David Joseph Schwartz Quotes

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

Don't wait for something big to occur. Start where you are, with what you have, and that will always lead you into something greater.

Take a small step in the direction of a dream and watch the synchronous doors flying open

The future starts today, not tomorrow.

The important thing is that when you come to understand something you act on it, no matter how small that act is. Eventually it will take you where you need to go.

The word 'hope' for me is always infused with action.

Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.

I'm not going to win games by talking about it. Just by doing it.

If it doesn't seem possible, nothing much gets done.

Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.

We live in a world where action is what counts.

You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.

Never mistake motion for action.

Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.

Never confuse movement with action.

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

Action is the antidote to despair.

The focus should not be on talking. Talk is cheap. It must be on action.

You have to make it happen.

There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking.

He who says it cannot be done should get out of the way of the one who is doing it.

Surely, in the light of history, it is more intelligent to hope rather than to fear, to try rather than not to try. For one thing we know beyond all doubt: Nothing has ever been achieved by the person who says, 'It can't be done.'

Anyone who fights for the future, lives in it today.

The future requires action and not mere conversation.