Top 120 Just Do It Quotes

I’m very unpredictable. Very, very impulsive. Extremely. Absolutely! Sometimes I don’t know what I want to do from one day to the next. I can’t enjoy anything premeditated; I just do it as I feel it. But whatever I do is motivated by honesty.

There was a time when a studio executive would really love something and have no proof at all that it would work and just do it because they believed in it. That’s how ‘Star Wars‘ happened.

If you have money, and you help people, you don’t talk about it. Just do it.

I like it best when two ideas collide, like when you have a crazed attitude towards women combined with a crazed attitude towards the Vietnamese. I like that. Even if it’s not true, I don’t care whether it’s true or false. I just do it.

I’m the kind of director, at any given moment, an idea occurs to me, I’ll just do it.

If I had been asked to write 1,200 words for a newspaper tomorrow, on any subject, I would just do it rather than leave a white hole in the page. And I think it’s a very healthy attitude to take to writing anything.

I never really sat down and decided, ‘And now this is what I’m going to do.’ I just do it.

I have a stationary bike that I do twice a week, but I’m not really serious about it. I just do it until I get tired. And then I have a step thing that I really hate. It’s hard on your knees. I have a treadmill that keeps getting stuck. It’s nice to have equipment around, though, because you can sit on it anytime.

Music is my life. I love doing it, so I just do it nonstop all day. And with dancing, I wanted to put on a show for people. I don’t want to just be sitting there doing nothing, so that’s when I started to dance.

When I make a film, I am hoping to reinvent the genre a little bit. I just do it my way. I make my own little Quentin versions of them… I consider myself a student of cinema. It’s almost like I am going for my professorship in cinema, and the day I die is the day I graduate. It is a lifelong study.

Do it no matter what. If you believe in it, it is something very honorable. If somebody around you or your family does not understand it, then that’s their problem. But if you do have a passion, an honest passion, just do it.

With Daphne, there was a huge part of me going, This is my dream job, literally my dream role, but there’s no way I’m going to get it. So I may as well just do it how I want to do it, and not think about anyone else.’ That was quite a good thing.

That’s the whole reason I got into acting: I don’t do this like some grown-ups have to do it, because they have families, and they have to make money. It’s not my job. My dad works to support our family. So I just do it for fun.

People throw in the towel because they don’t know how to fight. You’d be surprised how much fight you have in you if you just do it.

It’s nice just to be able to go out and, basically, be able to play other types of music and not have any pressure to almost explain it and justify why you did. I just do it because I like to have some fun.

I want my government to do something about my privacy – I don’t want to just do it on my own.

The less you worry about things the more you just do it naturally.

In Britain, you do your job. When you do an American TV show, there is a sense of being one with the crew, and there is a leadership element, which was a learning curve for me because it is very different culturally. In Britain, you just do it, leave and say, ‘Thanks.’

I didn’t have any idea what politics was like. I was surprised at how difficult it is to get something done. In the private world, if I have an idea, I just do it.

If you feel like there’s something out there that you’re supposed to be doing, if you have a passion for it, then stop wishing and just do it.

Sure, President Bush can say that the U.S. government won‘t fund stem cell research, but believe me, Japan is applauding. Because they will just do it first and get all the patents.

In writing and politicking, it’s best not to think about it, just do it.

Always make sure you have your rent. At the end of the month, if you have to eat Ramen for a week because you won’t have your rent money, just do it but make sure your rent is all there so you’re not stressing about that. As long as you have your rent at least you have somewhere to live.

If you believe in what you’re doing, you should just do it. You’ll keep getting better.

I can’t remember 16 bars. Unless you write it, you can’t. I just do it bar for bar.

No, really. Just do it. You have some kind of weird reasons that are okay.

I’ve had people call me from bands that are very popular, and they’re like, ‘What do we do? We want to do what you do.’ It’s almost impossible to do what I do, because you would have to start in 1980. You can’t just do it.

Love your friends’ kids, even if you don’t want or like children. Just do it.

Ultimately you want to do something in life that people will remember. And with Buffy, I did that. I don’t feel like I need to achieve something. I just do it because it’s fun. And that takes the pressure off.

