Top 100 What You've Got Quotes
#1. It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.
Zig Ziglar
#2. Unless you change how you are, you will always have what you've got.
Jim Rohn
#3. Wow, I get to wake up again? Ok. You have to make good with what you've got.
Dave Grohl
#4. There are so many people put there who will tell you that you can't. What you've got to do is turn around and say Watch me.
Layne Beachley
#5. What you've got here is really a case of journalists making fun of people who believe in God and the devil.
William Bennett
#6. Don't cheat the world of your contribution. Give it what you've got.
Steven Pressfield
#7. I'm not a separatist. The imagination is integrative. That's how you make the new
by putting something else with what you've got. And I'm unashamedly an American integrationist.
Ralph Ellison
#8. When I'm making something, I've always felt in charge and therefore able to call the shots. But what you've got to do is stop that turning into arrogance or despotism!
Armando Iannucci
#9. Live as big as you can, with what you've got.
Jill Shalvis
#10. You truly have to make the very best of what you've got. We all do.
Mary Tyler Moore
#12. What you've got to do is recognize that you don't control everything for a start, you've got to play the cards you're dealt, the hand of cards you're dealt, as best you can, and that's what I always seek to do.
Malcolm Turnbull
#13. Keep what you've got till you get what you need, y'all. You gotta give a lot just to get what you need sometimes, y'all.
Chuck Brown
#14. What you've got to understand, son," says the doctor, "is it's all the fault of the alien space bats.
Cory Doctorow
#15. An author's ability to bring a marketing synopsis to the table - along with a great manuscript - makes a difference in what books get picked up. This is true for both fiction and nonfiction titles. You need to show your publisher what you've got in your marketing arsenal.
M.J. Rose
#16. Do we have a hand mirror?' I asked from the kitchen doorway.
'Never use one,' said Lester, examining the date on a carton of sour cream.
'Naturally, you're a male. What you see is what you've got,' I said resentfully.
'Huh?' said Lester.
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
#17. I've never had guys sit me down and say this is what you've got to do. It's my personality that makes me one of a kind, and I believe that.
Don Rickles
#18. People have always tut-tutted about actors stepping out of line politically. And I can sort of see it because what you've got your fame for is not being someone who can influence things, so it's cheating.
Joanna Lumley
#19. Ever since I was a kid, I've always thought it very important to be happy inside. There's a lot of bad things happening in the world, but it's important to try to stay happy and appreciate what you've got, and don't look externally for the happiness.
Ana Ivanovic
#20. If you're building a house, or doing anything, time is what you've got. Well, there's effort, but you need time. The more time you put into something, the better stuff you can make.
Gene Simmons
#21. Come on, pretty boy," he taunts. "Show me what you've got.
Cynthia Hand
#22. It's the principle of the thing, Jess . That's what you've got to understand. You have to stop people like that. Otherwise they turn into tyrants and dictators.
Katherine Paterson
#23. There's a point when you go with what you've got. Or you don't go.
Joan Didion
#24. Why we are here is important, but to know where we are going is imperative. It's not what you've got, it's what you use, that makes a difference in how your life turns out.
Zig Ziglar
#25. My mum taught me that bodies are bodies, and they come in all shapes and sizes - we should be free about that. My legs are a bit dangly, and my knees point inwards. Everyone has insecurities, but I try not to focus on them. It's important to be confident with what you've got.
Eliza Doolittle
#26. All right," I managed to say, just before I crumpled to the floor. "Let's see what you've got.
Richelle Mead
#27. If you're in a painful place, be there, feel it, but don't stay stuck there. Do what you've got to do to get out of there. And if you're in a really joyful place, believe that that's not going to last either.
Pegi Young
#28. I believe in one day at a time; you've got TODAY, that's what you' ve got.
Al Pacino
#29. Well," I say, far beyond curious at this point, "I can't wait to hear what you've got to say about this." I
J.A. Huss
#30. You know, quarterbacks, I think greatness in quarterbacks is taking what you've got, whether it's a great team, a good team, or a struggling team and make them better.
Fran Tarkenton
#31. That's the way it goes when the world falls apart. You never appreciate what you've got till it's gone.
Karen Marie Moning
#32. What you've got is 30,000 people calling you an asshole.- Stone Cold Steve Austin What I've got is 30,000 people I couldn't care less if they lived or died.
