“Living is
a thing you do
now or never —
which do you?”

“Never do a thing concerning the rectitude of which you are in doubt.”
Quod dubites, ne feceris.

Pliny the Younger (61–113) Roman writer

“Never be embarrassed by the things you cannot do. Be embarrassed by the things you can do and don't do well.”

Len Wein (1948–2017) American comic book writer and editor

“Never let the things you can't do, stop you from doing what you can.”

Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) American politician, 40th president of the United States (in office from 1981 to 1989)

“Now what state do you live in?'
'Denial.”

Bill Watterson (1958) American comic artist

“Now I know the things I know, and I do the things I do; and if you do not like me so, to hell, my love, with you!”

Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.”

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

“Somebody said: "Well, you did that to make us like you." No, no. It's not a reason you do things, to be liked. It's the right thing to do, to save lives.”

George W. Bush (1946) 43rd President of the United States

“Wherever you turn, you can find someone who needs you. Even if it is a little thing, do something for which there is no pay but the privilege of doing it. Remember, you don't live in a world all of your own.”

Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) French-German physician, theologian, musician and philosopher

“You never compromise with violence. You never compromise with intimidation. You never compromise by those who want to use those to extinguish freedom and democracy, because if you do then the very things for which you stand are extinguished.”

Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013) British stateswoman and politician