Greer Garson Quotes

If you sit by the wayside waiting for Success, your knees will be too stiff to follow her when she passes.

I'm constantly reminding myself that the world owes us nothing. We have to make our way and we have to work hard, persevere and make our own way in the world because the world isn't waiting for us, so let's let the world know we are here.

When people say to me: "Oh don't worry, if one door closes another one opens..." If one door closes for me, go through the window - I'm not interested in waiting around for people to give me opportunities. I try and make things happen and if I am given opportunities I take them and work harder.

It is foolish to wait for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out.

To be successful, you have to be out there, you have to hit the ground running

Put your head down and work hard. Never wait for things to happen, make them happen for yourself through hard graft and not giving up.

I'm the kind of person who doesn't wait for opportunities to fall from the sky.

Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.

I just have to keep working hard and keep pushing for my chance.

Sitting on my butt waiting on opportunities won't do me any good.

I'm not going to sit on the couch in my house and expect everything to come, I know that I must continue to work hard.

If you want to get on in life get off your arse because it ain't going to come to you. And if it does come to you and you're not off your arse then you ain't going to keep it very long.

There is always work, and tools to work withal, for those, who will.

Determination and perseverance move the world; thinking that others will do it for you is a sure way to fail.

Many people may say that luck is important, but I think you create your own luck by working hard to ensure you don't miss opportunities.

Nothing's going to come to you by sitting around and waiting for it.

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can't find them, make them.

Life just doesn't hand you things. You have to get out there and make things happen. that's the exciting part.

Nothing comes sailing by itself.

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.

I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.

If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it.

The American dream does not come to those who fall asleep.

No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.

Nothing has been handed to me my entire life. You have to go there and take it. My mom taught me that.