Johnetta B. Cole Quotes

Inaction will cause a man to sink into the slough of despond and vanish without a trace.

Hoping and Wishing are excuses for not Doing.

The greatest failure of all is the failure to act when action is needed

Nothing was ever done so systematically as nothing is being done now.

Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.

People waste more time waiting for someone to take charge of their lives than they do in any other pursuit.

Sometimes, the hardest habit to break is the habit of doing nothing beyond the necessary.

When you have an opportunity to take the lead and you don't, most of the time something bad happens.

People have to decide on priorities if they want to get anywhere. The best lessons I learned was to just do it.

The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little.

There is one weakness in people for which there is no remedy. It is the universal weakness of LACK OF AMBITION!

What people forget is a journey to nowhere starts with a single step, too.

Every day thousands of people bury good ideas because they are afraid to act on them.And afterwards, the ghosts of these ideas come back to haunt them.

Many a false step is made standing still.

You've got to make haste while it's still light of day. My godmother used to say, I don't want to rust out, I just want to work out. If you stand still long enough, people will throw dirt on you.

The greatest mistake a person can make is doing nothing.

Most people stand on the dock of life waiting for their ship to come in when deep down inside they know it has never left port.

Most people are fast to stop you before you get started but hesitate to get in the way if you're moving.

Failure is not about insecurity. It's about lack of execution.

Our trouble is not ignorance, but inaction.

Initiative without action is the same as having the mind to acknowledge a problem, but not having the heart to see it through.

Too many people have a wonderful dream and just talk about it rather than do something about it.

So many times it seemed like there were chances to stop things before they started. Or even stop them in midstream. But it was even worse when you knew in that very moment that there was still time to save yourself, and yet you couldn't even budge.

The one path that never works is the most common one: doing nothing at all.

Vision animates, inspires, transforms purpose into action.