Triple H
#33. It's true what they say: 'You don't appreciate what you've got until it's gone.' I miss love. I miss being looked after.
Cilla Black
#34. You can start where you are with what you've got and go wherever it is you want to go.
Zig Ziglar
#35. When your heart's not open you can't see what you've got.
Tarkan
#36. With fame, you can't trust everybody. You can't depend on them being there for you as a person. They will only be there because of what you've got you as a person. They will only be there because of what you've got and what you can bring to their life. It's not a relationship-it's a leech.
Chris Brown
#37. You can either take it as a way to motivate yourself or be happy with what you've got.
Jeremy Bonderman
#38. The best thing about the street is not what you've got; it is about what you do with what you've got".
Abdulazeez Henry Musa
#39. Success - it's what you do with what you've got.
Woody Hayes
#40. It's a shame watching life shrivel up into nothing. Makes you remember to appreciate what you've got. Anybody can tell you Ed started breaking the day Emma died.
John Northcutt Young
#41. Yoga is about working with what you've got on that day. Some days you may find certain positions easier to get into than others. It's not about comparing yourself or judging yourself, it's about being in that moment and doing your best.
Jayne Middlemiss
#42. We never had a huge squad and we never had a great deal of choice. But in many ways that helps because you've got to make do with what you've got. You don't have too many problems about picking the team you just hope that everyone turns up on the day.
Jack Charlton
#43. Wanting more than you can have will spoil what you've got.
Robert B. Parker
#44. I'm a firm believer that it's not the way you look or what you have, but what you've got inside.
Krista Allen
#45. Instead of waiting for perfection, run with what you've got, and fix it as you go.
Paul Arden
#46. Bring it, grizzly. Show me what you've got.
Kathy Lyons
#47. When you're adopted, no matter what, you've got issues with unconditional love. And you find out you're the product of the worst situation for a young girl to be in and start her life, and I'm so grateful that my birth mom made the decision she made. She came from a rough situation.
Rodney Atkins
#48. You young kids don't know what you've got," he said. "It's a terrible thing to have your memories leave you.
Makenzie Smith
#49. It's not what you've been given, it's what you do with what you've got.
Eddi Reader
#50. Turn off your mind, and focus on what you've got to do - task at hand.
Tony Horton
#51. What you've got to do is be honest. Say what you believe. Give it to them straight. Just don't wuss out.
Michael Bloomberg
#52. Shock can kill you. Shock is terrible. But what you've got to do is live in the present, which is what I have always done.
Iris Apfel
#53. Limited resources force you to make do with what you've got. There's no room for waste. And that forces you to be creative.
Jason Fried
#54. You probably have the ability to get what you want. And you likely have everything you need to be completely satisfied. But do you also have the ability to want what you've got? That just may be one of the most important questions you will ever answer.
Steve Goodier
#55. Recruiting can be a little deceiving at times. You never know what you've got until you really, really play it out.
Steve Spurrier
#56. You're not a whore. You're a chick who hasn't exactly grown up with every advantage, and you've learned to use what you've got. You don't do it on purpose. It's second nature. You act girly and helpless and make men think you're harmless.
Jennifer Echols
#57. You are not a terrible person. But the world is a terrible, HORRIBLE place. What you've got to do is take all that rage and all that hatred that's inside of you and turn it around. You've got to stop trying to destroy yourself. Turn that rage outward, go out and try to destroy the WORLD instead.
Jim Knipfel
#58. No one is ever quite ready; everyone is always caught off guard. Parenthood chooses you. And you open your eyes, look at what you've got, say "Oh, my gosh," and recognize that of all the balls there ever were, this is the one you should not drop. It's not a question of choice.
Marisa De Los Santos
#59. Do you really want to be happy? You can begin by being appreciative of who you are and what you've got.
Benjamin Hoff
#60. Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot.
D.H. Lawrence
#61. The only thing that helps you win the game is preparation and getting your mind ready to go to battle. That's what you've got to do.
Mark Richt
#62. Never trust anyone who wants what you've got. Friend or no, envy is an overwhelming emotion.
Eubie Blake
#63. It's about what you've got to put yourself through to make anything worthwhile. It's about going to the dark places and using what you find there.
Kevin Barry
#64. I don't think anybody's too big to fail. I think the - I think if what you've got is sort of a large number of institutions who are going to fail, then that ends up affecting the system.
