George W. Bush Quotes

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

The world is not looking for servants, there are plenty of these, but for masters, men who form their purposes and then carry them out, let the consequences be what they may.

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

Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation.

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.

We have got to be a hell of a lot more aggressive.

Decisiveness is the best way to get things done.

Passivity is fatal to us.

Better reap two days too soon than one day too late

We need to come out and assert ourselves on both sides of the court.

Maybe I have to be more aggressive.

I didn't want to be a man of words but of action.

Lack of orders is no excuse for inaction.

Men of action usually win - that is one of their distinctive features.

I believe great people do things before they are ready.

Patience is a virtue, but there comes a moment when you must stop being patient and take the day by the throat and shake it. If it fights back; fine. I'd rather end up bloody at the end of the day, then unhurt with no progress made, no knowledge gained. I'd rather have a no, then nothing. I'd forgotten that about myself.

My favorite expression is: When you go up to the bell, ring it ? or don't go up to the bell.

There are some people, who don’t wait.

I'm here and I'm ready. They're not. Bring it.

Predicting rain doesn't count. Building arks does.

Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong.

I never worry about action, but only inaction.

The time when you need to do something is when no one else is willing to do it, when people are saying it can't be done.

If I want something, I go after it.