Quotes About Action

Action men are the unvoluntary slaves of wise men.

Behavior is the perpetual revealing of us. What a man does, tells us what he is.

Only so far as a man believes strongly, mightily, can he act cheerfully, or do anything that is worth doing.

Truly, men make too little use of their lives; and so it is no wonder that the world should still be in such a poor way.

Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him. [Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.]

Those are brave men," he told Ser Balon in admiration. "Let's go kill them.

If a man paints a target on his chest, he should expect that sooner or later someone will loose an arrow on him.

The ruin of most men dates from some idle moment.

For the deeds of a man, not the words of a prophecy, are what shape his destiny.

We must judge of a man's motives from his overt acts.

Caution always, but when a man acts he should act suddenly and with decision.

A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do

Activity makes more men's fortunes than cautiousness.

Recall the face of the poorest and weakest man you have seen, and ask yourself if this step you contemplate is going to be any use to him.

It is simple impertinence for any man, or any body of men, to begin, or to contemplate, reform of the whole world.

Spiritual force is like any other force at the service of man.

Man believes and lives.

People can't do much about the fate part, but we can certainly do a lot about the man part.

It is satisfaction to a man to do the proper works of a man.

A man's happiness,-to do the things proper to man.

A wise man does nothing by constraint.

No man that has ever lived has done a thing to please God--primarily. It was done to please himself, then God next.

The world is blessed most by men who do things, and not by those who merely talk about them. -James Oliver 'Tomorrow I will live,' the fool does say; tomorrow itself is late; the wise live yesterday.

Make sure to send a lazy man the angel of death.