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


Sydney Smith

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The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you can only do a little. Do what you can.
LIZ SMITH Do the thing and you will have the power.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON Stand for something. Make your life mean something. Start where you are with what you have. You are ...
GERMANY KENT If it's what you do and you can do it, then you do it.
VAN MORRISON If you think you can do it, you can.
JOHN BURROUGHS It ain't bragging if you can do it.
DIZZY DEAN You have what others don't have. This is good news which means you can do what others can't do! You ...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR If you can dream it, you can do it.
ENZO FERRARI Success is a Journey: so, don’t forget to pack your COURAGE: to face the obstacles heading your wa...
PHILIP T. M. It is a mistake to do nothing just because you think you can only do a little.
KAREN DUFFY Have a robust mindset; dare to move any mountain!
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH What you do will project you
SOTONYE ANGA If you do not believe you can do it then you have no chance at all.
ARSENE WENGER Do what you do so well that they will want to see it again and bring their friends.
~WALT DISNEY You can have anything you want in life, you must be willing to conquer the challenge.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Focus on your work. Do what you're great at. Don't compare yourself to others and or waste time crit...
GERMANY KENT I don't think anything is unrealistic if you believe you can do it.
RICHARD L. EVANS If you value your time, You'll get some reasons to smile in return.
MD. NAZRUL ISLAM A weird thing happens when you get a glimpse of that side of you. A child-like zeal possesses you. I...
K.J. KILTON If you can do it, why you won't do it???
If you have chance why you won't use it?
DEYTH BANGER You can be all that you want to be.
Keep dreaming and reach out to your dreams.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Learn, relearn and outlearn.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Think not of what you can do, but of what you cannot!
JALAL ERRAZI Don’t waste your time trying to impress others to satisfy their ego. do what you love & love what ...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Be all that you can be.
You can be great.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Protect your enthusiasm from the negativity and fear of others. Never decide to do nothing just beca...
STEVE MARABOLI God walked with humanity in the cool of the day and gave them the most difficult and hottest parts o...
JOEY TALLADINO Ongea unachoweza kutenda.
ENOCK MAREGESI There is so much you are capable of doing, but you will never know until you try
SOTONYE ANGA Do. Then talk. In that order.
SOTERO M LOPEZ II Happiness is not about what you do, it's about how you do what you do.
ROEL VAN SLEEUWEN “You can’t do what You ONLY never tried to do.”
MAGED MAHROUS Everything known and referred to as “impossible” is often what has not been attempted before. It...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR Only those who can see the invisible, can do the impossible.
JEFFREY FRY Being able to do what you wish is the best thing in the world!
SHIRO AMANO Be magnificent. Life's short. Get out there. You can do it. Everyone can do it. Everyone.
ANDY SERKIS Just like any one of us, they started with no road map or guarantee of success. But they went out an...
CAMILLE SWEENEY If therefore you shall be remembered for what you did with what you had more than what you had, use ...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH A clear passion, a resolute determination, a can-do spirit; these are the rods for creating a great ...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR You don't tell an astronaut what to do.
ATMOSPHERE Bravery breaks barriers! You were not born to be mediocre! Put on courage and conquer! Don’t forge...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH One day, you muster the courage and let go of the fear. In a brief moment of insanity, you give wing...
K.J. KILTON 6 Ways To Give Your Mind A Break:

