Nolan Bushnell on taking action

Everyone who's ever taken a shower has an idea.  It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference.

~ Nolan Bushnell

Ray Bradbury on taking action

If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair.  We'd never have a friendship.  We'd never go into business, because we'd be cynical.  Well, that's nonsense.  You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down.

~ Ray Bradbury, author

Nassim Taleb on opinions vs. actions

Never ask anyone for their opinion, forecast, or recommendation.  Just ask them what they have - or don't have - in their portfolio.

~ Nassim Taleb

Frank Herbert on success

Ideas are a dime a dozen.  It's execution that counts. 

~ Frank Herbert

Tony Robbins on taking action

I love quotes... but in the end, knowledge has to be converted to action or it's worthless.

~ Tony Robbins

Nolan Bushnell on taking action

Everyone who's ever taken a shower has an idea.  It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference.

~ Nolan Bushnell, executive

Carl Jung on action

You are what you do, not what you say you'll do.

~ Carl Jung, psychotherapist

Amelia Earhart on decision making

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.

~ Amelia Earhart, aviation pioneer

Goethe on acting as one thinks

To think is easy. To act is difficult. To act as one thinks is the most difficult of all.

~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe