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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• 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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• One thing is certain: The power of belief, the power of thought, will move reality in the direction of what we believe and conceive of it. If you really believe you can do something, you can. This is a fact. When you clearly envision a victorious outcome, engrave it in your heart and are firmly convinced that you will attain it, your brain makes every effort to realize the mental image you have created. And then, through your unceasing efforts, that victory is finally made a reality.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Believe, Moving, Heart

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• The educated man is the man who can do something. The quality of his work marks the degree of his education.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Men, Quality, Degrees

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• Recognise excellence. Celebrate weirdness and innovation. Oddballs should be cherished, if they can do something other people can't do.

  Anthony Bourdain

  People, Innovation, Excellence

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• Creativity is not like the weather: You can do something about it. And you can measure it well enough to determine its effect on sales and profits.

  John Kao

  Creativity, Weather, Enough

  John Kao (2009). “Jamming: Art and Discipline of Business Creativit”, p.22, Harper Collins

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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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• Unlike a lot of people, I don't feel powerless. I know I can do something. But anyone can do something, it's not about being special. It's about deciding to do it - to dive into work for peace and justice and care for everybody on the planet.

  Patch Adams

  People, Justice, Special

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• A problem is something you can do something about. If you can't do something about it, then it's not a problem, it's a predicament. That means it's something that must be coped with, endured.

  Abraham Kaplan

  Mean, Problem, Predicaments

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• The needs of others are ever present, and each of us can do something to help someone.... Unless we lose ourselves in service to others, there is little purpose to our own lives.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Needs, Purpose, Littles

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• The best thing about baseball is that you can do something about yesterday tomorrow.

  Manny Trillo

  Baseball, Yesterday, Tomorrow

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• I'm always trying to find something unique or a project that I can do something unique in. When the director has a vision for a piece that I've never heard before, and they can back that up with visuals and they talk a good game, I get really interested in the world that they're trying to create.

  Josh Hartnett

  Unique, Games, Always Trying

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• If somebody can do something 80 percent as good as you think you would have done it yourself, then you've got to let it go.

  Sara Blakely

  Inspiring, Thinking, Let It Go

  "What Sara Blakely Wished She Knew in Her 20s". Interview with Susie Moore, www.marieclaire.com. November 4, 2014.

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• I just play the music that I love with musicians that I respect, and fortunately, I'm in a position where people are willing to play with me, and perhaps I can do something to help them.

  Bonnie Raitt

  Play, People, Musician

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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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• To win power anywhere you have to convince people that you can do something for them.

  Todd Gitlin

  Winning, People, Convince

  "How to be radical?". The OpenDemocracy Interview, www.opendemocracy.net. April 5, 2011.

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• If one does not like the crime, cruelty, injustice and violence of this society, he CAN do something about it.

  L. Ron Hubbard

  Doe, Violence, Injustice

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• One of the good things about my having some recognition is that I can do something for the people I think ought to have more and correct some of the matters fate fails to take care of.

  Agnes de Mille

  Fate, Thinking, People

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• I can't do everything but I can do something to help somebody. And what I can do I will do. I wish I could do more.

  Oseola McCarty

  Wish, Helping, I Can

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• A franchise is dictated on the success of doing one film right, so if you can get it done correctly, you've got a chance of something else, but sometimes it just doesn't work that way. Ideally, it's insurance for the future; if you can do something, if you can find a character that people really do like, then you're very lucky.

  Jason Statham

  Art, Character, People

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• There's nothing better for building confidence than learning you can do something you thought you couldn't.

  Amy Chua

  Confidence, Building, Building Confidence

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

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• There are a helluva lot more of us who care about our environment in the world than we realize. We're the majority, and we can do something about that

  Woody Harrelson

  Positive Energy, Majority, Who Cares

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• Work hard! Just keep working hard until you can do something you want to do! We all progress at different speeds and in different ways, so be patient and keep working hard!

  Hiromi

  Hard Work, Progress, Different

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• When you believe that you can do something that's when you can do it.

  Joseph Gordon-Levitt

  Believe, Can Do, You Can Do It

  "Robert Zemeckis Reveals the Power of 3D and Honors the Twin Towers at 'The Walk' NYFF Press Conference" by Zack Sharf, www.indiewire.com. September 27, 2015.

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• Just because some people can do something with little or no training, it doesn't mean that others can't do it (and sometimes do it even better) with training.

  Carol S. Dweck

  Wise, Mean, People

  Carol S. Dweck (2006). “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success”, p.70, Random House

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