1. Stop stressing
2. Stop worrying
3. Give re...
GERMANY KENT What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you not? And what happens? You ma...
ALFRED ADLER What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you not? And what happens? You ma...
ALFRED ADLER If you are a “now-person”, you reduce the time rate during which your success story is to be pub...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.
SAMUEL BUTLER What you can do, has nothing to do with your parents' last name! What you can do has nothing to do w...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR The fact that you can only do a little is no excuse for doing nothing.
JOHN LE CARRé You were built for this moment.
KIERRA C.T. BANKS Wanting something badly even though it could hurt you," Bentley repeated. He looked up at the ceilin...
NELLIE CHRISTINE Some business coaches may disagree with me, but I wholeheartedly teach my community to start busines...
KEVIN J. DONALDSON Believe in yourself, keep a can-do approach, struggle hard and watch success follow.
MUSTAFA SAIFUDDIN When you do voiceover it's such a fun job to be able to do. First of all, you can do it in your ...
KELLY HU The better you do today, the better you can do tomorrow.
LORRIN L. LEE Be yourself, be who you can be.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA dont wait for next minute, next hour, next day, next week, next year, just do it if you want to do i...
ANON QUOTER Do it and they will follow
CHARMAINE J. FORDE Produce your own dream. If you want to save Peru, go save Peru. It’s quite possible to do anything...
JOHN LENNON YOU are YOU! Know YOU can! YOU must not be afraid because God has a prosperous future plan for YOU! ...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR Do what you love doing.
JULIANNA MARGULIES Have confidence in everything. No matter what it is that you're doing, know that you can do it b...
O'SHEA JACKSON, JR. One of the things I do in my cookbooks is I will do a conversion from outdoor to indoor grilling so ...
SANDRA LEE Acting in another language is great, and I've done that. But you can't do it as well as you ...
EMMANUELLE SEIGNER There's nothing you can do. Once it's done, just try to prevent it. All you can do is pray.
HITESH PATEL We need to learn about pride. It has pulled down so many, both great and small
SOTONYE ANGA Success is not in the possession of multitudes of dreams; it is in the art of processing dreams into...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR What you want to do, and what you can do, is limited only by what you can dream.
MIKE MELVILLE We all think of doing something distinctive in life. We all do dream of becoming great and leaving d...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Cease to think of an impossibility and you will seize an opportunity for productivity. Excellence co...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR No one intimidates me because I'm not trying to do what you do, because I can't do what you ...
MARY J. BLIGE There's only so much you can do, but if somebody doesn't give you a chance there is nothing you can ...
CHARLIZE THERON Racist people are few, in the minority. But you can do nothing to change them. You can talk, you can...
MARIO BALOTELLI Stop waiting for what you want, and start working what you have. This can turn your greatest frustra...
STEVEN FURTICK You cannot be accountable with the products of someone else's mind; no man is known for a skillful h...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR It is not what you can do for your country, but what you can do for all of mankind.
MIKE NORTON You have to be you. You can't be anybody else. If you speak loudly, and people tell you to speak...
MARIO TESTINO The best thing you can do for your kids is to show them God working in you on a daily basis.
CRAIG GROESCHEL Let's face it, there are only so many roads you can use in Florida. There is little we can do when i...
CAPT. CHIP WILDY He thought himself awake when he was already asleep. He saw the stars above his face, whirling on th...
T.H. WHITE What you do, say, and have reveal who you are.
LORRIN L. LEE The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you d...
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW To do what you love can sometimes be stressful.
TONI BRAXTON I Don't Like What I Do, I Love What I Do!
JOHN PETERS When I know what to do, everything is so easy.
LORRIN L. LEE The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can ...
DAVID HOCKNEY The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can ...
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER I think Pilates is great, especially when you can do it with a trainer who keeps you on track.
CATE BLANCHETT Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure and not be spoiled.
HARRY EMERSON FOSDICK If you're confused about what to do,
it's a sign that your enemy is winning.
TOBA BETA Do what you can while you can.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Whatever you do, do it well. Do it so well that when people see you do it, they will want to come ba...
WALTER E. DISNEY You can only do what you can do, and then it's up to the judges.
ERIC PEATROSS What you do that gives you the greatest pleasure can also give you the greatest income
SOTONYE ANGA Self confidence is the greatest courage for any success.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Thinking without acting makes you a coward. Acting without thinking makes you insane. You need both ...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR You argue with the umpire because there is nothing else you can do about it.
LEO DUROCHER Leave complains behind; Stop worrying and murmuring about the difficulty of something that you have ...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR God can only do for you what He can do through you.
ERIC BUTTERWORTH One of the best things you can do in life is to embrace who you are. Once you do that NOTHING can st...
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SYDNEY POLLACK I set up a laboratory in the Department of Physiology in the Medical School in South Africa and begi...
SYDNEY BRENNER Beginnings and endings are not interesting; audiences want the high point, which means you've go...
SYDNEY POLLACK What's overwhelmingly clear is 'Havana' didn't work for people, but why it didn'...
SYDNEY POLLACK It's a standard 365-day a year thing. You have to be vigilant on animal cruelty.
SYDNEY WHITE Might as well be frank, monsieur. It would take a miracle to get you out of Casablanca, and the Germ...
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