Action Quotes
We Americans know - Although others appear to forget - The risk of spreading conflict. We still seek no wider war. On ordering retaliatory action against North Vietnam.Lyndon B. Johnson
Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.Socrates
We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.Abigail Adams, letter to John Adams, 1774
Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.Jawaharlal Nehru
Great men of action... never mind on occasion being ridiculous in a sense it is part of their job, and at times they all are. A prophet or an achiever must never mind an occasional absurdity, it is an occupational risk.Oswald Mosley
It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity they must have action and they will make it if they cannot find it.Charlotte Bronte
We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.Frank Tibolt
Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions.I Ching
Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. What if they are a little course, and you may get your coat soiled or torn? What if you do fail, and get fairly rolled in the dirt once or twice. Up again, you shall never be so afraid of a tumble.Ralph Waldo Emerson
Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind.Leonardo da Vinci
Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.Carl Weick
Every man ought to be supposed a knave, and to have no other end, in all his actions, but private interest. By this interest we must govern him, and by means of it, make him cooperate to public good, notwithstanding his unsatiable avarice and ambition.Alexander Hamilton, P. 217 - A History of the American People by P. Johnson
It is not necessary for all men to be great in action. The greatest and sublimest power is simple patience.Horace Bushnell
Habits... the only reason they persist is that they are offering some satisfaction... You allow them to persist by not seeking any other, better form of satisfying the same needs. Every habit, good or bad, is acquired and learned in the same way - By finding that it is a means of satisfaction.Juliene Berk
Tell others of the positive effects of their actions. It will help return the kindness they showed to you.Dan Kelly
Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.Dale Carnegie
The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good.John Locke
Thinking, understanding, reasoning, willing, call not these Soul They are its actions, but they are not its essence.Akhenaton
What used to be called liberal is now called radical, what used to be called radical is now called insane, what used to be called reactionary is now called moderate, and what used to be called insane is now called solid conservative thinking.Tony Kushne
A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.John Stuart Mill
Knowledge must come through action you can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.Sophocles
However gradual the course of history, there must always be the day, even an hour and minute, when some significant action is performed for the first or last time.Peter Quennell
Nothing is as terrible to see as ignorance in action.Johann von Goethe
The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action.Frank Herbert
The most decisive actions of our life - - I mean those that are most likely to decide the whole course of our future - - Are, more often than not, unconsidered.Andre Gide
Dreams have as much influence as actions.Stephane Mallarme
Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought into connection with action. They must be woven together.Anais Nin
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.George Washington
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances; if there is any reaction, both are transformed.Jung
Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self - Satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.John Wooden
At different stages in our lives, the signs of love may vary dependence, attraction, contentment, worry, loyalty, grief, but at heart the source is always the same. Human beings have the rare capacity to connect with each other, against all odds.Michael Dorris
The history of man is a graveyard of great cultures that came to catastrophic ends because of their incapacity for planned, rational, voluntary reaction to challenge.Erich Fromm
Sometimes the situation is only a problem because it is looked at in a certain way. Looked at in another way, the right course of action may be so obvious that the problem no longer exists.Edward De Bono
Iron rusts from disuse water loses its purity from stagnation and in cold weather becomes frozen even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind.Leonardo DaVinci
In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfactions is provided with a resource against calamity.Ralph Waldo Emerson, Letters and Social Aims: Quotation and Originality, 1876
My fellow Americans, I must speak to you tonight about a mounting danger in Central America that threatens the security of the United States. This danger will not go away it will grow worse, much worse, if we fail to take action now.Ronald Reagan
The superior man is modest in his speech but exceeds in his actions.Confucius
