Sometimes it's like: If something terrifies you, you should totally do it BECAUSE it terrifies you. And then you'll do it and you'll realise what you're capable of.
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Related If it's what you do and you can do it, then you do it. VAN MORRISON Do the thing and you will have the power. RALPH WALDO EMERSON If you can dream it, you can do it. ENZO FERRARI What you do will project you SOTONYE ANGA If you think you can do it, you can. JOHN BURROUGHS It ain't bragging if you can do it. DIZZY DEAN If you do not believe you can do it then you have no chance at all. ARSENE WENGER Do. Then talk. In that order. SOTERO M LOPEZ II When you grow up, you gain experience and realise what youre capable of. FRANCESCO TOTTI If you can do it, why you won't do it??? If you have chance why you won't use it? DEYTH BANGER Just like any one of us, they started with no road map or guarantee of success. But they went out an... CAMILLE SWEENEY I think I'm losing it—I don't know what's happening, what happened, but I look at you, I look at y... 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GBENGA AKINNAGBE If you feel like there's something out there that you're supposed to be doing, if you have a... WANDA SYKES 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 I just have work to do; I just do it. IAN MACKAYE ...wanting change is step one, but step two is taking it. ISAAC MARION Just do it ! Just don't waste your time learning how to do it ! EPHDAN So, whatever you want to do, just do it....Making a damn fool of yourself is absolutely essential. GLORIA STEINEM Just because it's a trend should we do it? BERT MCCOY Youll never know how strong you truly are, until u get under some weight. EULLYS "JEWELZ" HINNANT III Be magnificent. Life's short. Get out there. You can do it. Everyone can do it. Everyone. ANDY SERKIS You must be the person you have never had the courage to be. Gradually, you will discover that you a... PAULO COELHO You get to the point where you're like, 'I'm just doing me, and if people don't like... BEBE REXHA You cannot be accountable with the products of someone else's mind; no man is known for a skillful h... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR The idea of it terrifies them. JANE HOFFA Every man should know, if you're comfortable and you like it, you should do it. Everyone always ... TOM BRADY If you are a “now-person”, you reduce the time rate during which your success story is to be pub... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR 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 To do what you love can sometimes be stressful. TONI BRAXTON Be all that you can be. You can be great. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Unpredictability means what it means. I don't know how you define it. It is what it is. MICHAEL KEATON Like what you do, if you don't like it, do something else. PAUL HARVEY Long-time viewing of Internet violence tend to change a person's temperament, making the person pron... YOU QUANXI If positive and healthy materials are absent, negative materials are sure to be dominant in the cybe... YOU QUANXI In a robust global business environment, our business units operated well in the first quarter. More... HARRY YOU The Board of Directors and I are pleased to recognize Peter's outstanding contribution to the succes... HARRY YOU We are pleased to close the books on 2004 following the painstaking review of almost five years of f... HARRY YOU Don't mess with the best or youll die like the rest LUDO MILNE I don't care if you're doing haute cuisine or burgers and pizza, just do it right. GRANT ACHATZ 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 I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonde... STEVE JOBS Do it no matter what. If you believe in it, it is something very honorable. If somebody around you o... MARIO ANDRETTI Don’t waste your time trying to impress others to satisfy their ego. do what you love & love what ... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You ... MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN If you can't do it today, You can not do it in your whole life! Do it NOW! KAMAL KHANZADA I think I’m falling for you, Isaiah.” My head dips. I think I’m falling for you, too,... KATIE MCGARRY You don’t expect the goat to hatch the hen’s eggs. People do what they know very well. Don’t e... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it CLARENCE BUDINGTON KELLAND i can only change, what i can do with my own hands. MOHAMMED ABDI MOHAMMED What if you couldn't bank on a future...what would you do now? Things can change in the blink of an ... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE Saying tomorrow only risks your chances of waking up after today. YAHYA MOHAMUD I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts. HERMAN MELVILLE Do anything, save to lie down and die! NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve W. CLEMENT STONE It's a rotten job, but somebody's got to do it. AGATHA CHRISTIE If you act like you can do something, then it will work. WALTER ISAACSON If you believe in what you're doing, you should just do it. You'll keep getting better. RIKI LINDHOME With improvisation, I just do it. It might be a total failure but then you just throw the dice again... CHRISTIAN MARCLAY
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