D Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with D. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Don't wait for the muse. As I've said, he's a hardheaded guy who's not susceptible to a lot of creative fluttering. This isn't the Ouija board or the spirit-world we're talking about here, but just another job like laying pipe or driving long-haul trucks. Your job is to make sure the muse knows where you're going to be every day from nine 'til noon. or seven 'til three. If he does know, I assure you that sooner or later he'll start showing up.”
Source: On writing: a memoir of the craft
“Don't wait for the muse. She has a lousy work ethic. Writers just write.”
“Don't wait for the right conditions. All you need for your growth is available to you in this moment”
“Don't wait for the right opportunity: create it.”
“Don't wait for the stars to align, reach up and rearrange them the way you want...create your own constellation”
“Don't wait for the storms of your life to pass. Learn to dance in the rain.”
Source: Get Your SHIFT Together: How to Think, Laugh, and Enjoy Your Way to Success in Business and in Life, with a foreword by Jeffrey Gitomer
“Don't wait for writers to be dead to be read; the living ones can use the money.”
“Don't wait for your break, make your break. Go make it happen for yourself.”
“Don't wait for your ship to come in, swim out and meet the bloody thing.”
“Don't wait for your ship to come in, swim out to it.”
Source: Friend Me: Mates, Dates, and Inflatable Bras; Mates, Dates, and Cosmic Kisses; Mates, Dates, and Designer Divas
“Don't wait for, expect, or rely on favors.
Count on earning them by hard work
and perseverance.”
“Don't wait on approval, validation and likes from others - always give yourself the highest of approval ratings and work from there. Hold your head up and be fabulous no matter what!”
“Don't wait on perfect conditions for success to happen; just go ahead and do something!”
Source: No More Dreaded Mondays: Ignite Your Passion - and Other Revolutionary Ways to Discover Your True Calling at Work
“Don't wait the time is never just right.”
“Don't wait till you are big before you begin building your brand. Build a brand from scratch alongside your business.”
“Don't wait till you die to go to heaven.”
“Don't wait till you get bigger to put in place key items, such as staff surveys, peer interviewing for hiring and clear standards of behavior [developed by staff].”
“Don't wait till you're older, or in some better job than you have now. Don't wait for anything. Don't wait till some magical...idea drops into your lap. That's not where ideas come from. Go looking for an idea and it'll show up. Begin now.”
“Don't wait to be a great man; be a great boy!”
“Don't wait to be happy to laugh... You may die and never have laughed.”
“Don't wait to be led...do it yourself, person to person.”
“Don't wait to be picked. Pick yourself.”
“Don't wait to be successful at some future point, have a successful relationship with the present moment and be fully present in whatever you are doing. That is success.”
“Don't wait to be sure. Move, move, move.”
Source: No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories
“Don't wait to buy land, buy land and wait.”
“Don't wait to buy land, Buy land and wait. Find out where the people are going and buy the land before they get there.”
“Don't wait to buy real estate. Buy real estate and wait.”
Source: Nothing Down for the 2000s: Dynamic New Wealth Strategies in Real Estate
“Don't wait to find solid ground. Dance in emptiness.”
“Don't wait to forgive until you feel like forgiving; you will never get there. Feelings take time to heal after the choice to forgive is made.”
Source: A Way of Escape: Freedom from Sexual Strongholds
“Don't wait to have a baby! Do it now!”
“Don't wait to worship God until you get to the Promised Land; you've got to worship along the way.”
Source: Wild Goose Chase: Reclaim the Adventure of Pursuing God
“Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.”
“Don't wait until it's too late to say I love you.”
“Don't wait until life has given you an expiration date to live.”
“Don't wait until people are dead to give them flowers.”
Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens
“Don't wait until people do things exactly right before you praise them.”
Source: Know Can Do!: Put Your Know-How Into Action
“Don't wait until the moment of crisis. Plan ahead, hide God's Word in your heart, and pray in advance for victory, holiness, and a life pleasing to God.”
“Don't wait until there is tragedy in your life. Don't wait until you lose somebody. Don't wait until it's too late. Appreciate the beautiful people that you have in your life now.”
Source: Beautiful: A beautiful girl. An evil man. One inspiring true story of courage
“Don't wait until you are a big shot to do big shot things.”
“Don't wait until you are perfect to change the world.”
“Don't wait until you die to learn the warrior's way. Do it now, each night, just before you drift off to sleep. As you review your day, consider these two questions of courage and love. Learn from each day, so that each day you can show a little more courage and a little more love. Then, as incidents occur, you may rise to the occasion and look back at the end of your life and feel good about the way you lived.”
Source: No Ordinary Moments: A Peaceful Warrior's Guide to Daily Life
“Don't wait until you feel like taking positive action. Take the action and then you will feel like doing it.”
Source: Over the Top: Moving from Survival to Stability, from Stability to Success, from Success to Significance
“Don't wait until you feel positive to move forward. Act your way into feeling good.”
Source: Failing Forward
“Don't wait until you get hungry to eat. Eating throughout the day is best. And obviously sleep is important.”
“Don't wait until you know who you are to get started.”
“Don't wait until you retire to go fishing. Don't even wait until your annual vacation. Go at every opportunity. Things that appear more urgent at the moment may, in the long run, turn out to be far less so.”
“Don't wait until you're 'in the mood.' Get into the mood by writing.”
“Don't wait until you're in a crisis to come up with a crisis plan.”
“Don't wait until you're not afraid of something to do it. Do it despite the fear and you'll start to develop a 'fearlessness muscle'.”
“Don't wait untill problems pile up and cause a lot of trouble before trying to solve them. Leaders must march ahead the movement, not lag behind it.”
Source: Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (The Little Red Book) & Other Works