The best Quotes by Ernest Gaines

The best Quotes by Ernest Gaines

Ernest James Gaines (January 15, 1933 – November 5, 2019) was an American author whose works have been taught in college classrooms and translated into many languages.

Words mean nothing. Action is the only thing. Doing. That's the only thing.

Question everything. Every stripe, every star, every word spoken. Everything.

A myth is an old lie that people believe in. White people believe that they're better than anyone else on earth - and that's a myth.

Grace under pressure isn't just about bullfighters and men at war. It's about getting up every day to face a job or a white boss you don't like but have to face to feed your children so they'll grow up to be a better generation.

I knew I wanted to be a writer and I knew if I had a wife and family, I would neglect something, and I was afraid it wouldn't be the writing.

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Do or do not. There is no try.

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If watching is all you're going to do, then you're going to watch your life go by without you.

Laverne in The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

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Life Taking action

Take your time to think, but when it is time to act, stop thinking and act!

Napoléon Bonaparte

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Thinking Taking action

When you find a man you wish to marry, Tessa, remember this: You will know what kind of man he is not by the things he says, but by the things he does.

Cassandra Clare in The Infernal Devices

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Lies Men Taking action Talking

He who thinks too much, will not act.

Friedrich Schiller in William Tell

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Thinking Taking action Self-Confidence

It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default.

Joanne K. Rowling

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Failures & Mistakes Taking action Motivation

Life has taught me to think, but thinking has not taught me to live.

Alexander Herzen

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Life Thinking Taking action

Knowing is better than wondering, that waking is better than sleeping, and even the biggest failure, even the worst, beats the hell out of never trying.

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Taking action Motivation

The things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those that got there first.

Steven Tyler

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Taking action Waiting

Don't think, just do!

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Taking action Motivation

Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Genius Taking action Head

What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The sheep that sleeps gets carried by the current.

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Taking action Sheep

Harsh words can't solve problems - action will.

Aang in Avatar: The Last Airbender - Season 1 Episode 11

Books have great value, actions have greater value.

Brandon Sanderson in Mistborn - The Well of Ascension

You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and by falling over.

Richard Branson

Taking action Motivation Falling down

Saying and doing are two things.

Matthew Henry

There isn't much I have to say, that I wouldn't rather just shut up and do.

Ani DiFranco

Taking action Mouth

Without action, the best intentions in the world are nothing more than that: intentions.

Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street

There are some things you only learn through experience.

Experience Taking action

I didn't study; I live.

Eric Cantona

Experience Learning Taking action

My whole philosophy is about doing, not talking.

Theresa May

Act the way you'd like to be and soon you'll be the way you act.

Leonard Cohen

Taking action Motivation

Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in!

Andrew Jackson

Taking action Motivation

In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

Anton Chekhov

Learning Knowledge Taking action

I don't really like talking. I like to execute. I'm not a talking person. I'm an action person.

Kevin Gates

Taking action Talking

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

Harry S. Truman

Taking action USA Independence Day

A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.

George S. Patton

Taking action Perfection

Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act.

Paulo Coelho

Life Taking action

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

But I don't understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff, it's sordid but it's boring and I don't understand why it keeps going.

Donald Trump - July 2025

The Epstein Files

There are two kinds of big companies in the United States. There are those who've been hacked by the Chinese, and those who don't know they've been hacked by the Chinese.

James Comey

I believe that Americans should be deeply skeptical of government power. You cannot trust people in power. The founders knew that. That's why they divided power among three branches, to set interest against interest.

James Comey

I will do everything if confirmed as FBI director to make sure the American public knows the full weight of what happened.

Kash Patel - Januar 2025

The Epstein Files

Technology has forever changed the world we live in. We're online, in one way or another, all day long. Our phones and computers have become reflections of our personalities, our interests, and our identities. They hold much that is important to us.

James Comey

There are well over 250 victims, so we have to make sure that their identity is protected. Other than that, I think tomorrow you're gonna see some Epstein information being released by my office. What you're gonna see is a lot of flight-logs, a lot of names, a lot of information.

Pam Bondi - February 2025

The Epstein Files

The people of the FBI are sworn to protect both security and liberty. It isn't a question of conflict. We must care deeply about protecting liberty through due process of law, while also safeguarding the citizens we serve - in every investigation.

James Comey

It's sitting on my desk right now to review. The Trump administration is committed to truth and transparency.

Pam Bondi - February 2025

The Epstein Files

It's a very delicate subject but we should put everything out there and let the people decide it.

Mike Johnson - July 2025

The Epstein Files

All I'm going to say is I put my hand on a Bible, and I raised my right hand and swore to uphold the Constitution of the state of Florida.

Historically, there has been a clear and essential connection between marriage and responsible procreation and child rearing.

Will I support our president, whoever that might be? Absolutely. Did I vote for Donald Trump? Absolutely.

Anyone who attacks our LGBT community, anyone who attacks anyone in our state, will be gone after with the full extent of the law.

All I want to do is be the best attorney general that I can be.

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