Doing Something Quotes

1106 quotes by 924 authors

Here's where I ask why don't you spend your time doing something safer and more boring. Like maybe administering suppositories to rabid gorillas. — Jim Butcher
I think humans have always been desperate. I think it has always been about doing something awful if it might help, when the only other… — Lauren DeStefano
Power isn't about doing something terrible to someone who's weaker than you, Reiner. It's having the strength to do something terrible, and choosing not to. — Jodi Picoult
Not doing things you can do is the whole point of laziness. Not doing something you can't do is just sensible. — Sarah Rees Brennan
I'll explain it to you. To me it's more than a game." She touches her chest and says, "When you love something as much as… — Simone Elkeles
Saba used to say there was a difference between bravery and courage. Bravery was doing something dangerous without thinking. Courage was walking into danger, knowing… — Gayle Forman
Young writers should read books past bedtime and write things down in notebooks when they are supposed to be doing something else. — Daniel Handler
He let out a hiss of pain,then smiled that crooked, sheepish smile he always fell back on when he was caught doing something bad. "Sorry.… — Holly Black
I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes...you're Doing Something. — Neil Gaiman
You got to like your work. You have got to like what you are doing, you have got to be doing something worthwhile so you… — Colonel Sanders
Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else. — James M. Barrie
Any time you see someone more successful than you are, they are doing something you aren't. — Malcolm X
Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy… — Tom Peters
We must be doing something to be happy. — William Hazlitt
I learned that there were two ways I could live my life: following my dreams or doing something else. Dreams aren't a matter of chance,… — David Copperfield
I hope you'll make mistakes. If you're making mistakes, it means you're out there doing something. — Neil Gaiman
And how do you know when you're doing something right? How do you know that? It feels so. What I know now is that feelings… — Oprah Winfrey
Every one of us can make a contribution. And quite often we are looking for the big things and forget that, wherever we are, we… — Wangari Maathai
Change is the end result of all true learning. Change involves three things: First, a dissatisfaction with self - a felt void or need; second,… — Leo Buscaglia
It only seems as if you are doing something when you're worrying. — Lucy Maud Montgomery

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