For me, I don’t need to juice to make weight for my fights. I just do it for the health benefits – to keep my body healthy and to get my greens in me.

There’s this certain caliber of dancing I was striving for when I was younger, and it’s very hard for me to go back and just do it for fun. But I take all other kinds of classes: I take jazz classes, modern classes, and I love doing that instead of going to the gym. The gym is not very much fun.

People think catching a football one-handed is a technique, but it’s more a reaction. Because you really don’t think about it when you’re doing it. You just do it. I couldn’t sit there and try to teach someone how to catch a one-handed football.

But I always held my music up and protected it from compromise. So I just do it for my friends. I’ve written hundreds of songs, and I’m sure I have a few albums worth of songs.

I always thought, ‘I could go the route of saying some controversial things and have it explode, just do it like that. But I don’t do that.’ But of course, it wasn’t really up to me.

I don’t really say too much to my parents. If they ask me to do something I just do it and get it out of the way.

It’s just madness. First email. Then instant message. Then MySpace. Then Facebook. Then LinkedIn. Then Twitter. It’s not enough anymore to ‘Just do it.’ Now we have to tell everyone we are doing it, when we are doing it, where we are doing it and why we are doing it.

When I decided to keep swimming I made the decision to just do it based off enjoying it and making lots of friends out of it.

You have to lift your head up out of the mud and just do it.

What’s the reason I’m playing basketball? I do it because I love it, I do it because of my family, and that’s it. I don’t do it because of the money. I don’t do it because of the fame. I just do it because I love it, and I do it for my family because my family enjoys it.

I like being able to own things, to not have to depend on music to support myself. Music hadn’t supported me since 2000. I mean, it really hasn’t. I just do it because I love doing it.

If you don’t like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time.

You can accomplish so many things with a negative outlook and low self-esteem if you just do it over and over and over again.

I never went to school for acting; it just comes to me. I never practice. I read the script, I’ll memorize it. I don’t even practice the acting. I’ll just do it the day, and it will just come to me.

Young actors ask me for advice. They say, ‘Should I get an agent?’ I tell them, ‘Don’t worry about that. Act, act, act. Get into that production of ‘The Three Sisters‘ in a church basement. Consider every audition a chance to act, even if it’s just for three minutes. Just do it whenever and wherever you can.’

Technology has made music accessible in a philosophically interesting way, which is great. But on the other hand, when everybody has the ability to make magic, it’s like there’s no more magic – if the audience can just do it themselves, why are they going to bother?

They teach you some things, but football is instinct sometimes. You just get the ball, and sometimes you dribble past three players and pass it; other times, you can shoot from far away. It’s just instinct. If you feel something, just do it. I am free to do that.

When Nike says, just do it, that’s a message of empowerment. Why aren’t the rest of us speaking to young people in a voice of inspiration?

Fatherhood isn’t always a planned thing, but when it happens you just do it. It’s very natural and in that sense it’s not really difficult.

You don’t want other people to tell you what to do your whole life. And if you feel like shaving your hair off, then you just do it.

People with Down syndrome can do anything. They just do it at their own pace. Give them a chance, and you will be rewarded beyond your greatest expectations.

I’m a person who, when I set out to write, I write. It’s just like when you set out to eat, you eat, or when you set out to sleep, you sleep. I don’t do somersaults to write something. I just do it.

If you want to really learn your playbook, you just do it.

I just never have really been the kind of person that’s out in public being inappropriate, I guess. I like to have fun as much as the next person but I tend to do it in private and just hang out with close friends. If I’m going to go out, I’ll just do it with my really good friends.

I’d listen to a song and say, ‘Hang on, I like that piano thing,’ so I’d play the guitar like that and get the vibe from it, and it just evolved from the get-go. It was pretty obvious what to do; You don’t think about rock n’ roll: you just do it.

If someone wants to do something, they should just do it as long as they’re happy with it.

All the theories that acting is reacting to imaginary circumstances as though they are real, and directing is turning psychology into behavior, those are all stabs at something that can’t be taught. All the great actors can’t talk about what they do, and they don’t want to begin to talk about it. They just do it.

