Amy Poehler Quotes

... all things are possible if you are willing to put yourself on the line. You cannot stand back and hope for the best. You have to act.

Great people do things before they’re ready. They do things before they know they can do it.

I've been successful because I've never been someone to shy away from taking responsibility.

In order to do something really good, you have to take risks - that's what I do.

No one gets to the top, if they sit on the sidelines, or if they don't believe in themselves.

You must have the courage to trust your instincts and be ready to question what other people don't. If you do that, you can seize opportunities that others would miss. Believe in yourself, and use everything you can - including the obstacles - to propel you along the road to success. Who knows what you might achieve?

Greatness is never achieved through indecision.

Move before you think you are ready. It is as if you are making it a little more difficult for yourself, deliberately creating obstacles in your path When you feel that you must work harder to get to your goal because you are not quite prepared, you are more alert and inventive. This venture has to succeed and so it will.

I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed.

I think it's important to take chances.

For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?

You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.

I think it's better to attempt something and fail than it is to not even attempt it, so I'm glad that I've been prepared to put myself on the line there.

To be successful, one must take chances.

I'd rather attempt something I'm not sure I can do.

If you want to do things – to change things – you must run the risk of not succeeding.

Passivity is fatal to us.

You have to believe in yourself. You need to have the audacity to be great.

You have to identify your shot and be 'Push your luck' ready for it.

I know what to do to go for it and just take the game in my hands.

Maybe I have to be more aggressive.

Most everything that you want is just outside your comfort zone." "Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it." "Our job is not to figure out the 'how'. The 'how' will show up out of the commitment and believe in the 'what

If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes-then learn how to do it later!

Are you ready?" Klaus asked finally. "No," Sunny answered. "Me neither," Violet said, "but if we wait until we're ready we'll be waiting for the rest of our lives, Let's go.

I went into the world, threw myself into the world, and great things came out of it.