Gavin Newsom Quotes

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

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

I’m not a seat warmer. I want to get in there and make a difference.

Be a doer and not a critic.

I believe you have to make things happen.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

There's a difference between standing up and telling people what you're planning to do and standing up and going and accomplishing something.

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.

You have to make it happen.

I believe in not sitting down and taking it easy.

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

Be a doer, not a stewer.

You can't try to do things; you simply must do them.

The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.

We live in a world where action is what counts.

If not me, who? And if not now, when?

If you want to do things, do things.

Speak less but act more.

It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.

The world is full of people who say, 'But I had that idea first,' but did they do anything about it? Nope, they sat on their bum dreaming.

Years ago a friend and fellow writer, Nick Antosca, once made a remark about it being best not to threaten, but to simply act. An effective way of going about things, I think.

You can have an impact anywhere you are.

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.

If you don't make things happen then things will happen to you.

The future requires action and not mere conversation.