The way to get started is to quit talking and start doing.

The line is a blunt piece of pragmatic advice: progress begins when planning and rhetoric give way to concrete action. It contrasts “talking” (intention, persuasion, excuses, endless discussion) with “doing” (execution, experimentation, iteration). As a maxim, it reflects an entrepreneurial, production-oriented ethos often associated with Disney’s public image—building projects through sustained work rather than mere vision. The quote’s popularity in business and self-help contexts comes from its simplicity and its implied rebuke of procrastination: starting is less about perfect readiness and more about committing to the first actionable step.