Jason Fried Quotes

Words without action mean nothing. I’ll show you.

Thinking has, many a time, made me sad, darling; but doing never did in all my life....My precept is, do something, my sister, do good if you can; but at any rate, do something.

You cannot be the leader of the free world and sit on the sidelines and tweet and think you're going to get the job done.

Deed, not words shall speak me.

It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.

The focus should not be on talking. Talk is cheap. It must be on action.

What we think or what we know or what we believe is in the end of little consequence. The only thing of consequence is what we do

An ounce of performance is worth more than a pound of preachment.

What a man knows hardly matters. It is what he does.

How you think about your opportunities determines how you will act on them.

Remember: Rewards come in action, not in discussion.

Thinking is progress. Non-thinking is stagnation of the individual, organisation and the country. Thinking leads to action. Knowledge without action is useless and irrelevant. Knowledge with action, converts adversity into prosperity.

Like a beautiful flower that is colorful but has no fragrance, even well spoken words bear no fruit in one who does not put them into practice.

It doesn't matter what I think I am, it matters what I do.

Each indecision brings its own delays and days are lost lamenting over lost days... What you can do or think you can do, begin it. For boldness has magic, power, and genius in it.

Win through your actions, never through argument.

Speak little, do much.

What good is inspiration if it's not backed up by action?

You can talk all day long, but if you don't do something, it's a waste.

Like a beautiful flower, full of colour, but without scent, are wise words when spoken, but fruitless these words are when not carried out by the speaker.

Talk is cheap. Words are plentiful. Deeds are precious.

As you begin changing your thinking, start immediately to change your behavior. Begin to act the part of the person you would like to become. Take action on your behavior. Too many people want to feel, then take action. This never works.

Like a fine flower, beautiful to look at but without scent, fine words are fruitless in a man who does not act in accordance with them.

Tell the world what you intend to do, but first show it.

Believe me, it is actions that count.