Quotes About Action

Every action we take, everything we do, is either a victory or defeat in the struggle to become what we want to be.

A human being has no discernible character until he acts.

To do is to be.

You can't build a reputation on what you intend to do.

To be is to do.

The way to do is to be.

The emotions are not always subject to reason ... but they are always subject to action. When thoughts do not neutralize an undesirable emotion, action will.

To be busy with material affairs is the best preservative against reflection, fears, doubts ... all these things which stand in the way of achievement. I suppose a fellow proposing to cut his throat would experience a sort of relief while occupied in stropping his razor carefully.

Action is the antidote to despair.

Action is the only reality; not only reality, but morality as well.

Wishing does not make a poor man rich.

You can't get rich sitting on the bench.

Action makes more fortunes than caution.

For purposes of action, nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will.

How, then, find the courage for action?... By accepting the human condition more simply and candidly, by dreading troubles less, calculating less, hoping more.

Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act.

Commitment leads to action. Action brings your dream closer.

Without a purpose, nothing should be done.

Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.

So long as I believe I have to do certain things, I will just go right ahead. That's how I run my life.

You can't assume the responsibility for everything you do-or don't do.

The state of the world today demands that women become less modest and dream/plan/act/risk on a larger scale.

I am always more interested in what I am about to do than in what I have already done.

Try thyself first, and after call in God. For to the worker God himself lends aid.