„This above all, to refuse to be a victim. Unless I can do that I can do nothing.“

— Margaret Atwood
„In all this I can see but the doom of slavery. The North do not want, nor will they want, to interfere with the institution. But they will refuse for all time to give it protection unless the South shall return soon to their allegiance.“
— Ulysses S. Grant
„I can do nothing for you but work on myself… you can do nothing for me but work on yourself!“
— Ram Dass
„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 something that I can do.“
— Helen Keller
„I just want to say to the kids out there watching: You can do anything you want in life. Unless Jay Leno wants to do it too.“
— Conan O'Brien
„Nothing will work unless you do.“
— Maya Angelou
„It's my advice and I do it: I evade all the taxes I can.“
— Jair Bolsonaro
„Whenever I face a hard decision or a risky situation in life (personally or professionally), all my thinking, all my analysis, all my planning can be boiled down to four simple questions:1. What is the best thing that can happen if I do this?2. What is the worst thing that can happen if I do this?3. What is the best thing that can happen if I don't do it?4. What is the worst thing that can happen if I don't do it?“
— Ben Carson