George Kaiser Quotes

Be a doer, not a stewer.

I never worry about action, but only inaction.

Be a doer and not a critic.

If you want to do things, do things.

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

This is a world of action, and not for moping and droning in.

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't let yourself indulge in vain wishes.

Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them.

Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea.

I've been accused many times of not talking very much, but I guess I don't believe in talking things to death. You can talk too much on most anything and it stops being productive. There is a time for action. Eventually you have to pull the trigger.

The future requires action and not mere conversation.

Every day you don't do something, it makes it less likely that you will ever do something. So you've got to get started right away.

A little less conversation, a little more ACTION.

The future starts today, not tomorrow.

The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you can only do a little. Do what you can.

When in doubt, do something.

I don't get into these long-winded heavy discussions about character - do we do this or that or what. At the end of the day, what you gotta do is just go out there and do it.

Nothing's going to come to you by sitting around and waiting for it.

Business needs to push the agenda rather than waiting for it to happen.

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.

Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

You have two alternatives. One: you can put your life on hold and wait for the phone to ring. Two: you run ahead as if your life depended on it.

The world is full of people who say, 'But I had that idea first,' but did they do anything about it? Nope, they sat on their bum dreaming.

When you feel as though you can't do something, the simple antidote is action: Begin doing it. Start the process, even if it's just a simple step, and don't stop at the beginning.

Forget about where you want to be and go out and build stuff. Dodgeball came from being bored at work... things happen because you make them happen. Stop sketching, and start building.