Quotes on action
Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.
Author, Unknown
Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
de Gaulle, Charles
Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.
Baldwin, James
Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body - the producers and consumers themselves.
Hoover, Herbert
We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.
Nicolson, Harold
Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts, thought by thought, action by action. If one lets fear or hate or anger take possession of the mind, they become self-forged chains.
Douglas, Helen Gahagan
On action alone be thy interest, Never on its fruits. Let not the fruits of action be thy motive, Nor be thy attachment to inaction.
Gita, Bhagavad
An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied.
Glasow, Arnold
Action: the last resource of those who know not how to dream.
Author, Unknown
We are too busy mopping the floor to turn off the faucet.
Unknown, Author
Action is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.
Wilde, Oscar
Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.
de Chamfort, Nicholas
Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.
Marshall, Peter
Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action.
Anderson, Walter
The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.
Havner, Vance
After all is said and done, a lot more will have been said than done.
Unknown, Author
Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement.
Adler, Alfred
If you have time to whine and complain about something then you have the time to do something about it.
D'Angelo, Anthony J.
All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
Author, Unknown
Action may not always bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.
Disraeli, Benjamin
I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.
Locke, John
An individual cannot know what he is till he has made himself real by action.
Unknown, Author
Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold - but so does a hard-boiled egg.
Unknown, Author
All know the way; few actually walk it.
Bodhidharma
Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
Burke, Edmund
In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
One's action ought to come out of an achieved stillness: not to be a mere rushing on.
Lawrence, D.H.