Both my parents have been big influences on me wanting to do music. My mum‘s always been, ‘Just do it. Just sing.’

I feel like, you know, some people like to wear colorful stuff. Some people like to be blacked down, and some people just want to be colorful. Some people just have weird problems. I’m never going to wear a pink sweater. Some people just do it because they feel like they can do it.

I don’t think anyone can do what I already do. I just do it and it’s unique, yeah.

If you ask me, we actors have this amazing ability to detach ourselves from an emotion and just do it for the camera.

I hate sitting around a table and talking about what a play might mean. I’m the person who’s always like, ‘Can we get up on our feet and just do it?’

If someone dares me to do something I’ll just do it.

This life is for us to discover the divine within. And that’s really the key to life in many ways for me. And the thing is, it’s not for us to reason why everything is what it is… just do it.

I guess I’m just one of these people who, when I decide I’m going to do something, I just do it.

Finishing is different to shooting. If you work at in in training sessions then you will just do it naturally during the game.

Every day I spend in Hollywood, I start to realize how many films are made with no heart and no love. They just do it for the paycheck, and I cannot imagine making a film that way.

I can fight at any minute. It’s like nature, like a second language, you just do it.

I still don’t really think about acting that much. I just do it.

If you put music into your Vine, and it’s really jumpy, just do it over again.

This book is pointing the way into it for people that see it as daunting or a mystery. Some people just do it, but others need help with the mindset, permission almost to listen to themselves. Understanding how things work is the key.

I just have work to do; I just do it.

I find talking about acting very boring, having to come out with platitudes about how terribly nice everyone is. I would much rather just do it.

If you want to build something fantastic, just do it. Who is stopping you?

We need the kind of leadership exemplified by President Kennedy to just do it! But we must do it as good stewards, aggressively exerting control over the moon. We can best do this by going there.

I remember when ‘Grease’ came out, I used to force my mum to try and grease my hair back, and it was never long enough, and literally I’d be screaming at her, ‘Do it. Just do it!’.

I’ve kind of learned this about Joss Whedon. Never say never. I’ve learned that. I also have another rule about Joss Whedon. Never say no. Just… whatever Joss Whedon wants to do, just do it.

Feel the fear, and do it anyway. That’s the mentality. Even if you’re scared, just do it.

When I play guitar, it’s automatic. I don’t try to do something; I just do it. And it’s already so ingrained in what I do, I don’t think about it. I don’t try to do something – I just do it. And the more I do it that way, the more I surprise myself. And if I surprise myself, that’s the best thing.

Well, when I’m out running, people don’t recognize me, which is great. I don’t feel pressure; I’m not out to beat anybody or hit a certain time. I just do it for the enjoyment of it. I’m doing it for myself.

I never get my hair done. I just do it myself.

Relationships are so important to me. Talking to someone, listening to them, and even writing a handwritten note or giving someone a picture in a frame has become a lost art because we are inclined to just do it all through technology.

For me, songwriting is something like breathing: I just do it. But that doesn’t mean you’re fantastic.

I daydream just like everybody else. I just do it with my body facing the field, so everybody thinks I’m paying attention.

I’m a great believer that actors are very similar to session musicians. You wouldn’t ask a session musician, ‘How do you play jazz,’ and then, ‘How do you play classical?’ They just do it, because if they don’t do it, they don’t eat.

It’s TV: you just have to jump in and just do it. You don’t have time to think about it. You don’t have time to write a history, which makes it even better. I go with first instincts.

I enjoy hitting tennis balls. I haven‘t lost any of the innocent parts of tennis. I just do it in front of less people.

As the director, you have it in your mind how you want the part done, how you want someone to do it, and so sometimes you just say, ‘Why don’t I do it myself?’ So for a little role, I’ll just do it.

For me, changing my physical appearance for a character is never a problem. If I have to look a certain way for a role, I just do it.

I’m this overachiever type, I’ll just work and work and I’ll just do it over and over and over again.

