Denis Diderot Quotes

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

If you want to do things, do things.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

'Better do it than wish it done,' is a phrase ingrained in my mind.

Be a doer, not a stewer.

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

If you want something, you can't wait for someone to make it happen for you.

While others prayed for the good time coming, I worked for it.

Be a doer and not a critic.

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

I believe you have to make things happen.

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

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

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

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

I don't like to talk about my dreams. I like to make them happen. I prefer to talk about them when they're done.

Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen... yourself, right now, right down here on Earth.

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

If you really want to do something, go and do it; don't just talk about it.

If you sit around and wait for things to happen, they're not going to happen the way you want.

Instead of pondering about what if or what could have been, I'm just going to go out there and do.

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

When it gets down to it you just have to act.

If you're not actively involved in getting what you want, you don't really want it.

In order to succeed... you have to put a stake in the ground.