Shirley Chisholm Quotes

If you change nothing, nothing will change.

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

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

The future requires action and not mere conversation.

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

Be a doer and not a critic.

I think a lot of young people have incredible ideas and incredible insights, but sometimes they wait before they go give their life to something. What I did was just to start a little earlier.

The future starts today, not tomorrow.

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

Never mistake motion for action.

Forget about where you want to be and go out and build stuff. Dodgeball came from being bored at work... things happen because you make them happen. Stop sketching, and start building.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

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

Either move or be moved.

The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation.

Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down.

Our world demands action, not passivity; actors and not mere spectators.

It's one thing to speak about it and another to actually do something about it.

I don't think about doing new. I just do it.

I thought in terms of the enthusiasm of doing it. I didn't think about whether I was ready.

I never worry about action, but only inaction.

Any action is often better than no action, especially if you have been stuck in an unhappy situation for a long time. If it is a mistake, at least you learn something, in which case it's no longer a mistake. If you remain stuck, you learn nothing.

This is the year you really put the stake in the ground.

You stand still, somebody might get close to you. I don't stand still much anymore.

Everyone who's ever taken a shower has an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference.