Can Do Something Quotes

• No! Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try.

  George Lucas

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

  George Lucas (2015). “ArtFolds: Yoda: Yoda and the Force”, p.75, Simon and Schuster

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• Once we know and are aware, we are responsible for our action and our inaction. We can do something about it or ignore it. Either way, we are still responsible.

  Jean-Paul Sartre

  Our Actions, Way, Responsible

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• Man is unique in that, unlike animals, he knows he is going to die, and unlike animals he can do something about it.

  Ray Comfort

  Animal, Unique, Men

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• I think this group of people came together in a way that they haven't before in 2007. I'm very optimistic we can do something ... I want to get there, I want to support this.

  Sherrod Brown

  Optimistic, Thinking, People

  "Moderate Dems coy on immigration" by Kate Nocera, www.politico.com. January 31, 2013.

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• None of us, including me, ever do great things. But we can all do small things, with great love, and together we can do something wonderful.

  Mother Teresa

  Teamwork, Together We Can, Great Love

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• I can not do everything, but I can do something. I must not fail to do the something that I can do.

  Helen Keller

  Success, Careers, Failing

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• I am only one,
  But still I am one.
  I cannot do everything,
  But still I can do something;
  And because I cannot do everything,
  I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Life, Single

  "The Book of Good Cheer : A Little Bundle of Cheery Thoughts‎" by Edwin Osgood Grover, (p. 28), 1909.

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• When people can do something simple to avoid conflict--say, hit a button or unlock a latch--they'll generally do it.

  Keith Ablow

  Simple, People, Buttons

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• The seraph looked up, and pain sliced through my head as our eyes met, almost blinding me. "I honor you. You can do something I cannot," it said softly. "For all I am and all I have been, you are human. You are loved for your inventiveness, both good and bad. I can kill, but you can create. You can even create...an end," it said wistfully. "That's something I will never be able to do. Accept this. Create.

  Kim Harrison

  Pain, Eye, Honor

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• Beliefs are the roads we take to our dreams. Believe you can do something-or believe you can't-and you'll be right everytime.

  Jodi Picoult

  Dream, Believe, Belief

  Jodi Picoult (2011). “Sing You Home: A Novel”, p.316, Simon and Schuster

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• Question: When you’re one of the few people who can do something to fix a problem, just how responsible does that make you for it? Answer: It’s how you choose to answer that question that defines you.

  Karen Marie Moning

  People, Doe, Answers

  Karen Marie Moning (2016). “The Fever Series 7-Book Bundle: Darkfever, Bloodfever, Faefever, Dreamfever, Shadowfever, Iced, Burned”, p.414, Dell

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• You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.

  H. L. Mencken

  Life, Ocean, Sea

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• The fear for oneself, that one can do something about. Upon it one can turn the light of awareness. But when one is no longer worrying about oneself, then the fear comes for other people and, after that, for the world. There are no fearless people, only fearless moments.

  Peter Høeg

  Fear, Light, People

  Peter Høeg (2013). “Borderliners: A Novel”, p.21, Macmillan

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• I want to learn martial arts," he said docilely, "so when I want to kill someone, I can do something about it.

  Neil Strauss

  Art, Want, Said

  Neil Strauss (2011). “The Game”, p.8, Canongate Books

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• Women lose their lives not knowing they can do something different...I claimed myself and remade my life. Only when I knew I belonged to myself completely did I become capable of giving myself to another, of finding joy in desire, pleasure in our love, power in this body no one else owns.

  Dorothy Allison

  Knowing, Giving, Joy

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• Western parents worry a lot about their children's self-esteem. But as a parent, one of the worst things you can do for your child's self-esteem is to let them give up. On the flip side, there's nothing better for building confidence than learning you can do something you thought you couldn't.

  Amy Chua

  Children, Giving Up, Self Esteem

  Amy Chua (2011). “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother”, p.17, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• So you were going to rescue the Prince! Why did you pretend to run away? To deceive the Witch?" "Not likely! I'm a coward. Only way I can do something this frightening is to tell myself I'm not doing it!

  Diana Wynne Jones

  Running, Coward, Way

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• If you act like you can do something, then it will work.

  Walter Isaacson

  Like You, Can Do, Ifs

  Walter Isaacson (2011). “Walter Isaacson Great Innovators e-book boxed set: Steve Jobs, Benjamin Franklin, Einstein”, p.97, Simon and Schuster

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• When you realize that there's a name and a description for this condition that you thought was insanity, you've identified the problem, and now you can do something about it.

  Anthony Kiedis

  Names, Insanity, Problem

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• Either I can stay up here and freeze my ladycrackers off trying to find a falling star, or you can do something about it yourself. I— and my freezing nether regions— would thank you most assuredly. As would all of Dalkeith. Do something, man.” - Grimm

  Karen Marie Moning

  Stars, Fall, Men

  Karen Marie Moning (2012). “The Highlander Series 7-Book Bundle”, p.234, Dell

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• Never let me hear you say it's someone else's fault. It often is, but you must never shirk your own responsibility ... You can't change others, but you can do something about a fault in yourself.

  Anne Holm

  Responsibility, Often Is, Faults

  Anne Holm (1990). “North to Freedom”, Odyssey Classics

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• Those who believe they can do something and those who believe they can't are both right.

  Henry Ford

  Motivational, Inspiring, Funny Inspirational

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• No one can do everything, but everyone can do something

  Max Lucado

  Volunteer, Donation, Torture

  Max Lucado, Jenna Lucado Bishop (2010). “You Were Made to Make a Difference”, p.109, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Each thing I do, I rush through so I can do something else. In such a way do the days pass - -a blend of stock car racing and the never ending building of a gothic cathedral. Through the windows of my speeding car I see all that I love falling away: books unread, jokes untold, landscapes unvisited.

  Stephen Dobyns

  Book, Fall, Stock Car Racing

  Stephen Dobyns, “Pursuit”

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• Women lose their lives not knowing they can do something different..." from Two or Three Things i Know For Sure

  Dorothy Allison

  Two, Knowing, Different

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