Do or do not. There is no try.
Master Yoda in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes BackIf watching is all you're going to do, then you're going to watch your life go by without you.
LifeThe Hunchback of Notre-Dame, by LaverneWhen 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.
Lies, Men, TalkingCassandra Clare in The Infernal DevicesIt 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.
Failures & Mistakes, MotivationJoanne K. RowlingKnowing 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.
MotivationMeredith Grey in Grey's Anatomy, Season 1 Episode 6The things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those that got there first.
WaitingSteven TylerHarsh words can't solve problems - action will.
Aang in Avatar: The Last Airbender, Season 1 Episode 11Books have great value, actions have greater value.
Brandon Sanderson in Mistborn - The Well of AscensionYou don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and by falling over.
Motivation, Falling downRichard BransonWords mean nothing. Action is the only thing. Doing. That's the only thing.
Ernest GainesSaying and doing are two things.
Matthew HenryThere isn't much I have to say, that I wouldn't rather just shut up and do.
Ani DiFrancoWithout action, the best intentions in the world are nothing more than that: intentions.
The Wolf of Wall Street, by Jordan BelfortMy whole philosophy is about doing, not talking.
Theresa MayTake time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in!
MotivationAndrew JacksonIn theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.
Yogi BerraI don't really like talking. I like to execute. I'm not a talking person. I'm an action person.
TalkingKevin GatesAmerica was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.
USA, Independence DayHarry S. TrumanA good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
PerfectionGeorge S. PattonOpportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.
Chances & Opportunities, Motivation, SunriseWilliam Arthur WardThe big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and men, but between talkers and doers.
Thomas SowellShowing is better than telling.
Floyd MayweatherI think that all you are is just the things that you do.
Diane Nguyen in BoJack HorsemanThere are people who do things and people who take the credit, and the trick is to be in the first group, there is a lot less competition.
Dwight Morrow