John Brown Quotes

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

talk was cheap and useless. Action was what mattered. And me, I was moving. Now, again, always.

Don't wait. If it's not right, move on.

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

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

Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.

Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.

The future requires action and not mere conversation.

If necessity is the mother of invention, urgency is the uncle of change. Without it, progress slows and then stops and then reverses.

If you change nothing, nothing will change.

...we need to stop plotting the course and instead just land the plane on our plans to make a difference by getting to the "do" part of faith.

I am for keeping the thing going while things are stirring. Because if we wait till it is still, it will take a great while to get it going again.

A little less conversation, a little more ACTION.

Action always beats inaction.

Move fast. A sense of urgency is the one thing you can develop that will separate you from everyone else. When you get a good idea, do it now.

Don't wait on perfect conditions for success to happen; just go ahead and do something!

Reading is good, action is better.

Any action is better than no action at all.

Progress rarely comes as a result of being passive.

The progress has to start now.

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

The future starts today, not tomorrow.

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

There's no time to waste. Every day, there needs to be movement on something.

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