I don’t think the process of writing books is in any way sensible. It’s not logical, and it’s not reasonable. I do write very fast, and I just do it in a binge. Other people binge-drink; I binge-write.

Being an actor, in and of itself, is just hard. You have to just do it for its own sake.

Every time I step onto an airplane, I turn to the right and take a good, hard stare into the maw of the engine. I don’t know what I’m looking for. I just do it.

I have a whole regimen to my day: my vocal warm-ups, my prayers, my meditations… I pray three times a day. I try to have a real experience praying, not just do it. I really get deep into the idea and really try to get somewhere with it, to have an in-depth understanding of the idea.

The nature of comedy is ‘just do it.’ But I think what’s interesting about it is this joke has been around and why. And it’s just saying what’s wrong and how wrong can you be if you say it.

There’s no real preparing at home for stand-up. You just go and you just do it.

The most important thing is to just do it. If I work at a higher level I have responsibility to do better than what I’ve done before. Sometimes the best happens – beyond possibility. Just do it. Can’t worry about it.

I have always felt that my career was not going to be a straight shot up, but more of a kind of rolling wave, so that I could raise my children. So I got pregnant when I was the head of production at a studio, and I became chairperson at a bigger studio when I was pregnant with my second daughter. You just do it!

Throw caution to the wind and just do it.

I never do things fearing I could do right or wrong. I just do it because I just follow my guts. This is really how I did it for ‘Elektra’ because I was just amazed by all the comics. I was good for me to get inspired by them, and I just follow my guts for the rest.

People ask you all the time, ‘Why do you do this? Why don’t you quit, man, take your money and go home?’ I just do it because I love making music.

More than’ is the tagline of the company LeBron and I started in November 2014 called Uninterrupted. ‘More Than’ is Uninterrupted’s ‘Just Do It’ or ‘Think Different.’

It takes me about two hours to run into Target. People always want a picture. They hem and haw, and they can’t spit the words out, so they waste about five minutes of my time just standing there getting ready for a picture. Just do it!

I think that people can have their hand in as many different things as they want. You’ve just got to put your mind to it and just do it.

I don’t do albums for album sales. I just do it as a conversation piece and a business card.

If you really want something, you’ve gotta just do it and not wait for other people to hand it to you.

I had many different careers early on. I knew I wanted to be a writer. But, like so many people, I didn’t know how to be one – other than just do it. I didn’t know what form it would take.

I don’t know what the future is, but you just do it whilst it’s there, don’t you?

Everybody is different. Everybody has different styles. Just do it the best way you know how.

You’re not allowed to mess up in theater, and if you do, it is going to be embarrassing. But in film, if you make a mistake you just do it over again. You can just do another take.

With the TV stuff, we usually hand in final, finished tracks. The turnaround time is so tight that there’s no time to demo anything; you just do it.

When you appreciate something and you’re grateful for it – like going in to work everyday or just your partner or your job – you just do it that much better because you’re lucky that you’re doing it.

I’m a parrot. I can pick up an accent and just do it.

When we started the band, it was because we were waiting for a sound that never happened. We got tired of waiting, and we decided to just do it ourselves.

Good owners aren’t buying franchises because they think it’s a good economic deal. They’re buying franchises because they’re a huge fan of the sport and they want to be a steward of that team. If they just do it because of a good economic deal, they’re going to be bad owners.

I really recommend it, to build a new physical relationship with yourself, and just do it on your own terms, and your own time, it can just give you a different sense of self-worth, and then help with your mental health too.

‘Just Do It’ is exactly what you need to hear when you’re in a moment of doubt. When you’re struggling, especially with sport… just do it. Stop talking about it, stop complaining about the cellulite, or that you’re not able to run fast enough for the bus… just do it.

I don’t like talking about climbing that much. You don’t have to discuss; just do it.

Sorry; I have no space left for advice. Just do it.

If you want to make something of yourself, you have to just do it relentlessly.

At the most elite level, your nutrition becomes a lifestyle: it’s not something you have to do when you’re preparing for Olympic games or World Cup games – you just do it. You’re more inclined to eat healthier because it’s better for your muscles.