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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• 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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• 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 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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• The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of his race.

  Booker T. Washington

  Race, Done, World

  Booker T. Washington (2009). “Up from Slavery: An Autobiography”, p.171, The Floating Press

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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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• 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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• If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever.

  Dalai Lama

  Life, Worry, Needs

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• Ethan Wyeth: I hope you're thirsty." Gideon Wyeth:"Why?" Ethan: "Cause your dumb and ugly, but I can do something about thirsty.

  Orson Scott Card

  Dumb, Gideon, Ugly

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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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• Where there is a will, there is a way. If there is a chance in a million that you can do something, anything, to keep what you want from ending, do it. Pry the door open or, if need be, wedge your foot in that door and keep it open.

  Pauline Kael

  Doors, Feet, Needs

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• The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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• Yeah, I mean the material, directors, the other cast, and if you think you can do something with the character then you do it and go from there. I am looking forward to doing some smaller movies.

  Orlando Bloom

  Character, Mean, Thinking

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• I have learned, as a rule of thumb, never to ask whether you can do something. Say, instead, that you are doing it. Then fasten your seat belt. The most remarkable things follow.

  Julia Cameron

  Inspirational, Empowerment, Acting

  Julia Cameron (2012). “The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity”, p.93, Souvenir Press

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• We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Time, Ambition, Effort

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• I think anytime you can do something you haven't seen or done in a film before, it's always a great day as an actor.

  Matt Dillon

  Thinking, Great Day, Actors

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• Far and away, the greatest threat to the ocean, and thus to ourselves, is ignorance. But we can do something about that.

  Sylvia Earle

  Ocean, Ignorance, Threat

  Twitter post from Aug 21, 2017

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• There are two kinds of worries - those you can do something about and those you can't. Don't spend any time on the latter.

  Duke Ellington

  Inspirational, Two, Worry

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• I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do. And by the grace of God, I will.

  Edward Everett Hale

  Grace, Making A Difference, Charity

  "Personal Quote/ Did you know?". www.imdb.com.

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• Soccer isn't very social. Plus, if you don't like someone on the other team, you can do something about it.

  Mia Hamm

  Soccer, Team, Social

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• I'm always trying to find something unique or a project that I can do something unique in.

  Josh Hartnett

  Unique, Always Trying, Projects

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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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