. Don't focus on all the steps it will take. Don't stare into the abyss at the giant leap it will take. That view will keep you from taking the next small step.

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't let yourself indulge in vain wishes.

If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll never get anything done.

A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow. Don't wait for an inspired ending to come to mind. Work your way to the ending and see what comes up.

Hope is a start. But hope needs action to win victories.

You've got to push things and get bumps and bruises along the way.

Chasing after the past is not going to lead you to the future you want.

I did a lot of great things in the past, but I live for today and for the future.

Every time I step up I win so why not keep going.

You have to go through some things to get to where you want to go.

I'm not someone to sit on her laurels.