Marc Lasry
#65. You have to learn to play with what you've got.
Don Meyer
#66. If love what you can't have, then you have to love what you've got
Ed Sheeran
#67. There is no precedent in any modern White House for what is going on in this one: a complete lack of a policy apparatus. What you've got is everything, and I mean everything, being run by the political arm. It's the reign of the Mayberry Machiavellis.
John DiIulio
#68. Company cultures are like country cultures. Never try to change one. Try, instead, to work with what you've got.
Peter Drucker
#69. You can start from where you are with what you've got and go to where it is you want to go.
Zig Ziglar
#70. The key is to photograph your obsessions, whether that's old people's hands or skyscrapers. Think of a blank canvas, because that's what you've got, and then think about what you want to see. Not anyone else.
David LaChapelle
#71. Maybe growing up is just focusing on what you've got, instead of what you don't.
Jodi Picoult
#72. What's the fastest route to the library in Peachtree City? (Carlos)
What? You've got an overdue book? (Gabrielle)
Sherrilyn Kenyon
#73. Sex appeal is 50% what you've got and 50% what people think you've got.
Sophia Loren
#74. I think in most cases, unless you're writing about a character who is garrulous, you say what you've got to say and then get out. Those little conjunctions, those little turnaround words help you do it. That's the way I like to write: I get rid of things rather than add them.
Randy Newman
#75. Use what you've got. What you need is usually there if you can see it and if you have the courage to use it.
Gloria Feldt
#76. Nobody's changing what you've got. You get to keep it.
Barack Obama
#77. Happiness is knowing and appreciating what you've got. I am very, very, very grateful for what, to me, is dead easy.
Maeve Binchy
#78. Sometimes when you finish a book, you don't know quite what you've got.
Salman Rushdie
#79. If you don't have what you need, just rock with what you've got!
Patti Smith
#80. R.C. Willey is an amazing story. Bill took over the business from his father-in-law in 1954 when sales were about $250,000. From this tiny base, Bill employed Mae West's philosophy: 'It's not what you've got - it's what you do with what you've got.
Mark Gavagan
#81. Changing a diaper is a lot like getting a present from your grandmother - you're not sure what you've got but you're pretty sure you're not going to like it.
Jeff Foxworthy
#82. Do the best you can with what you've got where you are.
John C. Stipa
#83. You know, when you're trying to get better at golf, you're always measuring your game up against other people to see what you've got to do to get better and to see if you can compete with them.
Lucas Black
#85. The first thing you ought to do is verify what I present. Just because I say it doesn't make it true. So check it out, see what looks correct, what looks wrong, look at other material which wasn't discussed, figure out what the truth really is. That's what you've got a brain for.
Noam Chomsky
#86. Get in front of the ball, you won't get hurt. That's what you've got a chest for, young man.
John McGraw
#87. There is no true life. Your true life is the one you end up with, whatever it may be. You just do the best you can with what you've got.
Anne Tyler
#88. If you are always craving, always wanting, never satisfied, never happy with what you've got, you end up even more lost and lonely than you do ...
Tony Parsons
#89. Be brave, and show them what you've got, [85] Have Fantasy with all her chorus, yes, Mind, Reason, Passion, Tears, the lot, But don't you leave out Foolishness.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
#90. In the end when you accept yourself for who you are and you work with what you've got, you couldn't be more beautiful because you're confident and everyone notices.
Lily Collins
#91. That is the secret of happiness and virtue
liking what you've got to do.
Aldous Huxley
#93. Sometimes you don't know what you've got until you put it in front of an audience - and the enthusiasm for the show from the audience has been just incredible.
Matthew Bourne
#94. I want to go to the extremes and transformation is something I'm fascinated by. At the same time, you can transform but you can only really put what you've got inside you into somebody, so there's always going to be a degree of you inhabiting any role.
Ed Speleers
#96. You don't fully appreciate what you've got until something threatens to take it away.
Melody Carlson
#97. In life it isn't what you've lost, it's what you've got left that counts
Hubert H. Humphrey
#98. When you don't know what you can have, you do okay with what you've got.
J.D. Robb
#99. I think you know what? You've got to believe in yourself. You can do it.
Juan Williams
#100. Still, he figured, sometimes you've got to do what you've got to do, and then sometimes you've just got to run like hell after it's done.
Derek Landy
