Amateur Quote by Harvey Mackay

Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.

— Stephen King

You know honestly, I enjoy working with everyone because remember, these were all real pros that had been around the business a long time.

— Burt Ward

I'm blessed that I can leave it to the pros at work and red-carpet events, because I can't say I'm adept. Still, I'm definitely…

— Becki Newton

“Amateurs look for inspiration; the rest of us just get up and go to work.”

— Chuck Close

Amateurs believe their enthusiasm will suffice.

— Mason Cooley

Amateurs... venture into scenes that a writer with more experience (and more professional concern) would bypass or eschew altogether.

— Norman Mailer

“Inspiration is for amateurs--the rest of us just show up and get to work. - Chuck Close”

— Joe Fig

Waiting for inspiration is for amateurs; professionals get to work.

— Robert Genn

Turning pro is a mindset. If we are struggling with fear, self-sabotage, procrastination, self-doubt, etc., the problem is, we're thinking like amateurs. Amateurs don't…

— Steven Pressfield

Amateurs want to be right. Professionals want to make money.

— Alan Greenspan

“...most gentlemen of breeding considered themselves amateurs at all kinds of disciplines. Go all the way back to Jefferson, who collected fossils and wrote…

— Jack Hitt

“True artists unburden their envies and work toward encouraging amateurs.”

— Aniruddha Sastikar

“Inspiration is for amateurs,” Close says. “The rest of us just show up and get to work.”

— Mason Currey

Inspiration is for amateurs.

— Anonymous

Most amateurs are so worried about mis-hitting the shot or hitting it off line, they don't make an aggressive move. You'd be surprised how…

— Keegan Bradley