"If you will not try, you will..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau
If you will not try, you will go to your grave with your song still inside you.
More by Henry David Thoreau
“All men want, not something to do with, but something to do, or rather something to be.”
“A man receives only what he is ready to receive, whether physically or intellectually or morally, as animals conceive at certain seasons their kind only. We hear and apprehend only what we already half know.”
“When was it that men agreed to respect the appearance and not the reality?”
More on Action
“Out there things can happen, and frequently do, To people as brainy and footsy as you. And when things start to happen, don't worry, don't stew. Just go right along, you'll start happening too!”
“I will act now. Success will not wait. If I delay, success will become wed to another and lost to me forever. This is the time. This is the place. I am the person.”
“Procrastination is the bad habit of putting off until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.”
More on Potential
“A word of Encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential.”
“Great people do things before they're ready...You might find out something about yourself that's really special and if you're not good, who cares? You tried something.”
“Maybe you could be a great writer - maybe even good enough to write a book or articles in a newspaper - but you might not know it until you write that English paper - that English class paper that's assigned to you.”