Sam Altman Quotes

This is the question I want everyone to ask yourself every single day when you come up with something you feel that needs to be done: if not now, then when? And if not me, then who?

If it's achievable, there's no excuse why you shouldn't be doing it.

The moment you feel yourself hesitate on something you know you should do, count 5-4-3-2-1 to activate your prefrontal cortex and interrupt the habit of overthinking, self-doubt, and fear.

A lot of people in our generation like to make excuses about little things that really don't hinder them from doing what they want to. It always comes down to the work ethic.

Cut your excuses in half and double your actions around your goals.

I used to delay doing stuff that I just didn't want to deal with - things like putting the garden hose away properly or doing the dishes right after dinner. Now I have this little voice in my head that says, 'I know you don't want to do this, but just do it anyway.' In other words, there's far less stuff that I put off until tomorrow.

I found people that were willing to push me. I was like, 'These are my goals. I need you to get me here.' I don't need any excuses. I won't make any excuses. I'm over making excuses.

In the past I would give myself a reason to have an excuse. I wouldn't show up at the gym. I wouldn't do what I'm supposed to do as a professional.

If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse.

I'm lazy but generally task oriented so having a hoop to jump through means eventually I'll make the effort.

Don't wish for someone else to do later what you can do now.

You can achieve only that which you will do.

The day you take complete responsibility for yourself, the day you stop making any excuses, that's the day you start to the top.

So many fail because they don't get started - they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin.

Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.

There's always ways of motivating yourself to higher levels. Write about it, dream about it. But after that, turn it into action. Don't just dream.

I'm a terrible procrastinator.

My block was due to two overlapping factors: laziness and lack of discipline.

If you really want something you can figure out how to make it happen.

I felt that it was my duty not to senselessly waste my time. And since I didn't want to waste my time, I tried to accomplish as much as possible.

Every project is a race between your enthusiasm and your ability to get it done. Go fast. Don't slow down. A year from now, new things will interest you.

I respect my limitations, but I don't use them as an excuse.

If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don't do it, and it won't happen.

Remember, you and you alone are responsible for maintaining your energy. Give up blaming, complaining and excuse making, and keep taking action in the direction of your goals - however mundane or lofty they may be.

Your positive action combined with positive thinking results in success.