Mary Frances Berry Quotes

I believe in not sitting down and taking it easy.

You have to lift your head up out of the mud and just do it.

Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars.

Take off your bedroom slippers. Put on your marching shoes,' he said, his voice rising as applause and cheers mounted. 'Shake it off. Stop complainin'. Stop grumblin'. Stop cryin'. We are going to press on. We have work to do.

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.

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.

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.

Those who say it can’t be done are usually interrupted by those who are doing it.

In order to do any thing in this world worth doing, we must not stand shivering on the bank thinking of the cold and the danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.

You have to look life in the face, doing what you can where you can.

You never, ever give up the chance to change things, ever, no matter how hard it is. If you're elected, and have got the opportunity to make a difference, you take it.

There are two things you can do in politics: you can sit around waiting for things to happen, or you can start doing them.

... 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.

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them.

You know the rule: If you are falling, dive. Do the thing that has to be done.

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.

I would rather fail trying than succeed at doing nothing.

I have never known what to tell anybody. Except that it is better to do something than nothing, even if the cost is great.

I'm not a "what if." I want to just do it, try it, give it my all, and if it's not meant to be, I can accept that. But I had to do it.

Be a doer and not a critic.

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

I never worry about action, but only inaction.

My parents always used to tell us not to complain about things but do something about them, so 'Can't is not an option' was almost a way of life.

Heroism is endurance for one moment more.

One must work and dare if one really wants to live.